Manage payment gateway integrations and payment methods

A payment gateway is an online service provider that connects an electronic shopping cart or virtual terminal/POS to an electronic payment processor. The main function of a gateway is to pass authorization, payments, and settlement data securely to and from the merchant's website to the merchant's processor. The merchant processor in turn connects to the card association or network, which connects to the card issuing bank.

The payment method refers to the form of payment customers are using. For online purchases, they usually take the form of electronic payments like credit cards, debit cards, bank transfers, third-party processors (such as PayPal), or non-electronic payments like checks and cash.  The customer's method of payment can be created and edited in the customer account. You must have the Change Payment Methods and Delete Payment Methods permissions to create, edit, reset, and delete payment methods. These permissions are enabled by default. When these permissions are disabled, you can only view and download payment methods. An error message is returned if you try to perform actions for which you do not have permission. You must contact your Zuora tenant administrator to request a change to your user permissions.