Posts by Alexander Mulin

Being a reliable and trusted provider of such a sensitive service, PayPal do their best to guarantee the top-notch security to their users. But sometimes the security upgrades require actions from the users too - at least, making sure nothing is broken after another update. This is exactly what is happening now, so you might have already received an email titled "IMMEDIATE ATTENTION REQUIRED: PayPal service upgrades" . What does it mean and what should you do?

Alexander Mulin 1 min read

The team of developers, helping me to make X-Payments better, did a very good job - I'm happy to announce that v2.2 is available and ready for use. And I encourage you to upgrade your X-Payments instances at your earliest convenience to get access to dozens of new features and improvements.

Alexander Mulin 4 min read

Do you remember our announcing the integration with Pay With Amazonfor the United States? The popularity of this module makes us believe that it's in demand, and the growing number of merchants, asking us whether it's also available for the United Kingdom and Germany confirms this fact. Well, the good news is that now we can answer "YES!"

Alexander Mulin 4 min read

X-Payments 2.1.3 is released. Many improvements and bug-fixes have been implemented. Besides, X-Payments team updates X-Cart 4 connectors for X-Cart versions 4.1.0-4.6.3 and launches a new website for X-Payments.

Alexander Mulin 3 min read

Is storing credit card numbers in a database allowed? Basically you can store it but it has to be protected in accordance with PCI DSS standards. Having this information in your database makes you an extremely attractive target for hackers. Do you think you can protect it?

Alexander Mulin 3 min read

We are disabling SSLv3 support at our X-Payments servers on Nov 19th 2014. This may cause interruption of connection between your X-Cart based shops and X-Payments if your X-Cart shop is not ready. Update the X-Payments Connector module asap.

Alexander Mulin 1 min read

X-Cart team updated X-Payments connectors for X-Cart 4.1.x-4.6.3. Now they support all new features of X-Payments 2.1.x like PCI compliant saving credit cards, recurring orders, iFrame integration of X-Payments credit card form, etc.

Alexander Mulin 1 min read X-Payments

Credit card processing rates and fees are complicated with lots of fine print. But one thing is for sure. You likely feel that you are paying much more than the "super low"advertised rate from your current provider. This webinar discusses 7 common mistakes online businesses make when selecting a payment processor, along with tips on how to cut your costs.

Alexander Mulin 4 min read

Deciphering credit card processing rates and additional fees can be complex and confusing. The details that really determine what you'll pay are often buried in the fine print of your agreement. Frankly you don't have time to figure it out. But that's where there's danger.

Alexander Mulin 2 min read