eCommerce - FAQs

What is PCI Compliance and how does it affect me?
I currently use E-commerce platform X.  Will the Conquest Financial Payment Gateway work with X?
Do I need to build a website to accept payments online?
Does Conquest Financial provide hosted payment pages?  Are these pages customizable?
What is Silent Redirect?  Why should I use it?
Can I create recurring bills or payments?
What tools do you provide to manage my merchant account?
Can I accept payments in more than one currency?
Do you have APIs/documentation available?
Do you have a testing/development environment?  How can I get a test account?

Q: What is PCI Compliance and how does it affect me?

A: The Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council, operated by the major credit card brands, has defined a set of rules that must be met by any Merchant accepting credit card payments.  This standard helps to protect customer credit card information by providing best practices for how card data should be handled and used.

Q: I currently use E-commerce platform X.  Will the Conquest Financial Payment Gateway work with X?

A: Conquest Financial provides payment modules for several popular e-commerce platforms [list].  If your platform is not listed, it's still very likely that you will be able to connect to the Conquest Financial Gateway - contact us for details.

Q: Do I need to build a website to accept payments online?

A: Yes, you need to build a website.


Q: Does Conquest Financial provide hosted payment pages?  Are these pages customizable?

A: Yes, Conquest Financial provides customizable, hosted payment pages.  These pages offer simple integration and offload the responsibility of collecting credit card data from you to Conquest Financial.

Q: What is Silent Redirect?  Why should I use it?

A: Silent Redirect is an integration option that allows you to host the credit card information collection page, but send the information directly to Conquest Financial.  The result of the processed transaction is returned to you and the user's web browser is 'silently redirected' to your site.  Silent Redirect allows you to have full control over the look and feel of your page, while still offloading the responsibility for credit card data collection to Conquest Financial.


Q: Can I create recurring bills or payments?

A: Yes, Conquest Financial offers a recurring payments option that allows you to schedule card payments on a regular schedule.  Recurring payments can be created and managed through our Management Portal, or programmatically through our API.


Q: What tools do you provide to manage my merchant account?

A: Conquest Financial provides a Merchant Management Portal that contains a full suite of reporting, customization options for your Hosted Pages, web user management, a virtual terminal, and more.


Q: Can I accept payments in more than one currency?

A: Any merchant account can accept payment from any card (conversion will be performed by the cardholder's issuing bank).  If you want to charge a card in a specific currency, you will need a merchant account in that currency.  So for example, to charge the customer in US Dollars, you will need a US Dollar account.


Q: Do you have APIs/documentation available?

A: We have a full library of integration documentation available, and APIs in several programming languages including Java, Microsoft .NET, Ruby, and PHP.


Q: Do you have a testing/development environment?  How can I get a test account?

A: We have a complete test environment that allows you to perform all functions that you can perform in production.  To request a test account, please contact Sales [info here].