- Introduction to Payments
- Standard Payment Processing
- Debit and Prepaid Card Processing
- Processing Debit and Prepaid Authorizations
- Airline Data Processing
- Japanese Payment Options Processing
- Processing Payments Using Credentials
- Using Stored Customer Credentials During a CIT
- Merchant-Initiated Delayed Transaction with PAN
- Merchant-Initiated Incremental Transaction with PAN
- Merchant-Initiated No-Show Transactions with PAN
- Merchant-Initiated Reauthorization Transactions with PAN
- Merchant-Initiated Resubmission Transaction with PAN
- Installment Payments
- Recurring Payments
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Payment Networks
Payment networks manage communications between acquiring financial institutions and issuing financial institutions. They also develop industry standards, support their brands, and establish fees for acquiring institutions.
Some payment networks, such as Visa and Mastercard, are trade associations that do not issue
cards. Issuers are members of these associations, and they issue cards under license from the
association.
Other networks, such as Discover and American Express, issue their own cards. Before you process cards from these companies, you must sign agreements with them.