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In this section

  • Processing International Funds
    • Int’l Currency Conversion
    • International Exchange Rates
  • Processing Credit Cards
    • Getting Set Up
      • Requirements
      • Setting Up a New Merchant ID
      • Changing Your Merchant Setup
      • Reporting Tools
    • Credit Card Processing Fees
    • Credit Card Support, Guides and Forms
  • Processing Cash and Checks
    • Armored Car Service
    • Cash Deposits
    • Lockbox Processing
    • Remote Deposit Capture
    • Spotting Counterfeit Currency
    • Spotting Forged Checks
  • Processing Wires and ACH Payments
  • Paying Vendors by Wire, ACH, or Draft
  • Unidentified Receipts
  • Policies and Training
  • Forms

Setting Up a New Merchant ID

All merchant ID (MID) requests must go through the Office of the Treasurer and Arrow Payments. 

Requesting a MID for the first time (or a MID under a new Cardpointe Customer ID)

If this is the department's first MID, contact the Cornell Credit Card Payment Processing team. A discovery meeting with Arrow Payments will be scheduled with you to learn more about how you would like to process credit card payments. This process helps find the solutions that best meet your processing needs.

After discovery, if it is agreed that opening a MID is the best way to accept payments, the unit must follow the process below. It should take approximately 5-10 business days from submitting the MID application until you are ready to accept payments.

  1. Complete a new MID application:
    The following links will open a document in Box. A Cornell NetID login is required.
    1. Single MID
    2. Multiple MID
  2. ​Submit your application to the Cornell Credit Card Payment Processing team. Wait for the confirmation of receipt notification from Arrow Payments.
  3. Order the appropriate devices and/or set up the appropriate eCommerce environment.
  4. Complete the annual PCI training in CULearn (CASH 200). Training must be completed before payment will be processed.
  5. Set up access in the Cardpointe system for those who need it.
  6. Complete the annual Self Assessment Questionnaire (SAQ) and any supplemental documentation.

The PCI Contact for the MID will be added to our PCI Compliance electronic mailing list (e-list), where we will occasionally post announcements about PCI compliance and credit card processing in general.

Requesting another department MID under the same Cardpointe Customer ID

It should take approximately 5-10 business days from submitting the MID application until you are ready to accept payments.

  1. Complete a new MID application:
    The following links will open a document in Box. A Cornell NetID login is required.
    1. Single MID
    2. Multiple MID
  2. ​Submit your application to the Cornell Credit Card Payment Processing team. Wait for the confirmation of receipt notification from Arrow Payments.
  3. Order the appropriate devices and/or set up the appropriate eCommerce environment.
  4. Set up access in the Cardpointe system for those who need it.

Office of the Treasurer

260 Day Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853

CONTACT US

Email:  treasurer@cornell.edu
Wires/Payments: cashmanagement@cornell.edu
Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Monday - Friday

 


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