Payment Processors: PayPal and Braintree

VIDEO TRANSCRIPT | Recorded: 2025-12-17 | Verify against current system state

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Configuration and integration details for PayPal and Braintree payment processors within the AANP commerce ecosystem

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Understand gateway vs processor: Gateway (PayPal Payflow Pro) translates/collects payment info → Processor (Braintree) moves money to bank
Conference Reg stack: PayPal Payflow Pro SDK → Braintree → Bank
Aptify stack: BluePay API → Card Connect → Bank
Future Salesforce stack: Chargent → Braintree → Bank (simpler, no PayPal layer)
PayPal Payflow Pro login: 1Password entry "PayPal Payflow Pro" - requires Merchant (Verisign), Partner (Verisign), Vendor (AMP), Username (AMP), Password
IP restrictions removed from PayPal - caused too many issues with VPN/remote work access
Reports: Reports → Daily Activity (most common) or Transaction Summary - choose Live vs Test transaction mode
User management: Manage Users → can only Suspend users (not delete) - login history retained
No license limit on users but keep list small for security visibility
Read-only access available for membership team - can view but not create transactions or refunds
Card types accepted and merchant bank info viewable in account settings
Blue Pay considered legacy - move to Card Connect recommended but not urgent while on Aptify

0:20 "So the first thing to understand is the difference between a payment processor."
2:30 "So all of those are kind of intermingled and can be difficult to understand where."
4:34 "you need to go into one password and get the specific entry here."
5:46 "It just caused so many problems because people were working from home or the VPN."
7:34 "Just make sure that you have, you know, you have users that are actually here and."
10:06 "So you're going to see a couple of different things in here."
11:51 "So I will log in as J Sykes and see if I can get in."
13:31 "So it's sitting here getting processed and working through here."

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