Authorizing Credit Card Payments

You'll use the Authorize button located in the Applied Payment Details window to send the customer credit card payment information over the Internet for processing. You'll then receive a message advising you that the payment was approved or declined.

The Merchant Account Service offers two types of authorizations: Standard Sale and Phone/Force.

When you click the Authorize button, the payment transaction is also recorded. (In the Sales window -- New Invoice or New Order -- both the payment transaction and the sales transaction are recorded.)

Important: If you swipe, authorize the payment before you leave the window: Click the Authorize button before the OK button!

You'll find the Authorize button by clicking the Details button in any of the following windows:

Receive Money

Receive Payments

Sales - New Invoice
(To find and use the Authorize button on a previously recorded transaction, use Receive Payments.)

Sales - New Order
(To find and use the Authorize button on a previously recorded transaction, use Receive Payments.)

Settle Returns & Credits

If you wish, you can set up your company file so that the Record button can be used to both record and authorize an MYOB Merchant Account Service payment, but this option should be used only if you enter the credit card information manually, not by swiping the card. Find this option by choosing Setup on the menu bar > Credit Card Processing > Set Up Credit Card Processing > Send Credit Card Payments for Authorization Using the Record Button.

You can authorize after the transaction has been recorded, if you wish.

Notes:
How to go to the Internet to visit Payments Gateway

Do not use the `Send Credit Card Payments for Authorization Using the Record Button' preference if you use the Get Statement feature

Entering payment methods for use with an MYOB Merchant Account

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