First Data Independent Sales Internet merchants receive numerous benefits by using the LinkPoint^® Secure Payment Gateway, the most advanced gateway in the industry.

The LinkPoint^® Secure Payment Gateway protects data with 128-bit Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption, includes a fraud screen of each transaction submitted, and enables merchants to access real-time reports via their Web browsers.

The HTML Support Group helps merchants with the setup of LinkPoint Central^®, LinkPoint Basic^® and Virtual LinkPoint^® payment options offered through the LinkPoint^® Secure Payment Gateway.

The HTML Support Group answers questions about the features and functions of these applications, and is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The API Support Group helps merchants implement LinkPoint Select API^® for transaction processing and manage shopping cart compatibility. Merchants submit queries via e-mail and receive prompt responses by 5 p.m. the next business day.