A payment gateway is an e-commerce application service provider service that authorizes credit card payments for e-businesses, online retailers, bricks and clicks, or It is the equivalent of a physical point of sale terminal located in most retail outlets. brick and mortar.

Payment gateways protect credit card details by encrypting sensitive information, such as credit card numbers, to ensure that information is passed securely between the customer and the merchant and also between merchant and the payment

A payment gateway facilitates the transfer of information between a payment portal (such as a website, mobile phone or interactive voice response service) and the Front End Processor or acquiring bank.
Advantages of payment gateway are:

• Guaranteed fraud protection Mechanisms in place

• Easy and quick access