Novera Payment Solutions

The Benefits of Our Secure Payments for Integrated Software Vendors

As an integrated software vendor, we understand that you are looking for a solution that is not only easy to integrate, but is EMV ready and PCI compliant. Novera Payment Solutions offers the WorldPay Link Gateway API for your payment processing integration needs ... a world class solution with secure payments at the forefront.

We Simplify PCI Scope

Using Novera’s SDK and Worldpay Link Gateway combination means the data for transactions processed using the gateway will be hosted outside your location so your customers’ PCI obligation will be simplified and secured. If you choose a service that requires cardholder data to be stored, such as recurring payments, the cardholder data is stored in our gateway for additional security. You have no need to worry – we take the burden off your hands.

We Are PA-DSS Compliant

The Worldpay.NET toolkit provides the ability to simplify PA-DSS Compliance and the associated time and annual audit costs since card data is not stored at the POS. The FirstMile™ Middleware also gives you the ability to read credit and debit cards from various hardware devices and securely process transactions via the Payment Gateway. By handling the hardware integration, FirstMile™ mitigates your exposure to costly and ongoing security support required in numerous processing environments. 

We Handle Fraud and Risk Management (FRISK)

Our proprietary FRISK™ risk management system provides a sophisticated suite of security and fraud detection and prevention options. This is great because each transaction submitted can be filtered through a customizable series of security and fraud detection rules to determine potential risk. Configuration of these rules is under your complete control using our user-friendly merchant administration website.

Our 7-page white paper outlines the benefits of the WorldPay Link Gateway API for integrated software vendors, as well as the integration support provided to make your development easy and fast. Download it today and receive the WorldPay API!

All business are different. We get that.

Novera Payment Solutions’ Worldpay Link Gateway offers reliable payments processing capabilities for integrated software vendors and is seamlessly integrated to our entire suite of products and services. Unlike many other payment processors, our servers are hosted in the USA and are maintained in a data center certified as meeting Level 1 PCI security standards.

Our integrated payment gateway features includes:

1. Acceptance of All Payment Types
   Accept payments how and when your merchants want, including online, point of sale (POS), mail order/telephone order (MOTO) and mobile credit card payments.
2. Real-time and Batch
   Flexibility to process payments transactions in real-time or use batch processing for increased efficiency.
3. Stored Profile (Tokenization)
   Limit the risk associated with storing sensitive credit card data by using our tokenization and stored profiles.
4. Recurring Billing
   Use our robust, recurring billing system that can be configured to suit the needs of your business for membership dues or subscription fees.
5. WebPay 
   Our hosted payments service offers complete control over payments processing and customer service experience without the costs associated with security compliance for your hosted transactions.
6. Fraud and Risk Management (FRISK) 
   The customizable fraud and risk management system enables you to maximize sales and minimize risk.
7. InstantAccept™
   Our InstantAccept™ Payments integration plug-in for QuickBooks POS® helps expand the payment types you can accept, process, and automatically record them within QuickBooks®. This saves time and money!
8. Electronic Check 
   This gives you flexibility to accept checks through online ACH, check conversion or check 21 and process them using the same integrated payments gateway process you use for all your other electronic payments. 
9. Shopping Carts 
   Through our POS Systems, we offer the ability to integrate into a vast array of shopping carts including Volusion, X-Cart, and OS-Commerce.  

Get Started Today

Download our 7-page white paper to learn more about our integration support, as well as our EMV-ready PCI compliant solution for integrated payments. You can receive the Worldpay API today and integrate payments into your application to provide your customers with the payment options they need - card present, card not present and mobile.

With several businesses recently experiencing data breaches, it's more important than ever to protect your business and cardholder data from hackers. What many small businesses don't know is that the steps toward PCI compliance have changed with the Jan 1, 2015 introduction of PCI 3.0. Here's what you need to know!

Why did the standards change?

The PCI Standards are updated based on feedback from the industry and response to current market needs.

Drivers for this change included:

• Lack of education and awareness
• Weak passwords, authentication
• Third-party security challenges
• Slow self-detection, malware
• Inconsistency in assessments

The changes in version 3.0 were designed to help organizations take a proactive approach to protect cardholder data that focuses on security, not compliance, and makes PCI DSS a business-as-usual practice.

Education and awareness

Lack of education and awareness around payment security, as well as poor implementation and maintenance of the PCI Standards, lead to many of the high-profile security breaches that have been in the news. Updates to the standards are geared towards helping businesses and organizations better understand the intent of requirements and how to properly implement and maintain controls across their business.

What's New?

