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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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