WooCommerce Bambora Gateway 2.9.4

WooCommerce Bambora GatewayThe WooCommerce Bambora Gateway is a payment gateway plugin that integrates your WooCommerce store with Bambora (now part of Worldline and formerly known as Beanstream) to accept credit and debit card payments.

This is a premium extension, often used by merchants in North America (Canada and the US) and the APAC region who require robust recurring billing and high-security standards.

🌟 Key Features of the Bambora Gateway

The plugin is designed for seamless integration and advanced e-commerce functionality, particularly supporting subscription models:

1. Security and Checkout

Integrated Checkout (PCI Compliant): Customers remain on your WooCommerce site during checkout. The payment fields are served as secure, hosted iFrames directly from Bambora, which helps your store meet PCI SAQ-A compliance standards (significantly reducing your security burden).

Detailed Decline Messages: The plugin provides specific reasons for transaction declines (when possible), instead of a generic error message, which helps customers quickly resolve issues and complete their purchase.

Mobile Optimized: The checkout form is enhanced for mobile devices with features like automated card formatting and numerical inputs.

2. Subscription and Recurring Billing

Full WooCommerce Subscriptions Support: It is an ideal gateway for subscription businesses, fully supporting features like automatic recurring payments, payment date changes, and subscription date changes.

WooCommerce Pre-Orders: Supports pre-orders, allowing you to securely take a customer's payment details upfront and automatically charge their card when the product is released.

Tokenization: Enables customers to securely save their payment methods to their account for faster checkout and to support subscriptions and pre-orders.

3. Order Management Efficiency

Automatic Refunds and Voids: You can process full or partial refunds and void pre-authorized transactions directly from the WooCommerce Edit Order screen without needing to log into your Bambora/Worldline merchant account.

Capture Charges: If you set the transaction type to "Authorization" (Authorization and Capture model), you can capture the payment later, directly from the WooCommerce order screen. This is crucial for pre-orders or back-ordered goods.

Charge Virtual-Only Orders: Option to automatically capture charges for orders containing only virtual/downloadable products immediately upon checkout, granting instant download access.

⚙️ Requirements

To use this gateway, you must have:

An active Bambora/Worldline merchant account.

An SSL certificate installed on your website (required for any payment gateway).

A recent version of WooCommerce and WordPress.

This gateway is an excellent choice for businesses that need to prioritize security, manage subscriptions, and want deep control over transaction management directly within the WooCommerce admin.

Would you like help finding the latest documentation on setting up the required API credentials from your Bambora account?