• Best practices for implementing security into business-as-usual activities to maintain ongoing compiance
• Navigating the PCI DSS guidance was added for easier understanding of each requirement and security goal
• Req. 8.4 - Password education for users
• Req. 9.9 - POS security training and education

Increased flexibility

Changes in PCI DSS and PA-DSS 3.0 focus on  the most frequently seen risks that lead to incidents of cardholder data compromise. These include weak passwords and authentication methods, malware, and poor self-detection. Added flexibility on ways to meet the requirements enables business and organizations to take a more customized approach to addressing and mitigating common risks and problem areas.

What's new?

• Req. 8.2.3 - allows for organizations to implement the password strength appropriate for its security strategy
• Req. 10.6 - More flexiblity to prioritize log reviews based on the organizations risk management strategy

Security as a shared responsibility

Today’s payment environment is complex, creating multiple points of access to cardholder data. Changes introduced with PCI DSS and PA-DSS focus on helping business and organizations understand their PCI DSS responsibilities when working with different business partners to ensure cardholder data security.

What's new?

• Guidance on outsouorcing PCI Dss responsibilities
• Req. 12.9 - PCI DSS responsiblities for service providers

In order to stay competitive in terms of security and compliance, businesses and organizations need to have a structured and continuos approach to solving ongoing security challenges, but it has to be easy enough to implement every day.  This is what PCI 3.0 is all about.

About Novera Payment Solutions

Novera Payment Solutions takes the worry off your plate. Our payment processing systems are PCI compliant and secure.  Our goal is to make payment processing easy and affordable. Our flat fee merchant account pricing saves businesses money, and our next day deposits ensure they have their money fast.

In October 2015, merchants will be liable for fraud on card-present transactions if the customer presents a chip card and the merchant doesn't have the proper system (EMV) in place to accept it. This means credit card merchants who don't make the switch to EMV technology may have to pay chargeback fees on any fraudulent transacations that occur.

While EMV technology is extremely important, there is much business owners can do to protect card holder data and minimize fraud while they don't have EMV technology implemented.

Card Present Transactions

Confirm the last four on the card match the four digits on the terminal

Before completing the transaction, verify that the last four numbers showing on the terminal actually match the last four numbers on the front the credit card. As a consumer, you may have experienced being in a business and making a purchase where the clerk asks for the card after you swipe it. They are doing this to visually confirm the last four digits match. It's a simple, yet effective way to minimize credit card fraud in your business. Once EMV technology is implemented, this process becomes automated. But while your business is still running magnetic stripes, this step is important.

Confirm the customer is the cardholder

This is as simple as matching the signature on the sales receipt (or signature display) to the signature on the back of the card.  If there is not a signature on the back of the card, request to see a drivers license or other form of ID containing a photo and signature.

Card Not Present Transacations

Destroy card holder data in a secure manner

If you take orders over the phone or have to write down/record card holder data for some reason, it's essential that you destroy in a secure manner and in a timely manner after use. A cross cut shredder is advised.  Be aware, according to the PCI Compliance guidelines, you are not supposed to save or store card holder data in a non-secure environment.

Avoid sending or requesting card holder data through non-secure systems

Never request card holder data via email, and never send card holder data via email.  Never setup non-secure online forms to collect card holder data.

Do not setup non-secure online forms to collect card holder data

Online forms on websites that arenot secured with the proper SSL certificates and form encryption technology are dangerous and vulnerable. They are not secure and they are not PCI Compliant. Do not use them.

Do not store electronic card holder data locally

Cardholder data must be stored only on a server dedicated to processing credit card transactions, protected by a dedicated firewall, and subjected to quarterly security scans. You should not store cardholder data on a web server, laptop, tablet, PDA, or on portable media such as a USB drive. All are highly vulnerable to security breaches and they are not PCI Compliant.

Concerned About Card Holder Data Security?

You should be!

Working with a company like Novera Payment Solutions can help ensure you are meeting all PCI compliance requirements and conforming to industry best practices, enuring your business (and your customers' card holder data) is protected. Combined with our innovative flat fee merchant account pricing model, Novera Payment Solutions not only ensures your business payments security, but also saves your business a significant amount of money in credit card processing fees.

We Make It Easy for Software Developers to Integrate Payments

Novera Payment Solutions is excited to offer a new multifaceted API for software developers with WorldPay’s new Link Gateway feature. The Link Gateway allows you to easily integrate payments into mobile, P.O.S., and even QuickBooks® processing solutions, it can even utilize multiple processor platforms. This new gateway makes it easy for merchants to accept payments anywhere they do business.

