Mercury Payment Systems is our newest integrated processor. With this addition we now have three partner processors total and one gateway that is compatible with several major platforms.
Payment Processing within MerchantOS got more restricted when we dropped Authorize.net support due to security issues with how their gateway is designed. We’ve been hunting for companies that meet both security and functionality requirements we have for gateways and Mercury Payment Systems fit the bill perfectly.
We’ve wanted to have an additional choice in processing for our customers for some time and we are thankful Mercury has the feature set needed and willingness to help us get an integration done.
When will this integration support pin based debit transactions?
This integration supports PIN based debit. There is no longer a cost saving advantage for PIN based debit thanks to recently passed legislation. You should consider carefully before purchasing the much more expensive PIN based debit device vs. the simple card reader.
Also for those interested in PIN based debit we have supported this functionality for a long time with Element Payments as another potential option.
The only remaining advantage to PIN based debit is more secure transactions meaning fewer chargebacks now that the cost is the same whether or not PIN is used on debit cards.
Is there a Particular person in charge of the MerchantOS account to talk to for rates etc?
Chris can help you out 800-846-4472 x 4852