. for the belfast public transit system see eway . for other uses see eway . eway type public industry payment gateway founded 1998 founder matt bullock headquarters canberra act australia auckland new zealand edinburgh scotland uk toronto ontario canada key people mark healy coo website www.eway.com.au eway is a global omnichannel payment provider processing secure credit card payments for merchants around the world . eway processes payments both online and face to face with a range of ecommerce and smartpos payments solutions . contents 1 history 2 awards 3 references 4 external links history edit this section reads like a news release or is otherwise written in a promotional tone . please help by either rewriting this article from a neutral point of view or by moving this article to wikinews . when appropriate blatant advertising may be marked for speedy deletion with db spam . october 2016 eway was founded in 1998 by matt bullock and eway.com.au was launched in 2000 . 1 by 2004 eway was linked to all major australian banks 2 and in 2009 the company expanded by a further 65 % . 3 in 2009 eway partnered with all the major new zealand banks expanding payment services in the region . 4 this was followed in 2011 by eway s expansion into the united kingdom and the establishment of regional branches in edinburgh and auckland . 5 6 7 8 in 2014 eway expanded into singapore hong kong and malaysia . 9 along with its regional expansions eway has partnered with major saas companies to provide integrated payment services . in 2013 eway partnered with xero to produce the pay now add on for xero online invoices . 10 11 12 eway was awarded xero add on partner of the year in 2013 for the pay now add on . 13 eway has built the xero paythis feature allowing xero users to pass on credit cards surcharges and offer multiple options in a single invoice . paythis uses eway s responsive shared page simplifying the payment process for xero users . 14 similar ventures have followed with the eway s integration with netsuite . 15 the integration allows netsuite users to facilitate credit card payments online by phone fax or mail utilising netsuite s omnichannel approach . 16 eway expanded its partnership with magento by creating a new payment extension to improve integration and security features . 17 eway s shopify integration allows merchants to access high level fraud protection token payments to allow repeat purchasing and eway s preauth feature to reserve funds on a customer s credit card without charging it . 18 in december 2013 eway partnered with the national australia bank to launch eway merchant services in australia . 19 eway s online merchant services allow businesses to set up a payment gateway as well as an internet merchant account within the one eway account reducing the time and fees it takes for businesses to set up online payments . 20 21 in july 2015 eway expanded into physical payments with the launch of smartpos . 22 the mobile card reader integrates with xero salesforce and shopify and is compatible with tap and go and eftpos payments . 23 proof of purchase is sent either by email or sms . 24 the smartpos device links to ios android and apple watch apps . 25 in october 2015 eway partnered with kikka capital a perth based small business lender . 26 active eway merchants can apply for up to 100 000 line of credit in seven minutes based on real time business performance information . 26 in november 2015 eway became the first australian payment gateway to offer a mobile integration with apple pay . 27 eway merchants can accept apple pay transactions in their apps or in person with the eway smartpos device . 28 in april 2016 eway was purchased by global payments . 29 awards edit xero add on partner of the year 2013 . 13 national iaward for research and development merit 2013 . 30 act chief minister s export award 2011 . 31 act pearcey entrepreneur award 2011 . 32 oria industry recognition award 2010 . 33 cebit.au award for excellence in engineering design 2009 . 34 telstra act business of the year awards 2008 . 35 references edit online payments provider takes advantage of high database availability to transorm the customer experience microsoft case studies 11 03 13 . press release local online payment gateway eway.com.au reports 47 % growth this year ecommerce report retrieved 09 07 2012 . press release tony mcgrath eway announces deal with google adwords whattech 15 11 10 . cynthia karena the little aussies that could the sydney morning herald 19 05 2009 . matthew staff eway comes to the aid of uk oz terity business review europe 22 09 12 . press release eway global expansion starts with nz uk services ; asia is next ecommerce report 18 04 10 . marcus austin uk gets a new no contract cloud payments gateway service techradar 24 09 12 . henderson james 23 september 2015 . eway responds to growing nz demand with auckland office opening . reseller news . retrieved 29 october 2015 . swan david 24 september 2014 . australian e commerce firm eway makes big asia play . it wire . retrieved 28 october 2015 . press release eway and xero payment service integration delivers big value for small businesses cio magazine 17 07 13 . andrew birmingham xero names eway as its partner of the year crn australia 12 04 14 . peter dinham xero eway get together on payments chase iwire 11 07 13 . a b press release amanda armstrong xero partner awards recognise outstanding performance in 2013 xero.com 24 02 14 . the carrots and sticks of invoice surcharging . pymnts.com . 30 may 2014 . retrieved 28 october 2015 . campbell phillips eway joins net suite to enhance payments offering power retail 29 10 2013 . press release eway joins netsuite suitepayments program to provide expanded payment choice for business in australia einsteinz communications 29 10 2013 . talevski julia 17 december 2014 . eway partners with magento . arn net . retrieved 28 october 2015 . kimmorley sarah 24 june 2015 . eway has ramped up its partnership with shopify after signing 2700 new merchants in the last 6 months . business insider australia . retrieved 28 october 2015 . eway to take on the banks by approving merchant accounts within 4 days payment magnates 20 10 13 . press release eway reduces e commerce wait time medianet 02 12 13 . tim lohman eway seeks to drag australian business into e commerce zdnet 30 10 13 . swan david 21 july 2015 . eway expands payment options . technology spectator . retrieved 29 october 2015 . swan david 21 july 2015 . eway takes on paypal with mobile point of sale service . the australian . retrieved 29 october 2015 . heber alex 21 july 2015 . eway is getting into physical payments . business insider australia . retrieved 29 october 2015 . merrett rebecca 22 september 2015 . eway launches wearable payments app . cio . retrieved 29 october 2015 . a b need cash eway teams with kikka for small business lending . business it . 7 october 2015 . retrieved 29 october 2015 . drummond shaun 19 november 2015 . apple pay switched on in australia but only for amex . newspaper . retrieved 2 december 2015 via the sydney morning herald . talevski julia 19 november 2015 . apple pay on tap . newspaper . retrieved 2 december 2015 via arn net . global payments eway . www.eway.com.au . retrieved 2016 04 18 . 2013 national iawards winners showcase the latest in ict innovation and productivity australian computer society . act chief minister s export awards act government 01 05 2014 . awards the pearcey foundation . winners announced online retail awards internetretailing.com.au 09 07 10 . eway winner of the cebit 2009 excellence in engineering design award cebit australia . australian capital territory telestra australian business awards telstra australian business awards . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title eway & oldid 742626187 categories financial services in australiaelectronic funds transferpayment service providersonline paymentsinternet properties established in 1998hidden categories articles with a promotional tone from october 2016all articles with a promotional tone navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 4 october 2016 at 20 22 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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