a few 'basis points' of the total dollar value settled. The act of swiping is easy: when the cursor is in the Credit Card Number field (whether on New Booking, Booking Detail, Manage Cards, or House Account screens), simply swipe the card in the Credit Card Number field, hit the <tab> button, and watch as the system parses the First Name, Last Name, Card Number, and Expiry into the proper fields. Image Added Swipe/Tap/Dip Credit Cards into an EMV Terminal: An EMV terminal is a device provided by a merchant processor that enables a property to: - 'Swipe': captures the magnetic data stored on a credit cards 'mag stripe'. This is the traditional way credit cards were used for decades.
- 'Dip': dipping a 'chip-enabled credit card into a device allows the cryptogram (the chip embedded into the credit card) to receive a secure token that accepts or rejects a card authorization request.
- 'Tap' is nearly always a mobile phone using the Near Field Communications (NFC) protocol to receive a secure token accepting or rejecting the card authorization that was setup by the Guest with their specific NFC vendors such as ApplePay, GooglePay, or SamsungPay.
Adding a new card via the EMV terminalon the manage credit card screen To add a new card click on the Swipe/Dip button. This will bring up a blank field for you to place that authorization amount into. Once you select an amount click on the Authorize button. The new EMV Swipe/Dip button is located on the Booking Data page of a booking, the manage credit card page, Group Bookings, House Accounts, and AR Accounts. The Swipe/Dip button is only present if you are connected to an EMV device. Enable Pin For International Cards is a flag you can set if you want an EMV device to request a PIN to be entered during the transaction. Many travelers from countries outside of N America require this PIN to make a successful auth or purchase. Image Added When you click Authorize this sends the card information to the EMV device. The EMV device screen will activate with the auth amount you had placed in the authorization field in MyPMS. |