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Re: First Data



Thanks.


On 2013-06-24, at 5:26 PM, Michael Ryan <michaelrtr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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.
>> 
>> 
>> On 2013-06-24, at 3:37 PM, Michael Ryan <michaelrtr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>>> 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.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 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
>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 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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>> Jon Paris
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