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Re: First Data
PayWare Transact from Verifone. Actually made the transition from TSYS to FD better. Still able to use the same interface from the application. The back end was a little more difficult, but it's supporting many many transactions and many merchant numbers.
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On Jun 24, 2013, at 5:03 PM, Jon Paris <jon.paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Which product Michael? When we were looking we could barely find working example for any language on any system and certainly no vendors in the IBM i spec who supported FD.
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> On 2013-06-24, at 3:37 PM, Michael Ryan <michaelrtr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> Once you have FD working (and I'm using an i-based product, though the
>> settlement is custom), it seems to work well...as reliable as TSYS
>> anyway.
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 3:25 PM, Jon Paris
>> <[1]jon.paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> There are any number of vendors I would prefer to use to First Data.
>> Admittedly once we had beaten the API into submission we have had no
>> problems.
>> But if like us you are a small company it is not as simple as "Just
>> switch to using X".
>> We talked to JetPay (among others) and were told it was going to
>> take 6 - 8+ weeks to be approved even though we had existing
>> merchant agreements in place. They also required that we provide a
>> bunch of financials that we did not have readily to hand. That meant
>> paying the accountant to complete the forms, etc. etc. In the end we
>> stuck with First Data.
>>
>> On 2013-06-24, at 12:59 PM, HarryWilliams <[2]harry@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>> First Data has lost huge amounts of money the last several years.
>> Who knows how long they will be in business.
>>> Try Jetpayi5.com They do a fantastic job, and the rates are more
>> than reasonable.
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>> On 6/23/2013 10:48 PM, Mike Wills wrote:
>>>> Run, don't walk from First Data. While the API was simple to use,
>> the
>>>> setup involved in getting it working was a huge PITA... and it
>> didn't
>>>> always work if you tried to setup two computers the same way. My
>>>> experience is with C# and Windows servers. I had to install a
>> certain
>>>> OpenSSL DLL, then I had to download, not reference online the WSDL
>> for
>>>> the web API.
>>>>
>>>> That said, good luck getting it going. Based on some of the other
>>>> feedback, looks like writing a Java interface might be a better
>>>> approach.
>>>>
>>>> We have since moved to VirtualMerchant. Very easy to understand API
>>>> and is works how one would think an API like that should work. No
>>>> setup, just POST calls to a web API over SSL.
>>>> --
>>>> Mike Wills
>>
>>>> [3]http://mikewills.me
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 1:26 PM, Carlos Lugo<[4]jclugod@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>>>> Anybody who have done and integrate First Data via HTTPAPI and
>> if
>>>>> possible to get the sample code program.
>>>>> Would like to see the Pass Parameters
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank You
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards
>>>>> Carlos Lugo
>>
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