Mapper™ – The no-code solution for hyper-fast API integration

In today’s fast-paced digital economy, no-code payment integration is vital. Businesses struggle with incorporating various payment systems—ranging from payment service providers (PSPs) to direct payment methods, anti-fraud tools, and billing systems—into their operations. This integration complexity is magnified by the need to manage different languages of payment instructions and interfaces. The Mapper™ from NORBr simplifies this complexity by providing a unified tool that supports integration across these diverse systems efficiently.

The need for Mapper™

Previously, integrating new payment partners involved a laborious process with extensive manual coding and team coordination. This not only prolonged project timelines but also increased error risks. Typically, this process took up to 20 days, heavily involving developers and distracting product owners from their strategic focus.

Previously, integrating new payment partners involved a laborious process fraught with manual coding and required extensive coordination across various teams. Such procedures not only prolonged project timelines but also increased the risk of errors. Typically, this process could take up to 20 days, heavily involving developers and distracting product owners from their strategic focus.

The challenges of API integration are well-known, involving varied API landscapes with technical hurdles and documentation inconsistencies, as Trustshoring discusses in their article on the complexity of API integrations. Additionally, Finch highlights the common obstacles in maintaining multiple API integrations, such as data consistency and diverse API ecosystems, which can impact scalability and operational efficiency. These insights underline the pressing need for efficient integration solutions. Recognizing these inefficiencies, NORBr developed Mapper™ to streamline this process significantly, cutting down the time and resources needed.

Recognizing these inefficiencies, NORBr developed Mapper™ to streamline this process significantly, cutting down the time and resources needed.

How Mapper™ works

Mapper™ transforms this landscape by automating over 90% of the tasks involved in payment integrations. It uses more than 50 advanced algorithms to enable smart data mapping and integrates various payment providers by supporting formats like JSON and XML. Here’s a closer look at how Mapper™ enhances payment integration:

1. Automated workflow mapping: Mapper™ orchestrates complex payment workflows, greatly reducing manual coding and technical oversight. This not only accelerates the integration process but also ensures consistent, high-quality setups.
2. Data integration and management: Developers robustly manage API connections and data dictionaries, ensuring safe and reliable integrations.
3. Efficiency and cost reduction: Automating the integration process, Mapper™ reduces project time from 20 days to less than five, cuts costs by 70%, and significantly lowers the total cost of ownership.
4. Normalization and transformation: Mapper™ aligns field names, structures, and file formats with the NORBr Gateway and database, enabling seamless communication between NORBr and its partners.
5. Scalability and speed: Designed for high scalability, Mapper™ handles hundreds of events simultaneously without delaying payment processing. The tool ensures lightning-fast performance, processing conversions in under 30 milliseconds.
6. Data accuracy: Mapper™ maintains flexibility to ensure accurate data handling across hundreds of potential scenarios with partners, preserving top-notch payment performance.

Empowering product owners

Mapper™ is designed to minimize the dependency on development teams, enabling payment experts to manage most operations independently. This no-code approach allows these experts, who are more familiar with payment intricacies than typical IT teams, to maintain knowledge continuity and prevent information dilution. It offers several benefits:

Streamlined integration process

With Mapper™, product owners can oversee and administer payment infrastructures, reducing the need for extensive back-and-forth communication with developers. This streamlined process allows product owners to focus more on strategic enhancements and updates.

Faster decision-making

By providing product owners with direct control over payment integration, Mapper™ enables faster decision-making. This empowers businesses to quickly adapt to changes in the payment ecosystem and maintain up-to-date compatibility with service updates.

Enhanced focus on core business

As product owners coordinate less with developers on payment integrations, they can focus more on driving innovation and growth within the core business.

Impact on business operations

The introduction of Mapper™ has led to a 400% increase in the number of payment partner connections per month. Maintenance costs have been reduced by 95%, reflecting significant operational savings and efficiency gains. The tool’s ability to automate and simplify tasks enables businesses to adapt quickly to changes in the payment ecosystem, maintaining up-to-date compatibility with service updates.

Maintenance and flexibility

With Mapper™, teams can swiftly and securely update existing integrations or add new features within a day, avoiding the usual complexities of such updates.

Handling production surprises

Mapper™ enables immediate, precise interventions in production environments without any disruptions, ensuring continuous and seamless operations even when unexpected changes occur.

Expanding access and future developments

Initially developed as an internal tool, Mapper™ is set to broaden its reach. It will soon be accessible to clients in program management roles, who manage and administer payment infrastructures. This expansion will enable a wider range of users to benefit from its advanced integration capabilities. For businesses considering their options in payment infrastructure, understanding the trade-offs between building and buying is crucial. Learn more about making the best decision for your payment infrastructure needs.

Conclusion

More than just a tool, NORBr’s Mapper™ is a strategic asset that empowers businesses to streamline their payment processes, enhance operational efficiencies, and remain competitive in the global marketplace. As NORBr continues to innovate, Mapper™ is poised to redefine payment processing efficiency standards, making sophisticated payment integration accessible to an increasingly broad audience.