Create RFP for bank transfer vendor - to accept donations by bank transfer

[valianttry]

This issue maps to two key objectives for our 2015 campaign:

• Continue to improve our own internal systems and infrastructure for online giving
• Increase the proportion of donations from outside the United States

The problem: We are reasonably certain we are leaving revenue on the table because donors request bank transfers. However, there is no simple way to accept a gift by bank transfer. Goal: Reduce barriers for donors who want to give by bank transfer Steps:

1. We need to articulate our needs with help from accounting / ops (e.g. this impacts our banking and accounting practices)
2. We need to organize those needs into an RFP
3. We need to identify prospective vendors and send them the RFP
4. We need to evaluate proposals received by mapping their solution back to our needs (from step 1)
5. Choose a vendor

Wikimedia's process for adding new payment methods:

1. Calculate revenue potential (based on demand, popular payment methods in priority locales; etc)
2. prove concept (test)
3. Do a light build or sandbox before full implementation

[valianttry]

Prospective vendors to add to the list: http://www.globalcollect.com/ (used by Wikimedia Foundation and other large global NGOs) https://www.worldpay.us/

[LRSaunders]

RFI first pass - use it if you like it, toss it if you don't - https://docs.google.com/a/mozilla.com/document/d/1ZxHabiqbLzmecWYrAawnURFksjpTJ0ZycpKG8HECsHA/edit?usp=sharing

[LRSaunders]

In the rfi, I also put the responsibility of deciding how important a method is on the provider. They should know how much sales will increase based on adding bank transfer by knowing the country payment split.

Worldpay Contact: Alex.Benjamin@worldpay.us Adyen Contact: eran.belo@adyen.com PaymentWall: manuel@paymentwall.com Emerge Payments: jgould@emergentpayments.net My main contact at GlobalCollect left. You also might get better rates if you introduced through Wikimedia.