Card gateways

The VocaLink card gateways provide acquirers and issuers with access to the revenue available from accepting international cards. Our gateways provide the essential connections to the Visa™ and MasterCard™ schemes so that payments and cash withdrawals can be accepted at ATMs, point of sale terminals or using prepaid cards.

Our hosted, managed service makes card-scheme interoperability accessible and cost effective. Maintaining a card gateway requires considerable investment. Regular revisions to card scheme interfaces to update their functionality carry significant risk and expense. Outsourcing card gateway operations to VocaLink removes these risks and simplifies financial planning.

Membership of international schemes is restricted and VocaLink has unique arrangements to obtain sponsorship for organisations that do not meet the MasterCard™ and Visa™ scheme membership criteria.

The elegant solution

Our service can optimise revenue, reduce risk and simplify the business processes associated with international interoperability. By consolidating the activities involved in supporting multiple scheme access into a single relationship with VocaLink your monthly outgoings become fixed and predictable. Our service embraces scheme connectivity, the hardware and software maintenance required to support multiple connections and the certified implementation of scheme mandated changes.

To find out more information please download the Card gateways product sheet (.pdf 256kb)