Online digital payment management connector

Abstract

The digitalization of institutional services has increased the need to integrate secure and efficient mechanisms for processing some of the services that can be offered, including online payment. In this context, an endpoint was implemented for the management of electronic transactions, with the purpose of optimizing administrative processes.

For the implementation of the endpoint, the methodology was structured into four main stages: design of a web service-based architecture, configuration of the communication environment, installation of components on the institutional server, and execution of functional and security testing. Also, a structured connection was established to the webservice provided by the Tesorería del Patronato Universitario, using protocols compatible with its technical specifications.

The results showed a reduction in payment processing times, as well as an increase in registrations with online payment and a significant decrease in manual reconciliation errors. The main contribution of this work is an access point that enables standardized integration with the web service. A limitation of the work is that the solution depends on the availability and technical specifications of the external service, so changes to it could require updates to the connector.