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* First Data Global GatewaySM

LinkPoint Secure Payment Gateway First Data Global GatewaySM is for start-up merchants who want to get online fast, as well as for merchants who already have a Web site and want a secure, fast and reliable e-commerce payment solution. The First Data Global GatewaySM translates information from a merchant’s Web site into a format that can be read by an electronic processing system to process transactions online.

E-commerce means new opportunities and responsibilities for merchants. The
First Data Global GatewaySM offers merchants the protection of 128-bit Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption, as well as state-of-the-art fraud-protection features, including:
  • Fraud screening of each transaction prior to submission for authorization.
  • Additional protection during authorization through Address Verification Service (AVS) and card verification value 2 (CVV2).
  • Protection from repeated fraud through the blocking of:

    - Specific credit card numbers
    - Internet protocol (IP) addresses
    - E-mail addresses
    - Individuals by name
    - Purchase values in excess of a threshold dollar   amount