Setting Up the Electronic Check Payment Method
The Electronic Check payment method is available on systems that have enabled ePayments. Customers using the traditional credit card implementation (Classic eBill Payment) and customers using the hosted credit card model (Classic or Fluid eBill Payment) can support electronic check payments. To set up your PeopleSoft Receivables system for supporting ePayments through eBill Payment, see Setting Up Electronic and Credit Card Payment Options.
Note: PeopleSoft Fluid eBill Payment supports only implementations using the hosted credit card model. The setup for ePayments remains the same for both Classic and Fluid eBill Payment.
Use these high-level steps for setting up electronic checking within PeopleSoft eBill Payment:
Note: The steps may be different depending on the electronic check provider you choose for integration with PeopleSoft eBill Payment. Before you set up electronic check processing options, establish your merchant account with the third-party provider.
Establish a hosted order page (HOP) security script with the electronic check host. A HOP security script is what some third-party suppliers use to verify that transactions sent through the HOP came from your eBill Payment system.
Set up a payment processor URL and Payment Processor ID.
You must set up a URL identifier on the URL Maintenance page (). The Payment Processor ID should correspond to your account ID with the third-party electronic check provider.
Set up the payment processor in Enterprise Components.
Use the Payment Processor page () to define connection parameters for electronic check and credit card processing calls to a third-party provider. You enter your Payment Processor ID on this page.
See the documentation for the Payment Processor page in Setting Up Credit Card Interface Elements.
Enable electronic check payments in eBill Payment.
Select the eCheck Payments Accepted check box and enter the electronic check payment processor on the eBill - Electronic Payments page (). You must indicate whether PIN entry is required to complete electronic payment transactions.
See the documentation for the eBill - Electronic Payments page in Setting Up Electronic and Credit Card Payment Options .
Specify a third-party provider PIN for the self-service contact, if PIN entry is required.
Use the Contact Information - Maintain Contacts page () to add a personal identification number (PIN) for this contact. The PIN is mandatory or optional for electronic check payments, depending on setup on the eBill - Electronic Payments installation page. The PIN entered during the transaction must match the customer PIN on the Maintain Contacts page to successfully pay by electronic check. When the PIN is Optional on the setup page, but a PIN has been recorded on the Maintain Contact page, keep in mind that PIN entry will still be required to complete electronic check transactions in the Payment Cart. When the PIN is Optional on the setup page and no PIN value has been recorded on the Maintain Contact page, the system hides the PIN field in the Payment Cart, and bypasses the validation.
See the documentation for the Contact Information - Maintain Contacts page in Setting Up and Maintaining Contacts.
Test the integration between the electronic check provider and your PeopleSoft eBill Payment system.