Payments APIs

Payment APIs

About Payment APIs

Payment APIs offer convenience and security to digital transactions. These APIs remove the need for consumers to leave the site or application they are using to make a payment by adding the functionality within the program itself.

What is a Payment API?

A payment API allows developers to integrate the ability to take credit card information and pass them on to a merchant. Some APIs in this category also provides for cryptocurrency payment processing.

Some of these APIs are secondary, such as those that scan for fraudulent activity through fake names or credit card details. Many APIs also have built-in fraud detection at the IP level, blocking those addresses that are known to have originated fake payments in the past.

How does a Payment API work?

A payment API takes a customer’s payment information from an application and transmits it to the payment processing network where the request is processed. The network forwards the data to either the user’s bank or the credit card company for verification purposes.

The resulting reports, such as whether the payment was successful or failed, are then transferred back to the API, which relays the message to the originating application or website.

Who can benefit from Payment APIs?

Any developer or web admin that wishes to process payments on their site or within their application can benefit from integrating payment APIs. In addition, consumers benefit by having the added convenience of not having to make payments on a separate gateway.

Why are Payment APIs necessary?

For online payment transactions to occur, there needs to be a secure way to pass sensitive details like customer and credit card information to payment processing servers. A payment API provides this pathway.

What can you expect from a Payment API?

Above all, a payment API must provide secure endpoints for both the user and the payment processor. Developers should implement regular security checks to maintain privacy for their users. Some key things to look out for in payment processing APIs and their gateways are:

  • Encryption standards
  • Fraud detection
  • Reporting features
  • Speed and reliability
  • Compatibility with the application and currency needs of the end-users
  • Ease of use
  • Invoicing capabilities, if required

Are there examples of free Payment APIs?

  1. Hosted Invoice Payments for Stripe
  2. PayPal
  3. WePay
  4. Braintree
  5. IPRisk
  6. CCstack
  7. CoinRemitter
  8. Donations and Carbon Offsets

Payments API SDKs

All Payments APIs are supported and made available in multiple developer programming languages and SDKs including:

  1. Node.js
  2. PHP
  3. Python
  4. Ruby
  5. Objective-C
  6. Java (Android)
  7. C# (.NET)
  8. cURL

Just select your preference from any API endpoints page.

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