
Modern payments for telecom and 5G services
Accept, protect, and optimize payments for every plan, device, and digital service, across online, in-app, contact center, and in-person channels.
Payments that keep your network revenue flowing
Bring payments into the heart of your telecom revenue stack. Unify card, ACH, and digital wallet payments on a single platform, integrated with leading billing and CX solutions.
Make it easy to pay for every line, device, and add-on
Accept payments wherever telecom customers choose to engage:
Offer seamless omnichannel payments: on your website, in-app, in-person, and via IVR.
Accept preferred payment methods: Let customers pay how they want. Credit and debit cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay, and PayPal are available.
Design journeys: Integrate payments with our billing and CX solutions.

Fight fraud and reduce risk without slowing payments
Use CSG PaymentsProtection.ai to safeguard customer and partner payments from account takeover, card testing, and more:
Apply AI-powered fraud detection: Adaptive models and rules fight new fraud patterns.
Cover more payment types and channels: Protect digital, mobile, and assisted channels.
Minimize false positives: Stop bad transactions and keep good customers moving.
Compliance and audit readiness: Combine fraud controls with PCI-compliant infrastructure.

Turn billing events into predictable cash flow
Streamline how you collect, reconcile, and report on telecom payments:
Digitize billing and collections: offer digital experiences to accelerate time to cash.
Use smart retries and reminders: when cards expire, payments fail, or balances come due.
Simplify reconciliation across channels: get a single view of payments across channels.
Clean payment data: better billing and revenue management starts with feeding reliable data into systems.

Connect payments without replacing core systems
Fit payments into the telecom environments you already run:
Integrate with the top billing platform: Connect payments to telecom workflows and customer records on CSG Ascendon.
Use flexible integration methods: Support REST APIs, webhooks and batch processing.
Work alongside existing systems: Add payment capabilities without replacing core telecom platforms.
Sync payment events and statuses: Share updates across billing, CX, and revenue operations tools.

Keep subscribers active when payments fail
Use automated recovery and flexible payment options to protect recurring revenue:
Simplify recurring payments and autopay: Improve on-time payments and retention.
Refresh stored card credentials automatically: Trigger Account Updater when saved cards expire or change.
Recover returned ACH payments intelligently: Re-present eligible ACH transactions through Direct Recovery within Nacha guidelines.
Support flexible payment options: Offer autopay enrollment, scheduled payments, partial payments, and overpayments.
Reduce involuntary churn: Recover more revenue before failed payments lead to service disruption.

Solutions that deliver real results

Built to support your needs
Our payments platform can support multiple telecom brands or subsidiaries under one administrative structure.
Compliance that scales with your business
When you work with us, you’re working with a fully audited, secure, and compliant partner. From PCI compliance to broader data privacy, we safeguard your payments and sensitive information wherever you do business.

Recognized for excellence
Fintech Breakthrough Awards: Payment Enablement Platform of the Year, 2026
CSG Forte's Payment Enablement Platform of the Year award validates our leadership in delivering faster, more reliable payment solutions.

Forrester Included in for The Merchant Payment Providers Landscape, Q4 2025, 2025
CSG Forte's inclusion in Forrester's Merchant Payment Providers Landscape confirms our competitive position in the payments industry.

QKS Spark Matrix: Merchant Payment Provider, Q4, 2025
CSG Forte named Strong Contender for Merchant Payment Provider
2024 PayTech Award
Top Innovation in Payments
Juniper Future Digital Awards: Omnichannel Payments Platform
CSG Forte awarded Omnichannel Payments Platform at the 2024 Juniper Future Digital Awards
Juniper Future Digital Awards: Recurring Payment Platform of the Year
CSG Forte awarded Recurring Payment Innovation at the 2024 Juniper Future Digital Awards
Bring CSG into every telecom experience
Choose the combination of solutions that fit your business needs. From complete payments and omnichannel acceptance to AI-driven fraud protection.

A payments partner that understands telecom
Combine our payments platform with CSG’s decades of experience in telecom billing, revenue management, and CX to create a unified, future-ready foundation for how customers pay.
Ready to modernize telecom payments?
Tell us about your business, and we’ll show you how CSG can simplify payments, strengthen security, and improve cash flow across your telecom services.
