Shift4 / Main Index

Founded in Las Vegas in 1994, Shift4 Corporation is the largest independent payment processing gateway in North America, serving more than 20,000 clients in several industries, including Hospitality, Retail, Food & Beverage, Mail/Telephone Order, and e-Commerce. Boasting more than 350 PMS/POS integrations and absolute bank- and processor-neutrality, Shift4 is proudly merchant-centric, helping clients secure the best discount rates while providing industry-leading security, speed, and reliability. The inventor of Tokenization, Shift4 has processed more than 3 billion tokenized transactions since coining the term in 2005. Shift4’s DOLLARS ON THE NET® payment gateway provides unparalleled pre- and post-settlement auditing capabilities, fraud protection, and drastically simplified PCI-compliance.

Today, nearly 30% of the U.S. Hospitality industry uses DOLLARS ON THE NET. We understand the payment problems that hoteliers face and we have tools uniquely designed to help combat those issues.

Secure Payment Processing

Our Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) DOLLARS ON THE NET is the most powerful and comprehensive enterprise-wide payment processing solution available for both card-present and card-not-present transactions. It serves as a real-time, Web-based payment gateway between a merchant’s property management system (PMS) or point-of-sale (POS) and their bank or processor, ensuring that transaction data is correctly collected and transmitted so that transactions qualify for the best possible discount rates.

Shift4 security technologies, included at no additional charge with DOLLARS ON THE NET, enhance protection and simplify PCI compliance by taking cardholder data (CHD) out of the merchant’s system. 4Go® allows merchants to eliminate the security vulnerabilities associated with handling CHD as it travels over internal networks or is stored in local log files. It becomes the payment application of record so your PMS/POS remains out of PCI scope. Shift4’s TrueTokenization® is the original tokenization technology designed to replace CHD and address issues associated with the long-term storage of sensitive CHD. The Universal Transaction Gateway® (UTG®), the first solution of its kind, is an application that intelligently provides security, reliability, usability, speed, adaptive routing, and offline handling between the merchant’s PMS/POS and DOLLARS ON THE NET.

Hospitality-Specific Advantages

Authorizations received in less than three seconds let you capitalize on peak visitor times and diminish queues
Assured Delivery eliminates duplicate or lost transactions
99.98% system uptime
Enterprise management allows you to audit and settle transactions from any Web-accessible computer to ensure that all transactions are accurate and on time
Flexibility to choose the rates and service you want with 100% bank- and processor-neutrality
350 unique PMS/POS integrations
The ability to audit and correct transactions before settlement reduces errant transactions and the fines they carry
Transactions are archived for up to 24 months
Direct processing to American Express eliminates third-party processing fees while accelerating the availability of funds
Fraud Sentry® protects against “trusted-employee” fraud
IT’S YOUR CARD®, the industry’s most powerful and cost-effective gift card solution, puts you in control of your funds
24/7/365 support at no extra cost