Category: Merchant Services

July 12, 2023

Understanding ISV in Payments

In the realm of payments, ISV stands for Independent Software Vendor. These dynamic entities play a pivotal role in revolutionising the way businesses process transactions, manage finances, and enhance customer ....

May 2, 2023

E-Commerce Solutions

One challenge for Merchants is whether they should implement an E-Commerce Module, and if so which one? Cardstream’s Open Payment Network (OPN) offers an independent Payment Gateway with an extensive ....

December 6, 2022

Merchant Management System

With Cardstream, your Merchants are provided with the necessary tools to adapt their payments to suit their business’ needs. The Merchant Management System (MMS) contains an easy-to-navigate dashboard, giving an ....

February 23, 2017

The Payment Facilitator

Behind the Payment Facilitator There is no one-way to process card payments. We always have a fundamental model of card processing: a terminal, a merchant account, and the party’s own ....

December 20, 2016

Recurring Payments

What are Recurring Payments? Technology and buying behaviours both change. Cloud-based rentals via recurring payments are popular where we used to see physical products. Think Blockbusters versus Netflix, or Spotify ....

August 13, 2015

Unassigned Worldpay Merchants

Growing up we are bombarded by clichés as part of a primary education. One of the most prominent of these, at least for me, was ‘Don’t put all your eggs ....

July 21, 2015

Apple Pay

Apple have released their new payment option, Apply Pay Contactless. This new payment option has essentially started a new era of payment methodologies from a pioneering electronics company. Apple has ....

June 30, 2015

E-mail Receipts

Our GoalsAt Cardstream we are always looking for ways to upgrade our already pretty top-notch systems and increase our services and impressive list of benefits, yet keep the price for ....

April 15, 2015

New Acquirers

The unique position of Cardstream is owed to its adaptability, made possible because we are an independent payment gateway UK; this unique position, in turn, is owed to our reputable ....