Third-party Press Release

Productive IT (UK) Ltd release "Credit Card Transactor" for FileMaker Pro 7 & 8

Hertfordshire, UK – Jan. 9 -- Productive IT announce the new "Credit Card Transactor" (CCT) for FileMaker Pro users & developers who need to integrate credit/debit card sales into their database solutions.

CCT is specifically designed to meet the needs of UK & European businesses needing to transact card sales directly from within their FileMaker database and integrates with UK / European based payment gateways and UK / European banks.


What is Credit Card Transactor?

CCT enables you to validate and transact customer credit & debit card sales from your PC. Designed for companies doing telesales, mail order or receiving email orders. CCT connects to an online payment gateway (currently Protx or WorldPay) to process your payments instantly and securely.

Eradicate human error and delays inherent with manual processing. No more queuing up by the PDQ machine! CCT can be easily integrated into your own FileMaker solutions and includes:

•    Transact sales in £ Sterling, € Euro and $ Dollar currencies.
•    Response within seconds showing whether card has been accepted or declined.
•    Payments direct to your UK bank, usually within 2-3 working days.
•    Validates card number before transaction (to ensure staff entered it correctly).
•    Automatically recognises card type (Visa, MasterCard, Switch / Maestro, Delta, Amex, etc.)
•    Transacts direct, deferred, pre-auth & repeat payments, plus part or full refunds.
•    Detailed response on success or failure.
•    Fraud checking options available.
•    Dramatically reduce order processing time.
•    If card declined, ask customer immediately for another. No need to call back later.
•    Monthly detailed reports.
•    Works with WorldPay or Protx (account required with one of these providers).
•    Integration with other service providers will be added based on user demand.
•    Optional integrated CRM & invoicing database to offer a complete solution.
•    Easy to integrate with other FileMaker solutions.
•    Optionally, with FileMaker Pro licenses at an amazingly competitive price.
•    Much more...  


Availability & Pricing:

CCT will be available from January 2006 for FileMaker 7 & 8 on Windows & OSX.

•    The CCT application is completely free of charge!
•    Optional CRM & invoicing database solution £199.00.
•    Charges per transaction: 1% of transaction value (minimum 10p per transaction).

A demonstration version of CCT will be available in January from our website.

Users will also require an account with either WorldPay or Protx. WorldPay is available to customers with or without a mail-order merchant account (also known as a 'card-not-present' merchant account). Protx customers require a mail-order merchant account.


Chaim Bacon, Director, says:

At last! An easy to integrate, completely transparent method for UK and European businesses to integrate card validation & sales directly into their FileMaker databases. Previously, we provided a custom development service for a number of clients to enable them to transact card sales, but many of the enquiries we receive ask for a version the customer can integrate by themselves. So here it is! CCT provides seamless integration with two of the UK's leading payment gateways and we'll add more gateways and features as per user demand.


About Productive IT (UK) Ltd

Productive IT is one of the UK's leading independent FileMaker Pro developers. We have a strong range of established products (for postcode & address management, SMS text messaging, photographers, reprographic companies and others) as well as providing a highly regarded consultancy and custom development service.

For more details on Productive it, please visit: www.productiveit.co.uk

* Copies of FileMaker Pro are supplied under our SBA agreements with FileMaker International Limited and are only available when purchased together with one of our product licences.

© Productive IT (UK) Ltd 2005