PAYware Mobile iPhone Credit Card Processing

The PAYware Mobile iPhone credit card application and reader make payments possible anywhere your iPhone can go. The reader makes every payment a card-present transaction, reducing your merchant account bill significantly. Plus our merchant account for PAYware mobile has the cheapest rates you'll find anywhere.

Why the getting an iPhone credit card swiper is better than a normal application:

** We have the lowest merchant account rates, guaranteed! **

If you find any lower rates, we'll beat them. But good luck finding lower rates than ours!

iPhone application to accept credit cards

Using a swiper lowers the cost of accepting credit cards by eliminating higher rates from 'Card Not Present' transactions.

iPhone mobile payment processing terminal machine

The reader automatically encrypts credit card data so that your customer's account data is never stored on the iPhone, reducing liability.

Never key-in or write down credit card numbers again. The process is swift and error-proof, making each transaction a breeze. iPhone PAYware merchant account swiper application sleeve

Never key-in or write down credit card numbers again. The process is swift and error-proof, making each transaction a breeze.

iPhone credit card terminal swiper machine

Verifone, the maker of PAYware, is the biggest and most trusted manufacturer of credit card processing machines in the US.

iPhone PAYware credit card processing merchant account

..are awesome. We flaunt them because we know how low they are compared to the competition and we want you to know exactly how much you will be paying.

What is up with the CVV2 Code?

cvv2 code

Many merchants believe that adding a cardholder’s three or four digit CVV2 code for a “card not present” (CNP) transaction will help qualify the transaction for a lower discount rate. However that is not the case; the CVV2 code is only valuable to protect against credit card fraud and has nothing to do with rate qualification.

CVV2 stands for Card Verification Value and was introduced by MasterCard in 1997 and Visa in 2001. For ‘swiped’ transactions, the value is referred to as CVV1. Each of the card brands has its own acronym:

Visa: CVV2 – Card Verification Value
MasterCard: CVC2 – Card Validation Code
American Express: CID – Unique Card Code (and 4 digits)
Discover: CID – Card Identification Number

Merchants are able to configure payment processing systems, like payment gateways and Point of Sale software, to accept or decline transaction requests based upon the match or mismatch of CVV2 information. For example, if a merchant creates a rule to decline all transactions where the CVV2 value does not match, the authorization request could be successful with the issuing bank, but the transaction will be denied by the merchant. Even though the transaction was denied by the merchant, the consumer’s card will still be authorized.

One thing to know about this code is that PCI DSS compliance prohibits merchants from storing the CVV2 code. For recurring billing, merchants can accept and validate the CVV2 value during the initial authorization but cannot store it for additional transactions. This should not be problem since after the initial validation, there really is no value in storing this code.

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Posted on April 26th, 2008 by Robb Lejuwaan in E-Commerce, PCI Compliance, POS, Security, Software Discover, Interchange, interchange fees, Merchant Account, merchant account provider, merchant fees, payment processor, PCI Compliance, Qualification, Rates and Fees, Security, Straight Pass Through

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If you prefer an iPhone credit card processing application other than PAYware mobile, we will give you a $50 iTunes gift card if you sign up with our merchant account. However, PAYware Mobile is the only application on the market with a credit card reader or swiper.