Chapter 52. Payment Gateways and Payment Solutions

Payment gateways facilitate the movement of funds from the credit card networks to the bank account attached to your credit card merchant account.

If you're going to take credit card payments online using your own merchant account, you must also have an account with one of the payment gateways. While there are many others, four of the most popular follow.

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