Target Skill:

Explain the goals of BillerXpert architecture and describe the role and function of each component 

Application Services

You are already familiar with one application service--the BillerXpert data loading service.  Application Services provide interfaces to external sources of data, such as payment warehouses, databases, messaging systems, and legacy application data. The following application services are provided with BillerXpert 1.0: 
  • Messaging - formatting and sending email from a particular account as well as retrieving incoming messages 
  • Payment Services - perform financial transactions by linking to electronic payment services and vendors 
  • Data Loading - read XML records and create, update or delete corresponding entities in Oracle and Directory Server
The following diagram illustrates how PSAL provides the interface to payment warehouses, using CyberCash.  PSAL is built to allow integration with products with other vendors, but at this time, CyberCash is the only supported option.

 
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