Visa makes leading payments network accessible for independent developers

Visa has upgraded its Authorize.Net Developer Center, a resource for independent developers to create applications supporting electronic payments and related services for major payment networks including VisaNet. The Developer Center is based on Authorize.Net’s existing platform, which Visa acquired as part of the purchase of CyberSource earlier this year.

“The combination of developer ideas and Developer Center tools will result in the rapid development of innovations that will improve the payment experience for cardholders and deliver more efficiency and profitability for developers, merchants and financial institutions,” says Visa in the statement.

Apart from the updated developer program Visa has added a PCI-friendly card acceptance technique called the Direct Post Method.

"Because customer billing data posts directly to Authorize.Net without touching the merchant server, the merchant can retain control over the receipting experience without incurring PCI DSS overhead."