Category: Payment Methods

June 27, 2023

What is a Payment Gateway?

In today's digital age, online transactions have become the norm, revolutionising the way we do business. At the heart of this revolution lies the Payment Gateway, an integral component that ....

April 24, 2023

The Year of the PayFac

Payment Facilitators, also known as ‘PayFacs’, became popular in the 1990s. They were conceived to help small and medium sized businesses accept online payments. The PayFac model allows companies who ....

August 9, 2022

Why Use a Payment Gateway

An online payment gateway is an E-commerce service that processes, verifies, and accepts payments for Merchants using a secure internet connection. Any business that accepts online and card payments require ....

July 26, 2022

Alternative Payment Methods (APMs)

The past ten years has seen a boom in the variety of ways that we can pay for goods and services. Instead of relying on credit cards and cash, Alternative ....

June 28, 2022

The Cost of Payments

When a Merchant signs up for online payments, they are charged a fee for each transaction that is made. This fee can be one of two pricing models, known as ....

June 21, 2022

Festival Payment Trends

2022 is the first year back for many festivals and navigating payments in a world still feeling the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic may seem daunting. So, in an ever-changing ....

June 15, 2022

How Do Online Payments Work?

The world of E-commerce is growing at an exponential rate, and we often take for granted how easy it is to click, buy, and receive virtually any product. Online payments ....

May 26, 2022

Digital Wallet

Ten years ago, the idea of being able to pay directly from your phone with just a tap seemed more StarTrek than FinTech. The payment industry has undergone a major ....

May 10, 2022

All About ISOs

One of the biggest decisions to make for an E-commerce business is how to take payments and facilitate transactions. There are many options that can be used to take debit ....

May 3, 2022

Pay By Link

Cardstream continues to be the UK's number one White Label Payment Gateway. One popular feature provided by Cardstream is Pay By Link, providing a secure method of payment via a ....