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Description

Astral Payments by Shiji is a unified payment management solution built to help hotels centralize and simplify payment operations across their properties. The platform enables businesses to accept a wide variety of payment methods, including credit cards, digital wallets, and emerging payment technologies, giving guests greater flexibility at checkout. Its secure tokenization infrastructure stores payment information through the Shiji Vault, reducing the risks associated with handling sensitive customer data. Astral Payments is fully integrated with Daylight PMS, Infrasys POS, and other Shiji hospitality solutions, helping hotels create seamless payment workflows across departments. The platform also supports multi-region account management, making it easier for hotel groups to expand operations while maintaining consistency and control. Automated reconciliation features help finance teams reduce manual effort and improve transaction accuracy. End-to-end encryption and compliance with PCI DSS 4.0 and PSD2 security requirements help strengthen payment security and regulatory compliance. Hotels benefit from automatic software updates that keep systems secure and current without disrupting operations. By combining payment processing, security, automation, and hospitality-specific integrations, Astral Payments helps hotels improve efficiency while enhancing the guest payment experience.

Description

Flute is a flexible payment processing platform built for growing businesses, software companies, associations, and payment partners that need multiple ways to accept and manage money. Businesses can accept payments in person, online, over the phone, through mobile devices, or through embedded payment experiences within their own software. Supported capabilities include card processing, tap-to-pay, QR payments, ACH, virtual terminals, hosted payment pages, invoicing, recurring billing, and digital wallet payments. Flute offers portable and mounted payment terminals while also allowing businesses to use compatible existing devices and mobile phones. Its management tools provide centralized dashboards, reporting, merchant onboarding, customer management, and workflow automation across payment operations. Recurring billing and secure tokenized payment storage support subscription businesses and companies that process repeat purchases. Instant payout capabilities give eligible merchants faster access to funds from daily card sales, while additional working capital tools can support business growth. Security features include encrypted payment data, fraud prevention, network tokenization, and protection against risks such as card testing and chargeback abuse. Flute also offers APIs, SDKs, developer documentation, and embedded payment infrastructure for SaaS platforms, ISOs, associations, and other partners that want to integrate payments into their products or portfolios.

API Access

Has API No 

API Access

Has API Yes 

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Integrations

FoodNotify Yes 
Shiji Daylight PMS Yes 
TableCheck Yes 

Integrations

FoodNotify No 
Shiji Daylight PMS No 
TableCheck No 

Pricing Details

No price information available.
Free Trial No 
Free Version No 

Pricing Details

No price information available.
Free Trial No 
Free Version No 

Deployment

Web-Based Yes 
On-Premises No 
iPhone App No 
iPad App No 
Android App No 
Windows No 
Mac No 
Linux No 
Chromebook No 

Deployment

Web-Based Yes 
On-Premises No 
iPhone App No 
iPad App No 
Android App No 
Windows No 
Mac No 
Linux No 
Chromebook No 

Customer Support

Business Hours Yes 
Live Rep (24/7) No 
Online Support Yes 

Customer Support

Business Hours Yes 
Live Rep (24/7) No 
Online Support Yes 

Types of Training

Training Docs No 
Webinars No 
Live Training (Online) No 
In Person No 

Types of Training

Training Docs Yes 
Webinars No 
Live Training (Online) Yes 
In Person No 

Vendor Details

Company Name

Shiji Group

Founded

1998

Country

China

Website

www.shijigroup.com/astral-payments

Vendor Details

Company Name

Flute

Founded

2005

Country

United States

Website

flute.com

Product Features

Payment Processing

ACH Check Transactions No 
Bitcoin Compatible No 
Debit Card Support No 
Gift Card Management No 
Mobile Payments No 
Online Payments No 
POS Transactions No 
Receipt Printing No 
Recurring Billing No 
Signature Capture No 

Product Features

Payment Gateways

ACH / eCheck support No 
Buyer Authentication No 
Credit / Debit Support No 
Customer Information Storage No 
Fraud Prevention No 
Invoicing No 
Multi-Currency No 
PCI Compliance No 
Point-of-Sale (POS) No 
Recurring Billing / Subscriptions No 
Reporting / Analytics No 

Payment Processing

ACH Check Transactions No 
Bitcoin Compatible No 
Debit Card Support No 
Gift Card Management No 
Mobile Payments No 
Online Payments No 
POS Transactions No 
Receipt Printing No 
Recurring Billing No 
Signature Capture No 

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