VodaPay payment gateway application
To complete your application you need an active email and the following:
Have your Green ID Book or Smart Card ready in JPEG format.
You'll need your bank statement or bank confirmation letter in PDF or JPEG format.
Use your camera or webcam to take a selfie for verification.
To complete your integration, first do a test integration against Vodacom's staging environment, before moving onto the production environment. Once the test integration process is complete, the staging detail will need to be substituted with the production detail.
If you require any technical support during your integration/development phase, please contact Vodacom's integration support team at the following email address:
[email protected]
This section aims to provide you with a high-level integration overview as well where to find the relevant information to integrate quickly and successfully.
Access technical integration document here.
Customise your payment page
Whether you sell your products and services online, on social media, in-store or on the move, we can help you accept payments safely, easily and quickly.
You'll have access to a portal to manage your devices, download merchant statements and export your transaction history. Soon, you'll also be able to send receipts via email.
The VodaPay Merchant Portal allows you to view all your transactions and sales made across all our payment solutions including eCommerce, VodaPay Max and VodaPay Chop Chop.
At the end of each business day, VodaPay will perform a settlement process which considers all successful payments processed on your behalf as well as any refunds that you have performed.
On the next business day, VodaPay will calculate the amount due to you by offsetting any debits such as refunds or transaction fees, against payments received. The remaining balance is then paid into your designated clearing bank account.
A detailed view of this can be found on the Account Transactions screen of the merchant portal. Invoices for fees charged by VodaPay are available on the Documents screen on the merchant portal.
To have your questions answered, please visit our FAQ section. It covers several commonly asked questions that may provide you with the answers you need. Alternatively, please contact our call centre and our friendly agents will be happy to help you.
Website: http://voda.com/accept-payments
Email: [email protected]
Call Centre: 0800 000 654 Free from any network
Call centre operating hours
Monday to Sunday 8:00am to 7:00pm with after-hours emergency support
The Vodacom merchant portal provides reporting on all your transactions. Access the Merchant Portal on: https://vodapay.vodacom.co.za/merchant/index.html#/
Fees are calculated based on your monthly turnover and the payment methods you wish to accept from your customers. When a payment is successfully processed on the payment gateway, we will calculate the fee based on the transaction amount and the payment method used.
You can apply online here https://vodapay.vodacom.co.za/onboarding/start
A Dispute occurs when a buyer asks their issuing bank to reverse a transaction that has already been cleared. This tends to happen mainly due to a card being used fraudulently or when a customer feels that their order was not fulfilled by the merchant. If the merchant should fail to respond to the Dispute, it will result in a Chargeback
How Chargebacks work
Step One - Dispute is raised
The process is triggered when the Cardholder logs a dispute with the Issuing Bank.
Step Two - Dispute is logged
If the dispute is determined to be valid, or at least worthy of further investigation.
Step Three - Dispute is transmitted to the Acquiring Bank
Step Four - The Acquirer receives the dispute
When the Acquiring Bank receives the dispute, they:
Step Five - Supporting evidence is requested from Merchant
Step Six - When the Merchant receives the dispute, the Merchant:
If you are a Vodacom merchant, your store is configured to process 3D secure authenticated card transactions. This means that all customers will need to authenticate (either OTP or in-app) their transaction for it to be processed successfully.
The only exception to this is the recurring/subscription payments functionality where the initial transaction is 3-D secure authenticated, and all subsequent transactions are non-3-D secure.
One of the critical success factors of the authentication schemes is to remove chargebacks from the system. Each of the card issuers are adding edits to ensure, wherever possible, that you are not charged back for a transaction that was authenticated.
PCI Data Security Standard or PCI DSS are the standards governing the credit card industry. The main aim of these standards is to create a safe environment for credit card transactions and minimize the risk of financial fraud.
Vodacom adheres to international PCI (payment card industry) compliance standards for data security for the credit card data handled by Vodacom. All internal processes strictly adhere to the PCI-DSS level 1 certification.
Vodacom enables your business to accept:
To access the Vodacom Terms and Conditions, click the following link
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