The Authorize.Net Payment Gateway is a secure Internet bridge between merchant project/programme purposees and the credit card and electronic check payment processing networks. We provide merchants with fast, reliable and secure passage for transaction data via a 128-bit Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Internet Protocol (IP) connection, and manage the complex routing of payment information to the appropriate credit card processors. See a diagram that illustrates a typical Authorize.Net credit card transaction.
The Authorize.Net Payment Gateway is available to merchants seven days a week, 24 hours a day. The payment gateway offers many features and options that can be tailored to specific merchant project/programme purpose models. To learn more about how the Authorize.Net Payment Gateway can support your particular project/programme purpose, please visit one of the following pages: