Advanced Billing Tools
The First Data gateway includes several advanced billing options for merchants. These streamlined payment solutions are ideal for subscription services, membership based businesses or any other business with a list of regular customers.
Recurring Billing
Simplify your invoicing. First Data’s Recurring Billing service is designed to automate your customers’ recurring payments as well as provide you with a powerful selection of tracking and reporting tools.
Benefits for Business
- one-time entry of customer transaction information into our secure online interface
- Set up timed credit card transactions
- Build fully flexible schedules (any period of days, weeks or months)
- Prorate first payments
- Control declined transactions and customize settings for automatic retries
- Email invoices to your customer
- View and email detailed recurring billing reports and customer transaction histories
- Manage taxes on a per-customer basis
- Access comprehensive fraud-prevention tools
For ultimate control and customization or if you are a developer, we offer an API which can be integrated into your own system.
Batch Processing
First Data’s Batch Processing service coordinates an unlimited number of payments at the same time. You are able to manage a large amount of credit card information without sending each customer to an online payment form. Perfect for mail or telephone orders and other card-not-present environments.
Benefits for Business
- Enter your customer card information into a CSV-formatted file (such as Excel)
- Upload to an easy-to-use interface in your own online member area. Files can be loaded 30 days in advance
- Process the entire file at once
- Download reports explaining the status of each transaction
- Tokenization encrypts every piece of confidential data your customer supplies and stores it on our PCI-certified servers
For more information, call one of our Business Consultants at 1-855-852-2512. We look forward to speaking with you.