Online Credit Cards
We are not able to have online payment directly hosted on the OHSU website. However, there are options for other types of online payment processing.
Merchant Accounts for Online Credit Card Transactions
If you need to process credit cards for events, conferences or merchandise you will need to set up a merchant account. A merchant terminal is for processing payments when you physically have a credit card in hand to process. An online payment gateway is for processing payments over the Internet.
Costs and transaction fees
You will need to check with the OHSU's Treasury Office for current rates for having a permanent merchant terminal
Go to the Treasury Office site
Below are the costs associated with using the Payflow online payment gateway:
Payflow Pro
Setup Price: $249.00
Monthly Price: $59.95
Monthly Transactions:
Up to 1,000
Additional Transactions:
$0.10 per transaction
Payflow Link
Setup Price: $199.00
Monthly Price: $19.95
Monthly Transactions:
Up to 500
Additional Transactions:
$0.10 per transaction
Setup Time for a Merchant account
It can take 10 to 15 business days for everything to be setup for a merchant account. This does not include the time it takes for developing registration forms or other methods of gathering customer information.
OHSU has a contracted relationship with Wells Fargo to provide merchant services to the university. Establishment of merchant services for a department are requested and processed through the OHSU Treasury department.
Please note merchant web sites that are found in non-compliance are subject to fines of over $1,000/month. An example of a non-compliant site would one that accepts credit card information and is missing one or all of the following:
- The web site is not using an e-commerce solution to secure and authorize the credit card
- The web site does not have an SSL certificate.
- The web site is using the same merchant numbers as the department’s physical terminal.
Please contact the OHSU Treasury department to set up a merchant account.
