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You can easily process eCheck (ACH) payments using the Create Payment page. This tutorial will walk walks you through the steps to accept ACH payments from a customer using the Create Payment page.

Objective

Use the Create Payment form to process an ACH payment with an option to add Level 2 and Level 3 information.

Audience

  • Merchants

Environment

  • Portal (Sandbox)

  • Portal (Production)

Prerequisites

Info

Prerequisites:

  • You must have a fully boarded Merchant account to perform any of the actions described in this use case guide.

  • You must have access to all of the information required for submitting an ACH transaction: routing number, account number, and account holder information for the customer that you are charging. You can access saved information in the Create Payment form if the customer and their payment method were saved in a previous transaction.

  • If the payment requires Level 2 or Level 3 data, you must have that information ready to enter on the form.

Warnings

Warnings will provide insight or advice to avoid risk, visibility, and overall product performance issues during this use case.

Note

Warning: While you can still submit Level 2 and 3 interchange data, eChecks are not eligible for different interchange rates like credit cards.

Tips

Tips

will provide suggestions to streamline or better prepare you to apply this use case tutorial.

Tip

Tip: The You can accept a payment quickly and easily with the Quick Charge tile and or the Create Payment form both allow you to accept a payment quickly and easily. Quick Charge enables you to quickly capture customer and payment information right from the dashboard. The Quick Charge tile only supports Level 1 data. The Create Payment form provides a way to accept a payment and includes the option to enter Level 2 and 3 information.

Additional Resources

  • See the eCheck and ACH Payments page for more information about ACH payments via the Platformplatform.

  • See the Payment Acceptance page for general information about accepting payments through the Platformplatform.

Process an ACH Payment with Create Payment

1.

Ensure that you complete all steps in the following sections.

Access the Create Payment Form

Click CREATE PAYMENT in the left -hand navigation panel to open the Create Payment form.

2.

Enter the Payment Information

Step 1:

  1. Enter the charge amount.

Step 2:

  1. Select ECHECK SALE from the Sale Type

drop-down

  1. dropdown menu.

Step 3:

  1. Leave the Payment Method

drop-down

  1. dropdown menu on the default setting to enter new customer bank account information on the next page, or select a previously saved payment method from the

drop-down

  1. dropdown menu.

Payment Method Drop Down Dropdown Menu

If you are charging a customer bank account that is not saved to your profile, keep the “Create Create New Payment Method” drop down Method dropdown menu in its default setting. You will enter the new customer bank account information in the next step.

If a customer and their payment method have already been saved in a previous transaction, you can select it from the "Create a new payment method" Create New Payment Method dropdown menu.

Step 4

  1. (Optional)

:

  1. To save the customer information for future charges,

click the

  1. select Save Customer Information

check box

  1. in the lower-left

-hand

  1. corner of the tile.

3.

Enter Customer Information (Optional)

Click the "Customer Details" drop-down dropdown arrow to enter optional customer information, including mailing address, email address, and phone number.

4.

Submit the Transaction for Level 2 or 3 Processing (Optional)

Step 1

  1. (Optional)

:

  1. If you want to

optionally

  1. capture the fields under Level 2 Processing, click the Level 2 Processing box. Fill in the additional fields that appear below the Customer Details section.

Step 2

  1. (Optional)

:

  1. If you want to

optionally

  1. capture the fields underLevel 3 Processing, note that you must first click the Level 2 Processing box, and then an additional Level 3 Processing box will appear. Click the Level 3 Processing box and enter the information in the additional fields that appear.

5.

Process the Payment

Step 1:

  1. Click PROCESS PAYMENT to advance to the next step.

Expand
titleUsing a previously saved payment method.

Result: The charge will be processed.

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titleUsing a new payment method.

When you click the PROCESS PAYMENTbutton, the Payment Information lightbox will open in the page.

Step 2:

  1. Enter the customer's banking information.

Step 3:

  1. Click

the

  1. PAY AMOUNT USD/CAN to complete the payment.

Result: The charge will be processed.

Next Steps

Once After the payment is processed, review the following use case guides for additional information on related topics:

Conclusion

Once After the ACH payment is submitted with the correct information, the charge will be processed and you can navigate away from the page. You will receive a payment confirmation email, and the payment will show in the table on the Payment History page.

References

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