Category Archives: Credit Card Processing

The chip card transition in the US has been a disaster

By Ian Kar qz.com Over the last year or so in the US, a lot of the plastic credit cards we carry around every day have been replaced by new one with chips embedded in them. The chips are supposed … Continue reading

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Authorize.net Technical Updates email

UPDATE AS OF MAY 2019 This information supersedes the instructions below that were published on April 7, 2016. At that time, you were instructed to input the text outlined in red (with “secure2.authorize.net”) for credit card processing in the Initialization … Continue reading

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PCI Certificate of Validation 2018-19

   

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Wintix and Webtix PCI compliance 2023-24

May 3, 2023 To all Merchant Service Providers and IT Departments: This letter is to attest that Wintix Box Office Accounting Software and Webtix for online ticketing software do not store credit card numbers, exp or cvv2 numbers as per … Continue reading

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Think a sale is fraudulent? You may be the victim of credit card theft

One of our customers noticed some completed Webtix sales that seemed suspicious. One of the customer’s names was Regerg Wefwefewf and another was Efwefw Ewfwe According to Bruce Schneier, a renowned cryptographer, computer security, and privacy specialist, this is a … Continue reading

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Was a credit card “not approved” but charged anyway through Authorize.net?

There might have been a break in the communication between your computer and Authorize.net.  Authorize.net may have received the communication to charge the card, but your ISP may have had a slight interruption so that Authorize.net could not communicate back … Continue reading

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Does a Webtix customer get a notification when their credit card is declined?

If the sale doesn’t go through, there will be no Webtix email notification nor will the box office receive any email notification. What does happen is if the credit card is invalid or is declined, the online patron will get … Continue reading

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How to set up a payment gateway in Wintix

Center Stage Software has developed a credit card payment gateway interface for Authorize.net. To set up Authorize.net in Wintix, you need to have an API login ID and transaction key, plus the https:// link. This information gets entered in the … Continue reading

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Authorize.net information gone?

Has this happened to you? A Wintix user emailed us: “Something strange happened this morning. When the box office people arrived, the authorize.net information was wiped out. This happened to us once before, so we were prepared to fill in … Continue reading

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Important: Security Certificate Upgrades on May 26th, 2015 from Authorize.net

Center Stage Software and some of our customers received this information from Authorize.net recently: Important: Security Certificate Upgrades on May 26th Authorize.Net is upgrading our infrastructure to enhance system performance and security. On May 26, 2015, we are upgrading to … Continue reading

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