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Cardservice Internationl


450 N. Sam Houston Parkway #273
Houston, Texas 77060

Cardservice International, Inc., processes real-time, secure credit and debit card transactions in both the traditional marketplace and on the Internet. Their customer service representatives are available to merchants 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, in 140 languages and dialects.

Credit cards you can accept:

Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and Discover

Business types they provide solutions for:
  • Retail
  • Mail Order/Telephone Order
  • Internet Businesses
  • Home-based Businesses
  • New Businesses
Processing solutions they offer:
  • Real-Time Processing
  • POS Computer Software
  • Retail Swipe Terminal
Additional services they offer:
  • Checks by Phone/Fax/E-mail
  • Debit Card Processing
  • Secure Order Protection (SSL)
  • Shopping Cart
Third Party Processing Service is also available:

TeleCharge

TeleCharge allows you to accept credit cards WITHOUT having a merchant account! Telecharge is the ultimate credit card processing option for almost any small or new, start-up business. Telecharge is your ability to process credit cards through our corporate offices merchant account.

Telecharge transactions are processed through a toll free number. Any touch tone telephone can be used. So there'll be no equipment costs and no monthly minimums.

After processing the order over the phone you then fill out a charge slip for each order and send it in via fax or regular mail.

Rates & Fees Information

Service

Discount Rate Transaction Fee
Standard swiped retail 1.71 % $0.20
Home-based business 2.35 % $0.25
Internet business 2.35 % $0.25
TeleCharge*
(no equipment or software needed)
3.15 % $0.30
Based outside of the U.S.
(Contact provider for details)
3.25 % $0.30

NOTE: Rates and fees posted by providers are only guidelines. Actual rates may be higher/lower and will be based on what products and services you are selling, your credit rating, etc.

*TeleCharge service provides point-of-sale bankcard authorization through the use of a touch-tone telephone. TeleCharge agents fill out customized sales receipts, process charges against their customers' bankcards with a less-than-one-minute, toll-free call to the TeleCharge Authorization Line, and mail the customized sales receipts to TeleCharge for verification. TeleCharge then electronically deposits the proceeds from each sale into the TeleCharge merchants' designated checking accounts five days after the verification dates.

LinkPoint Secure Payment Gateway

Cardservice International's LinkPoint Secure Payment Gateway utilizes state-of-the-art Secure Sockets Layer technology and is easily scalable to any size business to enable it to conduct electronic commerce securely and satisfactorily over the Internet. The gateway is designed to communicate in real time with a business' core data-processing system to allow online transactions to be posted immediately. The gateway also delivers a full range of capabilities, including sales, returns, authorizations, online check processing and comprehensive real-time reports for easy Web management.

The company's LinkPoint API uses a sophisticated application programming interface (API) to integrate secure credit card acceptance into a merchant's Web site, enabling customers to pay for products and services with a credit card. LinkPoint API uses Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology to ensure that the merchant's order and payment information are safely protected. This product provides ordering, payment options, tax and shipping calculations, and the unique ability to offer the sale of digital merchandise through electronic software downloads (ESD). Sales, returns, real-time authorizations, purchasing cards and real-time reports are all provided by LinkPoint API.

International Merchants:

They offer services to Non-US/Canadian merchants.

For more information or to apply,
go to Cardservice International's site.
 
 
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