Star Card Payment Online

By: EconomyWatch   Date: 9 October 2009

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The Star card payment online service allows the cardholders pay select bills directly via a STAR bill payment biller's web site or over the phone through a voice response unit (VRU), live agents and kiosks. The payments can be made on a recurrent or one-time basis. Moving from paper-based payments and ACH to the Star bill payment online service also reduces the overheads, such as the transaction fees, and offers customers as well as merchants a new channel of payment.

Star Card Payment Online: Relevance for Merchants

Bill payments are usually restricted to transactions of low value, since they entail lower risk. Usually, the bill payments extend to lenders, insurers, the state, federal or local government, utilities and educational institutions. The security of such transactions and authentication of the cardholders become the responsibility of the merchants.

With the Star card payment online service, merchants, by default, get covered against fraud, as Star cards are issued after a thorough check. Thus, with the Star card payment service, merchants can increase customer retention, besides expanding their services and increasing revenue channels.

Star Card Payment Online: A nice addition to the service portfolio

The Star network of cards perennially evaluates the feasibility of adding more payment options, such as rental payments, prepaid wireless or even new types of loans. With a payment option that keeps evolving with new demand, customers get a complete mode of payment that pays all kinds of bills through a single source.

The benefits of this service include:

  • Reduced risk and expenses with virtually guaranteed payment
  • Faster fund availability
  • This service comes at a lower transaction cost, as compared to credit cards or signature debit cards
  • It increases the streams of payment and thus options for consumers as well as merchants
  • Enhances customer-merchant relationship, loyalty and back business

Setting Up Star Card Payment Online

Consumers wishing to add billers to their account can log in their Star card account and click on ‘Add a Bill’ tab. Once the information is entered, the Star card payment online service is set up. Once done, the ‘Payment Center’ screen can be checked for the new biller.

You can find out more about Star Card Payment Online at the  http://www.firstdata.com/star/  website, operated by First Data Corporation. Star Card is part of the First Data Corporation.

 


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