Payment processing in WebSphere Commerce

WebSphere Commerce allows merchants to process payments in a wide variety of ways. This ensures that most customers will find a payment method that makes them feel comfortable making purchases.

WebSphere Commerce supports the following payment processing methods:

Many payment functions are automated in WebSphere Commerce, with the exception of certain functions from the Payments user interface, such as payment settlement and exception processing. Authorizing, capturing, or crediting payments are part of the WebSphere Commerce Payments processing.

Depending on your chosen payment processing type or option, certain tasks can be automated through Payments or the Acquirer. An example of a task that could be automated through Payments is retrieving a gateway certificate. An example of a task that could be automated through the Acquirer is the automatic batch settlement at the end of each business day by the Acquirer (this is dependent on the Acquirer).

There are several ways you can customize payment processing with WebSphere Commerce Payments implementation to better fit your payment processing needs, such as: