Online stores
- Visa and Mastercard on your site
- 3DS2 security on every sale
- Refunds from your orders
- Funds to your local bank
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PowerTranz card payments for WooCommerce, paid straight to your local bank.
The PowerTranz WooCommerce plugin, formerly First Atlantic Commerce (FAC), adds 3DS2-secure card payments to your store, and we build and support it.
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Card payments we've built run every day for
The WooCommerce plugin works for any Caribbean business that sells online.
One plugin sits between your WooCommerce store and your bank, wherever and however you sell.
Online stores
- Visa and Mastercard on your site
- 3DS2 security on every sale
- Refunds from your orders
- Funds to your local bank
Online stores
What the plugin does
Everything your WooCommerce checkout needs.
Take payments, keep them safe and run your store from one plugin, built for Caribbean banks and kept current with WooCommerce.
Get paid like a local
Real-time processing
Cards are approved in seconds and settle to your bank.
The cards your customers carry
Your checkout accepts Visa and Mastercard.
14 currencies
Customers pay in their currency, you settle in yours.
Checkout on any screen
The payment form is built for the phone your customer is holding.
Keep every payment safe
3DS2 Secure
The bank confirms it's really your customer (acquirer dependent).
Card checks on every sale
Every sale passes CVV2, CVC2, CID and AVS checks before money moves.
PCI-compliant gateway
Card data is handled on PowerTranz's secure servers.
Hosted Payment Page
If you'd rather keep card entry off your site, customers pay on PowerTranz's page.
Run your store
Capture, reverse, refund
Manage payments from your WooCommerce orders, around the clock.
Works with your add-ons
It works with Subscriptions, Pre-Orders and Bookings out of the box.
Developer test mode
Run test payments before a real dollar moves.
Kept up to date
The team that built it keeps it updated for each WooCommerce release.
How it works
Here's how a payment reaches your bank.
Your customer pays by card on your WooCommerce checkout, the bank checks it's really them, the payment is authorised in real time, and the money settles to your local bank account, typically within 48 hours.
Customer checks out
3DS2 verifies the card
PowerTranz authorises
Funds settle to your local bank
They pay in their currency and you settle in yours.
14 currencies
Your bank agreement sets which Caribbean dollars, USD, CAD, GBP or EUR you take.
Caribbean-wide
PowerTranz has partner banks in 21 countries across the Caribbean and Central America.
TTDTrinidad and TobagoJMDJamaicaBBDBarbadosXCDEast CaribbeanGYDGuyanaBSDBahamasBZDBelizeKYDCayman IslandsBMDBermudaDOPDominican RepublicUSDCADGBPEUR
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We work with the gateway every day.
Actively updated.
We keep it current with every WooCommerce release.
Help with your bank.
We know what local banks ask for and help you get ready.
Room to grow.
When you outgrow the plugin, we build custom integrations too.
Getting started
You go from bank account to first sale in four steps.
Ready your accounts.
Open a merchant account with your local bank and an account with PowerTranz. We guide you through both.
Buy the right plugin.
Check with your bank whether your merchant account is 3DS2 or Non-3DS, and whether you want the Hosted Payment Page.
Install and set up.
Add your merchant ID, password and licence key, or let us install it for you.
Go live and get paid.
Start taking card payments, with funds settling to your local bank.
Your accounts
- Merchant account with a bank set up with PowerTranz
- A PowerTranz account
Your server
- SSL certificate on the domain used for purchases
- PHP 5.6 or higher
- WooCommerce 2.2 or higher
- TLS 1.2 or higher
- SOAP client installed and enabled
- cURL enabled
Your website
- Visa and Mastercard marks on the home and payment pages (3D Secure logos for 3DS merchants)
- PowerTranz logo on the payment page
- Full description of goods or services
- Refund and return policy
- Customer service email or phone
- Business address
- Transaction currency
- Export restrictions, if any
- Delivery policy
- Privacy policy
- Card security policy
- Terms and conditions
Plans and pricing
Every plan is a simple annual licence.
Plugin with installation
USD $299
per yearWe install and configure it on your store.
Buy nowPlugin without installation
USD $249
per yearDownload and install it yourself with our documentation.
Buy nowHosted Payment Page
USD $299
per yearCustomers complete payment on PowerTranz's secure servers.
Contact usEvery licence includes a year of updates and support. The plugin keeps processing payments after it expires, and renewing restores updates and support. Each store needs its own licence. Prices as at October 2026.
See custom integrations for apps and portalsWe're official PowerTranz Technology Partners.
We build, install and support it, and every payment is secured with 3DS2 and paid out to your local bank.
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FAQ
Plugin questions,
answered.
Store owners usually ask these before they switch on card payments. If yours isn't here, ask us and a strategist will get back to you.
Talk to a strategistSet up a merchant account with your local bank and an account with PowerTranz, the payment gateway formerly called First Atlantic Commerce, which works with most banks in Trinidad and Tobago. Once you're approved, install the PowerTranz WooCommerce plugin and card payments settle to your local bank account, typically within 48 hours. As official PowerTranz Technology Partners, we handle the setup with you.
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to hit this year.
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