Payment Gateway

The secure bridge that moves your payment information from a merchant to the broader payment network.

A payment gateway is like the toll booth at the entrance to the payment highway. When you enter your card details at checkout, the gateway encrypts and transmits that information to the right place—whether that’s Visa, Mastercard, or a payment processor. It handles security (like TLS and tokenization), picks the right route, and manages the sensitive handoff between merchant systems and banking infrastructure. Gateways don’t move the money themselves, they just make sure the transaction gets where it needs to go, safely and quickly. Without them, online commerce would be a lot riskier (and slower).