December 3, 2004 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Internet payment service provider Authorize.net (authorize.net), a division of e-commerce company Lightbridge (lightbridge.com), announced this week that it has integrated Mercantec’s (mercantec.com) PowerCommerce 2005 shopping cart solution with the Authorize.net payment gateway. With the integration, online merchants can sell their goods and services using Mercantec’s PowerCommerce suite of Web site building and storefront solutions together with the Authorize.Net payment gateway.
“Mercantec is widely recognized as an e-commerce pioneer and leader,” says Roy Banks, president of Lightbridge’s Authorize.Net business unit. “We are pleased to have them as an Authorize.Net certified shopping cart and look forward to providing their merchants with an industry leading Internet Protocol transaction processing solutions.”
Authorize.net said Mercantec has been certified according to the integration, performance and security standards of its Shopping Cart Certification Program.
“Authorize.Net is an important enhancement to our platform,” says Bill Tait, founder and chief executive officer of Mercantec. “We recently began offering merchant accounts through e-onlinedata (e-onelinedata.com), Inc. and the addition of Authorize.Net really completes our package, creating a product that will be enthusiastically embraced by our merchants and resellers.”
