diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/shoppingcart/urls.py b/lms/djangoapps/shoppingcart/urls.py
index 80653f93cb..99d5217813 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/shoppingcart/urls.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/shoppingcart/urls.py
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ urlpatterns = patterns('shoppingcart.views',  # nopep8
     url(r'^clear/$','clear_cart'),
     url(r'^remove_item/$', 'remove_item'),
     url(r'^purchased/$', 'purchased'),
+    url(r'^receipt/$', 'receipt'),
 )
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diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/shoppingcart/views.py b/lms/djangoapps/shoppingcart/views.py
index 4c2a4dd091..f0558d3003 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/shoppingcart/views.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/shoppingcart/views.py
@@ -4,16 +4,22 @@ import time
 import hmac
 import binascii
 from hashlib import sha1
+from collections import OrderedDict
 
 from django.conf import settings
-from collections import OrderedDict
 from django.http import HttpResponse, HttpResponseRedirect
+from django.views.decorators.csrf import csrf_exempt
 from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required
 from mitxmako.shortcuts import render_to_response
 from .models import *
 
 log = logging.getLogger("shoppingcart")
 
+shared_secret = settings.CYBERSOURCE.get('SHARED_SECRET','')
+merchant_id =  settings.CYBERSOURCE.get('MERCHANT_ID','')
+serial_number = settings.CYBERSOURCE.get('SERIAL_NUMBER','')
+orderPage_version = settings.CYBERSOURCE.get('ORDERPAGE_VERSION','7')
+
 
 def test(request, course_id):
     item1 = PaidCourseRegistration(course_id, 200)
@@ -39,9 +45,11 @@ def add_course_to_cart(request, course_id):
 def show_cart(request):
     cart = Order.get_cart_for_user(request.user)
     total_cost = cart.total_cost
+    amount = "{0:0.2f}".format(total_cost)
     cart_items = cart.orderitem_set.all()
     params = OrderedDict()
-    params['amount'] = total_cost
+    params['comment'] = 'Stanford OpenEdX Purchase'
+    params['amount'] = amount
     params['currency'] = 'usd'
     params['orderPage_transactionType'] = 'sale'
     params['orderNumber'] = "{0:d}".format(cart.id)
@@ -57,7 +65,7 @@ def show_cart(request):
     signed_param_dict = cybersource_sign(params)
     return render_to_response("shoppingcart/list.html",
                               {'shoppingcart_items': cart_items,
-                               'total_cost': total_cost,
+                               'amount': amount,
                                'params': signed_param_dict,
                                })
 
@@ -78,27 +86,50 @@ def remove_item(request):
         log.exception('Cannot remove cart OrderItem id={0}. DoesNotExist or item is already purchased'.format(item_id))
     return HttpResponse('OK')
 
+@csrf_exempt
+def receipt(request):
+    """
+    Receives the POST-back from Cybersource and performs the validation and displays a receipt
+    and does some other stuff
+    """
+    if cybersource_verify(request.POST):
+        return HttpResponse("Validated")
+    else:
+        return HttpResponse("Not Validated")
+
+def cybersource_hash(value):
+    """
+    Performs the base64(HMAC_SHA1(key, value)) used by CyberSource Hosted Order Page
+    """
+    hash_obj = hmac.new(shared_secret, value, sha1)
+    return binascii.b2a_base64(hash_obj.digest())[:-1] # last character is a '\n', which we don't want
+
 
 def cybersource_sign(params):
     """
     params needs to be an ordered dict, b/c cybersource documentation states that order is important.
     Reverse engineered from PHP version provided by cybersource
     """
-    shared_secret = settings.CYBERSOURCE.get('SHARED_SECRET','')
-    merchant_id =  settings.CYBERSOURCE.get('MERCHANT_ID','')
-    serial_number = settings.CYBERSOURCE.get('SERIAL_NUMBER','')
-    orderPage_version = settings.CYBERSOURCE.get('ORDERPAGE_VERSION','7')
     params['merchantID'] = merchant_id
     params['orderPage_timestamp'] = int(time.time()*1000)
     params['orderPage_version'] = orderPage_version
     params['orderPage_serialNumber'] = serial_number
     fields = ",".join(params.keys())
     values = ",".join(["{0}={1}".format(i,params[i]) for i in params.keys()])
-    fields_hash_obj = hmac.new(shared_secret, fields, sha1)
-    fields_sig = binascii.b2a_base64(fields_hash_obj.digest())[:-1] # last character is a '\n', which we don't want
+    fields_sig = cybersource_hash(fields)
     values += ",signedFieldsPublicSignature=" + fields_sig
-    values_hash_obj = hmac.new(shared_secret, values, sha1)
-    params['orderPage_signaturePublic'] = binascii.b2a_base64(values_hash_obj.digest())[:-1]
+    params['orderPage_signaturePublic'] = cybersource_hash(values)
     params['orderPage_signedFields'] = fields
 
-    return params
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+    return params
+
+def cybersource_verify(params):
+    signed_fields = params.get('signedFields', '').split(',')
+    data = ",".join(["{0}={1}".format(k, params.get(k, '')) for k in signed_fields])
+    signed_fields_sig = cybersource_hash(params.get('signedFields', ''))
+    data += ",signedFieldsPublicSignature=" + signed_fields_sig
+    returned_sig = params.get('signedDataPublicSignature','')
+    if not returned_sig:
+        return False
+    return cybersource_hash(data) == returned_sig
+
diff --git a/lms/templates/shoppingcart/list.html b/lms/templates/shoppingcart/list.html
index a37aa0fb5f..0ff97aa6ae 100644
--- a/lms/templates/shoppingcart/list.html
+++ b/lms/templates/shoppingcart/list.html
@@ -14,11 +14,12 @@
             </thead>
             <tbody>
             % for item in shoppingcart_items:
-            <tr><td>${item.qty}</td><td>${item.line_desc}</td><td>${item.unit_cost}</td><td>${item.line_cost}</td>
+            <tr><td>${item.qty}</td><td>${item.line_desc}</td>
+                <td>${"{0:0.2f}".format(item.unit_cost)}</td><td>${"{0:0.2f}".format(item.line_cost)}</td>
                 <td><a data-item-id="${item.id}" class='remove_line_item' href='#'>[x]</a></td></tr>
             % endfor
-            <tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>Total Cost</td></tr>
-            <tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>${total_cost}</td></tr>
+            <tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>Total Amount</td></tr>
+            <tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>${amount}</td></tr>
 
             </tbody>
         </table>