diff --git a/app/Models/CompanyGateway.php b/app/Models/CompanyGateway.php
index cb3c6fc69117..3bfbaece968b 100644
--- a/app/Models/CompanyGateway.php
+++ b/app/Models/CompanyGateway.php
@@ -41,4 +41,81 @@ class CompanyGateway extends Model
     {
     	return $this->hasOne(GatewayType::class);
     }
+
+    /* This is the public entry point into the payment superclass */
+    public function driver()
+    {
+        $class = static::driver_class();
+
+        return new $class($this);
+    }
+
+    private function driver_class()
+    {
+        $class = 'App\\PaymentDrivers\\' . $this->gateway->provider . 'PaymentDriver';
+        $class = str_replace('\\', '', $class);
+        $class = str_replace('_', '', $class);
+
+        if (class_exists($class)) {
+            return $class;
+        } else {
+            return 'App\\PaymentDrivers\\BasePaymentDriver';
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function getAchEnabled()
+    {
+        return ! empty($this->getConfigField('enableAch'));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function getApplePayEnabled()
+    {
+        return ! empty($this->getConfigField('enableApplePay'));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function getAlipayEnabled()
+    {
+        return ! empty($this->getConfigField('enableAlipay'));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function getSofortEnabled()
+    {
+        return ! empty($this->getConfigField('enableSofort'));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function getSepaEnabled()
+    {
+        return ! empty($this->getConfigField('enableSepa'));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function getBitcoinEnabled()
+    {
+        return ! empty($this->getConfigField('enableBitcoin'));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function getPayPalEnabled()
+    {
+        return ! empty($this->getConfigField('enablePayPal'));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/app/Models/Gateway.php b/app/Models/Gateway.php
index 5c49cfc9db71..d7d9f4248355 100644
--- a/app/Models/Gateway.php
+++ b/app/Models/Gateway.php
@@ -12,10 +12,41 @@
 namespace App\Models;
 
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
+use Omnipay\Omnipay;
 
 class Gateway extends Model
 {
 
+    /**
+     * @return mixed
+     */
+    public function getFields()
+    {
+
+        if ($this->isCustom()) 
+        {
+            return [
+                'name' => '',
+                'text' => '',
+            ];
+        } else 
+        {
+            return Omnipay::create($this->provider)->getDefaultParameters();
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test if gateway is custom
+     * @return boolean TRUE|FALSE
+     */
+    public function isCustom() :bool
+    {
+
+        return in_array($this->id, [62, 67, 68]); //static table ids of the custom gateways
+
+    }
+
 }
 
 
diff --git a/app/PaymentDrivers/BasePaymentDriver.php b/app/PaymentDrivers/BasePaymentDriver.php
index 4236c5c98121..10b9a3c6a26b 100644
--- a/app/PaymentDrivers/BasePaymentDriver.php
+++ b/app/PaymentDrivers/BasePaymentDriver.php
@@ -11,14 +11,44 @@
 
 namespace App\PaymentDrivers;
 
+use App\Models\CompanyGateway;
+use Omnipay\Omnipay;
+
 
 /**
  * Class BasePaymentDriver
  * @package App\PaymentDrivers
  */
-abstract class BasePaymentDriver
+class BasePaymentDriver
 {
 
+	protected $company_gateway;
+
+	protected $gateway;
+
+    public function __construct(CompanyGateway $company_gateway)
+    {
+        $this->company_gateway = $company_gateway;
+        //$this->invitation = $invitation;
+        //$this->gatewayType = $gatewayType ?: $this->gatewayTypes()[0];
+    }
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the Omnipay driver
+	 * @return object Omnipay initialized object
+	 */
+	protected function gateway()
+    {
+        if ($this->gateway) 
+            return $this->gateway;
+        
+        $this->gateway = Omnipay::create($this->company_gateway->gateway->provider);
+        $this->gateway->initialize((array) $this->company_gateway->getConfig());
+
+        return $this->gateway;
+    
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Returns whether refunds are possible with the gateway
 	 * @return boolean TRUE|FALSE
@@ -32,9 +62,8 @@ abstract class BasePaymentDriver
 	public function hasTokenBilling() :bool {}
 
 	/**
-	 * Returns the Omnipay driver
-	 * @return object Omnipay initialized object
+	 * Refunds a given payment
+	 * @return void 
 	 */
-	public function gateway() {}
-	
+	public function refundPayment() {}
 }
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diff --git a/app/PaymentDrivers/StripePaymentDriver.php b/app/PaymentDrivers/StripePaymentDriver.php
index 1d3cbda85c9f..5028998cb5fe 100644
--- a/app/PaymentDrivers/StripePaymentDriver.php
+++ b/app/PaymentDrivers/StripePaymentDriver.php
@@ -11,7 +11,39 @@
 
 namespace App\PaymentDrivers;
 
+use Stripe\Stripe;
+
 class StripePaymentDriver extends BasePaymentDriver
 {
 
+	/**
+	 * Methods in this class are divided into
+	 * two separate streams
+	 * 
+	 * 1. Omnipay Specific
+	 * 2. Stripe Specific
+	 * 
+	 * Our Stripe integration is deeper than 
+	 * other gateways and therefore
+	 * relies on direct calls to the API
+	 */
+
+
+
+	/************************************** Omnipay API methods **********************************************************/
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+	/************************************** Stripe API methods **********************************************************/
+
+	public function init($api_key)
+	{
+        Stripe::setApiKey($api_key);
+	}
+
 }
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diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 6a93d6a9cbd0..48938ffb5bda 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
         "sentry/sentry-laravel": "^1.0",
         "simshaun/recurr": "^4.0",
         "spatie/browsershot": "^3.29",
+        "stripe/stripe-php": "^7.0",
         "superbalist/laravel-google-cloud-storage": "^2.2",
         "webpatser/laravel-countries": "dev-master#75992ad",
         "wildbit/postmark-php": "^2.6",
diff --git a/database/migrations/2014_10_13_000000_create_users_table.php b/database/migrations/2014_10_13_000000_create_users_table.php
index dbefcee0018b..a9a90b6f37f6 100644
--- a/database/migrations/2014_10_13_000000_create_users_table.php
+++ b/database/migrations/2014_10_13_000000_create_users_table.php
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ class CreateUsersTable extends Migration
         });
 
 
-        Schema::create('account_gateways', function($table)
+        Schema::create('company_gateways', function($table)
         {
             $table->increments('id');
             $table->unsignedInteger('company_id')->unique();