API

Portico Gateway is our developer-friendly payments API. Portico helps merchants process credit and debit cards. It provides a virtual terminal that you can access from any computer or mobile device to process transactions, You can also process "card-not-present" transactions securely, and send payment links via text, email, or QR code.

Portico is ideal for service-based businesses, mobile merchants, and field professionals who need to get paid on the go. It also supports many different industries, including retail, restaurant, ecommerce, mail order, and lodging.

Portico's API includes services for a wide variety of payment methods, including major credit and debit cards, digital wallets, and ACH/eChecks. Built with security in mind, Portico supports several different methods for encryption and tokenization of card data, including E3 End-to-End Encryption, and SecureSubmit tokenization. For merchants, this means more efficient operations, better security, and flexibility in how they accept payments.

Whether you're integrating for the first time or optimizing an existing setup, our documentation will guide you through the entire process.