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The role of the payment gateway

2 min. readlast update: 10.19.2023

In order to set up online payment for events, membership and donations through your association's website, we will need to configure a payment gateway to your site.  All credit card payments are processed through the gateway and deposited directly into your association’s bank account.

Though we have created integrations with all of the payment gateway providers listed below, we recommend Affinipay and Stripe for their ease of use, competive pricing and excellent customer support.

If your association does not yet have a payment gateway account established, we recommend that you begin creating an account via the application links listed below. Once the account has been established, we will work with you to connect it to the website so you can begin collecting credit card payments.

As always, please let us know if you have any questions about the role of the payment gateway.

Existing Gateway Configurations:

  • Authorize.net 
  • *Affinipay
  • BluePay
  • First Data 
  • Merchant e-Solutions 
  • *Stripe 
  • PayPal Payflo
  • Paypal Standard
  • USA E-Pay

(1) Affinipay (Top Choice / Recommended)

  • 2.8% +$00.20 per transaction <Only valid on our platform using the link below>
  • No contracts
  • No fixed monthly/set-up fees 
  • Excellent customer service & live phone support based in USA
  • Money is transferred to your bank account within 2 days from the date of the charge.
  • Please click here to get started: https://affinipayassociations.com/partners/nursing-network/
  • For additional questions, please contact Affinipay Support: associations@affinipay.com 
  • New to Affinipay? Click Here to watch their customer support training video - an excellent guide for new account holders.

(2) Stripe

  • New nonprofit beta pricing for 501c3 (only):
  •  2.2% + 30¢ for non-AmEx transactions (added +1% for all international card payments)
  •  3.5% for all AmEx transactions 
  • IMPORTANT: you must contact Stripe immediately after applying to qualify for this pricing, please email: sales+nonprofit@stripe.com
  • Click here to create your account: https://dashboard.stripe.com/register
  • No contract
  • No fixed monthly/set-up fees 
  • Extremely simple to set up and very flexible
  • Money is transferred to your bank account within 2 days from the date of the charge.
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