Our SDK features multiple API programming languages across multiple platforms. Whether online, in person or on-the-go, Novera Payment Solutions and Worldpay make it easier for your customers to take payments anywhere, anytime with our payment gateway integration solution.

Concerned about the EMV transition or PCI compliance?

We are payment processing experts. With WorldPay as a direct acquirer, we understand the unique needs of your business and your customers. That’s why connecting your solution to our link gateway means more than just a technical integration. We simplify your customer’s PCI obligation with our Level 1 PCI Compliant Data Centers and we are ready for EMV !

Novera's Worldpay Link Gateway offers multiple API programming languages which allow you to easily and securely integrate your custom software application. We make sample scripts  available to shorten the learning curve and speed your development.

Our SDK provides multiple integration platforms including:

• CGI
• SOAP
• XML
• .NET – FirstMile Middleware (PA-DSS certified)

We provide detailed Worldpay Link Gateway payment integration guides  so you have all the information you need for a secure and successful software integration. In addition, we have a team of experts you can contact with questions along the way.

Security: Simplify PCI Scope

Using Novera's SDK and Worldpay Link Gateway combination means the data for transactions processed using the gateway will be hosted outside your location so your customers’ PCI obligation will be simplified and secured. If you choose a service that requires cardholder data to be stored, such as recurring payments, the cardholder data is stored in our gateway for additional security. 

Security: PA-DSS Compliant

Our .NET toolkit provides the ability to simplify PA-DSS Compliance and the associated time and annual audit costs since card data is not stored at the POS. FirstMile Middleware gives you the ability to read credit and debit cards from various hardware devices and securely process transactions via the Payment Gateway. By handling the hardware integration, FirstMile mitigates the ISV’s exposure to costly and ongoing security support required in numerous processing environments. 

Security: Fraud and Risk Management (FRISK)

The proprietary FRISK™ risk management system provides a sophisticated suite of security and fraud detection and prevention options. Each transaction submitted can be filtered through a customizable series of security and fraud detection rules to determine potential risk. Configuration of these rules is under your complete control using our user-friendly merchant administration website.

Contact Novera Payment Solutions for Your Credit Card Payment Integration Needs

The Worldpay Link Gateway offers reliable payments processing capabilities and is seamlessly integrated to our entire suite of products and services.

Our servers are hosted in the US and are maintained in a data center certified as meeting Level 1 PCI security standards.

When you choose Novera's Worldpay Link Gateway, you receive a team of experts that can ensure seamless payment integration, customer service and evolve with you as you grow.  Our Link Gateway is a platform that allows you the flexibility to streamline and integrate payment systems with existing applications and software.

Accepting credit cards for your business is critical in today's marketplace. The challenge is understanding all the fees associated with this necessity. Many credit card processing companies take advantage of business owners' lack of knowledge and overcharge them ... by a lot!

Novera Payment Solutions is pleased to offer our popular "Understanding Credit Card Processing" webinar again. This webinar will take a short 40 minutes of your time, but will arm you with the information you need to ensure you do not overpay for credit card processing.

If any of these questions apply to you, this webinar will be an excellent use of your time.

1. Is your statement from your merchant processing company complicated and confusing?
   
2. Do you fully understand the difference between "Qualified", "Mid-Qualified", "Non-Qualified", and how these terms determine what you are charged for each transaction?
   
3. Are you PCI compliant?
4. Are you surprised by the credit card processing fees you incur each month?
5. Do you have to wait several days to see the payments deposited in your account?

REGISTER TODAY!

Join us in an educational webinar on July 23, 2015 @ 2:00 PM EST designed to help you understand the in's and out's of credit card processing. This FREE webinar will be 45 minutes or less and we guarantee you will take away practical information to help you make smart choices when shopping around for credit card processing services. There's a good chance this webinar will save your business money too!

As an attendee of this webinar you will gain the following:

• Ability to understand Visa/MC/Disc true underlying cost which in turn will help you negotiate better pricing for your own merchant account
  
• Knowledge on how to make sure you are getting a truly fair deal for payment processing services (you'd be surprised the percentage of companies who are being taken advantage of -- make sure yours isn't one of them!)
  
• Awareness of the latest in technology available in the market place today, including mobile payments
  
• Practical tips that you can implement right now to keep your processing costs down
• Best practices for keeping your customers' cardholder data secure, including EMV and maintaining PCI compliance.

With the liability shift quickly approaching in October of 2015, it is a good idea for merchants to have the EMV security measure in place. While compliance is not mandatory for merchants, those who don’t upgrade to EMV-compliant terminals face a liability shift for fraudulent transactions. Integrated payment solutions that combine software with the latest payment processing systems (including EMV capabilities) are the best choice for merchants.

