{"id":3731,"date":"2015-09-15T10:18:08","date_gmt":"2015-09-15T15:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/3dmerchant.com\/blog\/?p=3731"},"modified":"2021-12-03T03:19:25","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T08:19:25","slug":"level-3-gateway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/3dmerchant.com\/blog\/cenpos\/level-3-gateway","title":{"rendered":"Level 3 Gateway"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Level 3 payment processing requires a level 3 gateway, but most merchants don&#8217;t realize how big an impact gateway selection has on merchant fees paid.<\/h1>\n<p>Merchants selling to other businesses or the government benefit from Level 3 processing and the savings this provides on commercial, purchasing and government transactions by processing level 3 Data. What gateway companies won&#8217;t tell you, is that not only do you need to send special data, but there are a bunch of rules to qualify for Data Rate III interchange rates as shown in the image below. Don&#8217;t follow the rules, and you&#8217;ll pay Data Rate I or Standard.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/3dmerchant.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/commercial-rates.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3587\" src=\"https:\/\/3dmerchant.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/commercial-rates.jpg\" alt=\"level 3 interchange rates\" width=\"600\" height=\"185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/3dmerchant.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/commercial-rates.jpg 600w, https:\/\/3dmerchant.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/commercial-rates-300x93.jpg 300w, https:\/\/3dmerchant.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/commercial-rates-500x154.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>What are the rules? For starters, there are additional fields that must be submitted with the transaction. All the level 3 gateways support submitting the data, though they may do it in different ways. There are other rules such as the authorization and settlement amount must match. It&#8217;s unrealistic to expect any user to know all the rules for any transaction to qualify at the lowest interchange rate, so a payment gateway that automates that process is critical. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">This is where most payment gateways fail. They can submit data, but have no intelligence to help merchants comply with qualification rules.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>What gateway supports level 3 for retail, kiosk, mobile or any swiped transaction?<\/strong> CenPOS.<\/p>\n<p>Gateways must certify level 3 to each acquirer, also known as payment processor, or credit card processor. The certifications can include for retail, retail EMV, MOTO (Mail Order Telephone Order), and ecommerce. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ff0000;\">Very few gateways certify level 3 for all sales channels. <\/span>The only one I&#8217;m aware of that&#8217;s certified retail and retail EMV is CenPOS.<\/p>\n<h1><strong>Gateways supporting level 3 for MOTO:<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>What level 3 gateway is compatible with <strong>First Data<\/strong>? CenPOS, First Data Global Gateway e4 &#8211; now called Payeezy. While CenPOS automates level III processing, First Data has multiple optional steps after the sale, leaving compliance up to the individual user; additionally, their method does not guarantee that all rules will be met to qualify for level III interchange rates. Authorize.net and Payflow Pro offer level III with certain API&#8217;s only.<\/p>\n<p>What level 3 gateway is compatible with <strong>Vantiv or NPC<\/strong>? CenPOS<\/p>\n<p>What level 3 gateway is compatible with <strong>Chase Paymentech<\/strong>? CenPOS, Paymentech Orbital, PayTrace. Paymentech and Paytrace have optional extra steps, leaving compliance up to the individual user; additionally, their methods do not guarantee that all rules will be met to qualify for level III interchange rates. Authorize.net and Payflow Pro offer level III with certain API&#8217;s only.<\/p>\n<p>What level 3 gateway is compatible with <strong>Tsys<\/strong>? CenPOS, eProcessing Network, Authorize.net and Payflow Pro offer level III with certain API&#8217;s only<\/p>\n<p>What level 3 gateway is compatible with <strong>Moneris<\/strong>? CenPOS<\/p>\n<p>What about Revolution Payments, Vantage Card Services and other gateways not listed here? In most cases, the company is a reseller of a gateway listed above, not a gateway manufacturer. Network Merchants, LLC (NMI) distributes a white label solution that supports level 3 data, but there&#8217;s no public information about acquirer certification; BluePay and 3DSI also offer level 3, but it&#8217;s unclear what acquirers. Please add your suggestions in comments.<\/p>\n<p>As of September 15, 2015, of the brands listed in this post, only CenPOS has both certified EMV terminals to accept chip cards with their gateway, and has also certified level 3 processing for all sales channels via any method, including API, virtual terminal, and online payments.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Level 3 payment processing requires a level 3 gateway, but most merchants don&#8217;t realize how big an impact gateway selection has on merchant fees paid. 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