Payment gateways are the vital financial link between customer and business. You risk a lost sale if a customer encounters even a minor issue during checkout.

Payment gateway testing mimics each step of the payment process to verify that connections, transactions, and paths for communications are working. Testers uncover issues that impact a seamless transaction and user experience.

This guide provides a full overview of payments testing, from definitions to use cases to actionable testing scenarios.

• The benefits of testing payment gateways
• 8 tests that ensure software functionality
• Key features of a good payment gateway testing partner
• 5 payments testing use cases
• Bonus: 12-step guide for developing a payment gateway testing strategy