Introducing Online Express Bill Pay
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In the latest release of The Education Edge 7.85 coming soon, we're introducing a new feature that enables you to accept student bill payments online in NetClassroom and manage those payments in Student Billing with Fast! Over the next couple blog posts, I’ll provide in detail some specifics about this great new feature but in this post I want to provide an overview of how Online Express Bill Pay works.
After you update to 7.85, you are ready to get started with Bill Pay. Online Express Bill Pay is found in Student Billing at the bottom of the left navigation bar. The feature is free, provided you sign up for Blackbaud Merchant Services and Blackbaud Payment Service.
As part of the Online Express Bill Pay feature, you will have access to the Blackbaud Merchant Services Web Portal to manage your account.
Before you sign up for Blackbaud Merchant Services and Blackbaud Payment Service, you will need to have your bank account information ready. For a list of items you will need, see the Set Up an Account with Blackbaud Merchant Services Checklist.
Look for a post from our incredible Education Edge Product Manager Courtney Grainger about why we developed Online Express Bill Pay for The Education Edge.
After you update to 7.85, you are ready to get started with Bill Pay. Online Express Bill Pay is found in Student Billing at the bottom of the left navigation bar. The feature is free, provided you sign up for Blackbaud Merchant Services and Blackbaud Payment Service.
Blackbaud Merchant Services is your secure payment processor. Merchant Services makes it easy, secure, and affordable to process credit card transactions.
To ensure compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) and Payment Application Data Security Standards (PA DSS), we provide the Blackbaud Payment Service. The Blackbaud Payment Service integrates with your program to store sensitive credit card and merchant account information in a secure environment. In your program's database, credit card numbers are replaced with reference tokens. When you process credit card transactions, the Blackbaud Payment Service uses the reference tokens to match the transactions to the applicable credit card information.
As part of the Online Express Bill Pay feature, you will have access to the Blackbaud Merchant Services Web Portal to manage your account.
Before you sign up for Blackbaud Merchant Services and Blackbaud Payment Service, you will need to have your bank account information ready. For a list of items you will need, see the Set Up an Account with Blackbaud Merchant Services Checklist.
Important Parts of Online Express Bill Pay –
Other Important Notes:
- You can edit your online bill payment form as often as you need.
- Throughout the Online Express Bill Pay feature we provided short help videos to show you how to use the feature.
- If you need more help, on the Blackbaud.com website, we created an Online Express Bill Pay How-to Documentation page with all the latest help resources including a customizable handout for students and student relations.
- On the main Online Express Bill Pay page, you can review a history of your recently committed deposits!
- Periodically, you may be prompted to update your Online Express Bill Pay feature. It's easy to do and doesn't take much time. You'll receive a notice that improvements have been made to Bill Pay, click the Restart Now button and the software will install the update and restart the program for you!
Helpful Links:
- 7.85 Release Notes
- 7.85 Update Guide
- Downloads page on Blackbaud.com [7.85 will be available to download soon!]
- System Requirements
Coming Next –
Look for a post from our incredible Education Edge Product Manager Courtney Grainger about why we developed Online Express Bill Pay for The Education Edge.
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05/29/2013 8:00am EDT
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