Secure sensitive data (credit card) on RoR

Question

Which are the best practice to store a credit card and billing information from my clients on my RoR application?

Actually I'm working with ruby 1.9.2, Rails 3.2.3 and Im thinking to deploy my app in Heroku.

Any help will be appriciated!

Answer 1

Best practice is never store users credit card and billing information in your application. This information will be stored by a payment processor you chose for your application. Payment processor, or payment gateway can be Autorize.net, PayFlow Pro, Stripe and many other. Read this to find out all about payments integration on your site.