Configuring a New Merchant Account in Cadmium Payments

Configuring a merchant account in Cadmium Payments is essential for managing online payments efficiently. This overview will walk you through the process of configuring your merchant account, including choosing a payment processor and connecting your account using API credentials. To configure a merchant account in Cadmium Payments, follow these steps:

1. Once Cadmium Payments has been enabled on your account, select the “Configure Cadmium Payments” button to launch Cadmium Payments.

2. Select ‘New’ on the Cadmium Payments Merchant Accounts page. This will open the Add Merchant Account page.

3. Add a label for this merchant account under the field titled ‘Label.’ This label will be displayed in the Processing Service Provider dropdown menu for each product.  

4. Next, choose your payment processor from the Processor dropdown menu.  

5. After selecting your payment processor, you will be able to select your preferred payment collection option(s).  
   • Credit card – This option is selected by default and means that this payment processor will accept credit card payments. 
   • Pay later – Select this option let users submit payment at a later date using a different method (wire transfer, check, etc.). Please review the Using Pay Later When Configuring Cadmium Payments article to learn more this option.

6. Next, select Submit.
7. On the next page, you will enter additional details to finish linking your payment processor to the payment app.  

8. Once you have entered your payment processor credentials, select the Submit button. This will bring you back to the main Merchant Accounts page where you will see the newly created merchant account in the list. 
9. Return to the payments section of the Settings menu in your Eventscribe product and select this newly created payment processor for your event.

Once a merchant account has been configured in Cadmium Payments, you can edit or delete the merchant account, if necessary.