Types of Payment Systems

The following types of payment systems are available:

• Credit Cards Processed and Stored Locally – payment methods of this type represent credit or debit cards you use daily. Such payment methods may be used for online payments without a redirection to a payment gateway's secure payment page.
• Direct Debit – payment methods of this type represent customers' bank accounts and reflect the fact that a customer has paid for some services with a money transfer.
• External Payment Site – payment methods of this type represent credit or debit cards you use daily. Such payment methods may be used for online payments with a redirection to a payment gateway's secure payment page. After a payment is processed, the customer returns to the provider's site.
• Manual – payment methods of this type reflect the fact that a customer has paid for the services provided with a bank check or cash.
• Direct Debit (UK) – payment methods of this type represent customer's bank accounts and reflect the fact that a customer authorizes a payee to collect money from his or her bank account.
• Custom – payment methods of this type comprise any of the available payment methods to be used for payment processing. Also payment systems of such a type can be used to process pseudo payments, which are fake payments that are used in case all the real billing activities are performed outside OA Billing, in a partner's own billing system.

For additional information, please refer to the OA Billing Provider's Guide.