What Additional Issues Need to be Considered When Setting up an E-Commerce Payment Facility?

In addition to the above section, departments which are considering providing an e-commerce facility (acceptance of payment over the internet) should consider the following:Departments are responsible for investigating the various e-commerce payment processing gateways, and choosing the gateway they will use. The Financial Services Department can advise departments on current gateways used at the University of Toronto. If you require additional information, please contact the Supervisor, Accounting Services . In most cases, the department will choose a gateway provider affiliated with the payment processor. If specific requirements in the department necessitate choosing a gateway provider other than one affiliated with the payment processor, the department is responsible for ensuring that the gateway provider is certified with the payment processor. This should be done very early in the process to avoid costs in developing an e-commerce solution that will not be supported by your payment processor. If you need help in determining whether your payment processor is certified, please contact the Supervisor, Accounting Services In order to launch your "on-line store", registration site or other e-commerce solution, you will require a University of Toronto merchant account registered with the payment processor. This process for requesting the merchant account is covered in the section below entitled "Instructions to Financial Services Department requesting Debit/Credit Card Facility"