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Built on Trust, Backed by Data

Payment processing shouldn't feel like a black box. When you're moving money for your business, you deserve to know exactly what's happening at every step.

We've been processing payments for Taiwan businesses since 2019. Over those years, we learned something important: the companies that grow fastest are the ones that understand their payment data completely.

That's why we publish our processing statistics monthly, maintain real-time system status dashboards, and give every client access to the same operational metrics we use internally. Because when it comes to your money, you shouldn't have to guess.

Real-time payment processing dashboard showing transaction flow and system metrics

January 2025 Performance Snapshot

These numbers come straight from our production systems. We update them on the first business day of each month, and yes, we include the metrics that didn't hit our targets too.

99.7% System Uptime

Measured across all processing nodes, January 1-31, 2025

1.8s Avg. Processing Time

From authorization request to confirmation response

NT$8.2B Volume Processed

Total transaction value handled across 847 active merchants

0.04% Failed Transactions

Excludes declines due to insufficient funds or fraud blocks

What We Track Why It Matters How You Can Access It
Transaction Success Rates Shows how reliably payments complete. A drop here often signals integration issues or network problems before they become visible to customers. Real-time dashboard in your merchant portal, with email alerts for rates below 98.5%
Settlement Timing Most processors say "2-3 business days" and leave it vague. We show you the actual median and 95th percentile times, updated hourly. Settlement page shows pending transfers with estimated completion times based on current processing speeds
Fee Breakdown Every transaction shows the exact fees applied: interchange, assessment, and our processing margin as separate line items. Downloadable CSV reports with per-transaction fee details, updated nightly
Dispute Outcomes When customers dispute charges, you see the full timeline: when the dispute was filed, what evidence we submitted, and the final decision with reasoning. Dispute resolution center with complete case history and uploaded documentation
System Incidents We log every outage, slowdown, or degradation over 30 seconds. You can see what happened, what we did about it, and how long it took to resolve. Public status page at status.spark-energize.com, plus post-incident reports emailed to all affected merchants

What Transparency Actually Means Here

Look, "transparency" has become one of those words that gets thrown around in marketing materials without meaning much. For us, it's pretty straightforward.

  • You Own Your Data

    All transaction records, customer information, and payment history can be exported in standard formats anytime. No waiting periods, no export fees, no proprietary formats that lock you in.

    Last month, a retail client needed seven years of transaction data for an audit. They downloaded 2.1 million records as a CSV in about forty seconds.

  • Pricing That Makes Sense

    Our fee structure is published on our website. It doesn't change based on who's asking or what day of the week it is. Volume discounts kick in at specific thresholds, and we'll tell you exactly where you are relative to the next pricing tier.

    We don't do "contact us for pricing" because that usually means different customers pay different amounts for the same service. Seems unnecessarily complicated.

  • No Hidden Technical Requirements

    Our API documentation includes real response times, rate limits, and the actual error messages you'll encounter when things go wrong. We test integration scenarios that fail—not just the happy path—and document exactly what happens.

    Integration guides include common mistakes we see during setup, with the specific error codes you'll get and how to fix them.

  • Regular Security Disclosures

    When we discover vulnerabilities in our systems, we follow a standard disclosure timeline: fix internally, notify affected clients, then publish details publicly. We maintain a security changelog that dates back to our first PCI-DSS audit in 2020.

    In September 2024, we found a timing attack vulnerability in our tokenization system. It was patched within 18 hours, and we published a technical write-up three weeks later explaining the issue and our remediation process.

  • Honest Service Limitations

    We process credit cards, debit cards, and bank transfers within Taiwan. That's it. We don't handle cryptocurrency, we don't support payments in 47 countries, and we're not building an AI-powered fraud detection system. Focusing on payment processing in one market means we can do it really well.

    When prospects ask about features we don't offer, we refer them to competitors who do. Building trust matters more than landing every possible client.