As an ISV, Novera's WorldPay Link Gateway provides the opportunity for you to easily integrate EMV-compliant  payments into mobile, P.O.S., and even QuickBooks® processing solutions, it can even utilize multiple processor platforms. This new gateway makes it easy for merchants to accept payments anywhere they do business.

For ISV's the benefits are many, including:

• Customized Merchant Boarding
• Dedicated ISV Team
• Flexible Merchant Pricing
• Revenue Sharing
• No Risk
• Reporting Portal
• Branded Referral Portal
• Complete Marketing Support
• Increased User Adoption
• World Class platform
• 24 X 7 US Based Support

Our robust API includes:

• Oracle Database with 99.999% Uptime
• Debit, Credit, Check, ACH
• Gift & Loyalty
• Retail Finance Cards
• Auth.net emulation
• QuickBooks® Integration
• Processor Neutral

With the WorldPay Link Gateway API, you can :

Enjoy Peace of Mind with the EMV Transition

The Novera Payment Solutions team understands that protecting your business and your customers is very important. You will be provided the tools and support you need to help simplify your PCI obligations and EMV integration to reduce the risk of fraud.


Our customers span local retailers, restaurants and corner stores to dentists, plumbers and eCommerce merchants—and every one of them can rely on the 24/7 live, US-based support staff who are highly trained to answer questions and resolve any issues that may arise.

A Company You Can Trust

Novera Payment Solutions, LLC (Novera) based in Atlanta is a registered Member Service Provider (MSP) of WorldPay. and a registered Independent Sales Organization (ISO) with Visa & MasterCard.   WorldPay acquires transactions coast to coast and around the globe ranging from brand name companies you already know to independent businesses in your own community. Point of sale authorization through settlement of funds, WorldPay provides the highest standard of payment processing to businesses ...businesses just like yours. WorldPay also offers seamless support and integration with industry-leading point-of-sale platforms and middleware providers, and it works with POS providers to certify new systems to their network on a ongoing basis.

Merchants can breathe easy with the WorldPay API. Our merchant account risk settings allow you to reduce fraudulent orders on your website, and thereby save money. Because fraud risks are constantly changing, Novera Payment Solutions and Worldpay put significant resources into staying ahead of the trends in fraud management. This saves our clients the large expenses associated with managing fraudulent transactions.

How We Do It

The Worldpay API verifies every single transaction against a minimum of 200 validation tests in less than a second. This helps reduces false sales and chargebacks.

For merchants, this aspect of the Worldpay API is preset to values which we know work well for the majority of businesses. There are two settings that merchants can change, however: 1) the Card Security Code check; and 2) address verification.

Address Verification

Address verification (AVS) checks the numeric values of the address provided by your customer against the information that this customer's bank has on file, producing either a full, partial or mis-match. AVS is used by all UK and USA card issuers and by certain issuers in other countries.

If AVS is switched on, Worldpay will decline all transactions which produce an AVS mis-match. Partial matches will not automatically be declined due to this check alone, and the same for transactions where AVS is not available from the customer's bank, in order to avoid creating too many missed orders for you.  However this means that AVS cannot be your only defense against fraud, and for this reason, Worldpay strongly recommends that you also switch on the Card Security Code check.

Card Security Code Check

The Card Security Code is the 3-digit number on the back of the card (unless it's an AMEX card, then is the 4-digit code on the front). The Card Security Code check ensures that the number provided by your customer matches that on file at their bank. If there is a mismatch WorldPay will automatically decline transactions.

The address verification check and Card Security Code check settings are both turned on by default in the Worldpay API when you sign up with Novera Payment Solutions.

Enhancing Risk Effectiveness

The risk checking feature is most effective when more information is provided about an order.

WorldPay recommends that the following details are included with every order:

• Full Name
• Billing Address of Card
• Payment Method
• Delivery / Shipping Address
• Shopper IP Address
• Shopper's session ID on your site

We understand that merchant accounts and risk assessment can seem cumbersome for small businesses, but that's no reason to ignore it. The livelihood of your business can suffer if you experience too many fraudulent transactions.

The Novera Payment Solutions team works with small businesses to help alleviate the burden of credit card processing risk assessment and mitigation.  We can also assist you with PCI compliance and answer any questions you might have.

About Novera Payment Solutions

Novera Payment Solutions is a leader in the credit card payments industry. We are committed to helping businesses improve their bottom line by providing significant savings on credit card processingfees through our innovative flat fee merchant account pricing model.

