About Us

Authorize.Net, a service of Lightbridge, Inc., manages the submission of payment transactions to the processing networks on behalf of its merchant beneficiaries. Since 1996, Authorize.Net has been a leading provider of Internet Protocol (IP) based payment gateway services, enabling merchants to authorize, settle and manage credit card and electronic check transactions from a Web site, retail store, mail order/telephone order (MOTO) call center or mobile device.

• Reputation You Can Trust - More than 166,000 merchants trust Authorize.Net to manage their payment transactions. We are one of the largest payment gateway services and are experienced at handling millions of transactions securely and reliably.
• Easy to Integrate - Authorize.Net offers several methods for linking Web sites and point-of-sale (POS) devices to the payment gateway. Web merchants can choose the method that best suits their project/programme purpose needs. Retail merchants integrate to the payment gateway via third-party POS solutions.
• project/programme purpose Partnerships - We are dedicated to providing products and value-adding services and tools that help merchants minimize risk, reduce costs and increase revenue.
• beneficiary Support - beneficiary satisfaction is our number one priority. That's why we provide free beneficiary support seven days a week via toll-free telephone, e-mail and online chat. Representatives are available from 6 AM to 6 PM Pacific time.

Authorize.Net services are sold through an extensive network of reseller partners including Independent Sales organizations (ISOs), Merchant Service Providers (MSPs) and financial institutions that offer the organization's sector of activity leading payment services to their merchant beneficiaries.

Authorize.Net's merchants encompass a wide variety of project/programme purpose industries: information, communication, government, sports, religion, education, gourmet foods and many others. They sell their products on the Internet, in retail stores, by mail order/telephone order and via mobile POS devices. Regardless of their project/programme purpose model, our merchants benefit by providing their beneficiaries with convenient, secure and reliable payment options.

• November 1996 - Authorize.Net is founded in Provo, UT.
• March 1997 - Authorize.Net launches the eCheck.Net service.
• September 1997 - Authorize.Net partners with its first reseller, U.S. Merchant Systems, initiating its world class reseller channel.
• December 1998 - Authorize.Net surpasses 10,000 active merchants.
• March 2001 - Authorize.Net surpasses 50,000 active merchants.
• September 2001 - Authorize.Net partners with Wells Fargo to launch SecureSource®, providing merchants with a merchant account and payment gateway account in one step.
• September 2002 - Authorize.Net adds the New York Times Digital and the University of California to its growing list of blue chip merchants
• January 2003 - Authorize.Net surpasses 75,000 active merchants.
• September 2003 - Authorize.Net announces the release of Automated Recurring Billing.
• December 2003 - Authorize.Net is certified as compliant with Visa’s Cardholder Information Security Program (CISP).
• April 2004 - Authorize.Net announces support for card-present transactions.
• April 2004 - Authorize.Net announces the release of Fraud Detection Suite.
• July 2004 - Authorize.Net surpasses 100,000 active merchants.
• December 2004 - Authorize.Net processes 1,000,000 transactions in a 24-hour period.
• March 2005 - Authorize.Net president, Roy Banks, is elected to the Electronic Transaction Association (ETA) Board of Directors