Direct PSP integration and third-party payment gateways solve different problems and create different constraints. A breakdown of integration time, PCI scope, failover behavior, and lock-in risk so you can pick the right model.
Tokenization replaces a card number with a random surrogate value, keeping sensitive data out of your systems and reducing PCI DSS scope. Here’s how it works, what the three token types actually do, and when your PSP’s built-in tokenization isn’t enough.