Contact Novera to learn how you can accept credit cards for your business!

Novera Payment Solutions is pleased offer the WorldPay Link Gateway for integrated software vendors (ISVs) making it easy to integrate credit card and debit card payments in any application. The Worldpay Link Gateway makes it simple to provide your clients with flexibility to choose the payments provider that fits their needs best. The WorldPay API offers easy integration with Worldpay's “Develop Once” approach. is committed to reducing development time and allowing you to get to market quicker, plus it helps lower your overall program maintenance costs.

With the WorldPay Link Gateway, you can:

• Accept All Payment Types - Allow merchants to accept payments how and when they want including online, point of sale (POS), mail order/telephone order (MOTO) and mobile credit card payments.
• Offer Real-time and Batch - Flexibility to process transactions in real-time or batch processing for efficiency.
• Store a Profile (Tokenization) - Limit the risk associated with storing sensitive credit card data by using the tokenization and stored profiles.
• Setup Recurring Billing - A robust yet easy to use recurring billing system that can be configured to suit the needs of businesses for membership dues or subscriptions fees.
• Offer WebPay - Hosted payment solution that offers complete control over payment processing and customer experience without the costs and burden of security compliance for hosted transactions.
• Offer  Fraud and Risk Management (FRISK) - A customizable fraud and risk management system that maximizes sales and minimizes risk.
• Offer  Instant Accept - payment integration plug-in for QuickBooks® POS to help expand the payment types merchants can accept, process and automatically record them within QuickBooks®.
• Offer  Electronic Checks - This Feature Gives merchants flexibility to accept checks through online ACH, check conversion or check 21 and process them using the same gateway process they use for all of other electronic payments.
• Integrate with Shopping Carts - Offer the ability to integrate into a vast array of shopping carts including Volusion, X-Xart, and OS Commerce

Features & Benefits

• Customized Merchant Boarding
• Dedicated ISV Team
• Flexible Merchant Pricing
• Revenue Sharing
• No Risk
• Reporting Portal
• Branded Referral Portal
• Complete Marketing Support
• Increased User Adoption
• World Class platform
• 24 X 7 US Based Support

About the WorldPay API

• Oracle Database with 99.999% Uptime
• Debit, Credit, Check, ACH
• Gift & Loyalty
• Retail Finance Cards
• Auth.net emulation
• QuickBooks® Integration
• Processor Neutral

Benefits for Merchants

• 24/7 Merchant Support
• AMEX OPT Blue program
• Weekend & Next-day Funding
• Merchant Reporting Portal

The WorldPay Link Gateway is PA-DSS compliant as required by PCI rules. This will put your clients at ease and allow them to focus on their business. To receive the WorldPay API, click the button below, complete the short form, and it will be sent to you!

Novera Payment Solutions is very excited to offer a new multifaceted API for software developers with WorldPay’s new Link Gateway feature. The Link Gateway allows you to easily integrate credit card payments into mobile, P.O.S., and even QuickBooks® processing solutions, it can even utilize multiple processor platforms. This new gateway makes it easy for merchants to accept payments anywhere they do business.

The Worldpay Link Gateway makes it easy to provide your clients with flexibility to choose the payments provider that fits their needs best.

Easy Integration

Worldpays “Develop Once” approach is committed to reducing development time and allowing you to get to market quicker, plus it helps lower your overall program maintenance costs.

Security

The WorldPay Link Gateway is PA-DSS compliant as required by PCI rules. This will put your clients at ease and allow them to focus on their business.

Gateway Features

From all major credit and debit cards to ACH/check protocols, the WorldPay Link Gateway provides consolidated, flexible options for virtually every US payment transaction type and method. 

Accept Payments Anywhere, Anytime

• Novera and WorldPay work hard to understand our customers' needs. Whether your clients sell face-to-face, online, on-the-go or even by MOTO (Mail Order Telephone Order), our flexible services enable your clients to securely accept payments anywhere, anytime.

  
  
• Your clients will have the ability to accept a wide range of payment types, from VISA®, MasterCard®, Discover®, American Express®, debit and gift cards to loyalty cards, checks, Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) and ACH (direct debit).


Greater Peace of Mind

• We understand protecting your business and your customers is very important. You will be provided the tools and support you need to help simplify your PCI obligations and reduce the risk of fraud.

• Our customers span local retailers, restaurants and corner stores to dentists, plumbers and eCommerce merchants—and every one of them can rely on the 24/7 live, US-based support staff who are highly trained to answer questions and resolve any issues that may arise.