Main Content
At the direction of the UW PCI Merchant Services Director, the UW Tacoma Cashier’s Office is updating its current credit card payment policy and process.
The Cashier’s Office accepts credit/debit card payments online via TouchNet Marketplace, the University of Washington’s eCommerce platform. The Marketplace enables University departments the ability to sell products and services as well as collect fines online, while reducing the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard scope. With the switch to TouchNet, the UW Tacoma Cashier’s Office will no longer need to accept in-person credit/debit card payments, as all purchases can be paid online without any associated convenience or service fees.
If your department needs to accept credit card payments, contact the Cashier’s Office at uwtcash@uw.edu to learn how to get set up on the TouchNet Marketplace.
By working with the UW Tacoma Cashier’s Office, you are ensuring the most secure form of credit card processing.
The Cashier’s Office is responsible for reconciling the online payments and producing sales reports. The department is still responsible for reconciling their budget on MyFD.
To maintain strict internal controls, the Cashier’s Office will also issue any applicable refunds. It is up to the department to request the refund along with the corresponding refund documentation including: order number, amount to refund and reason for refund.
For departments that occasionally invoice vendors, businesses/organizations and/or individuals, you can still have your users pay their invoice balance online with TouchNet. The funds will go into a holding budget and then the Finance Office (A&B) will transfer the funds into the department budget.
If your department doesn’t have an invoice template, download the generic template below and customize it with your unit information.
After you send the invoice to your customer, complete and submit the web form:
Costs Associated with the Acceptance of Credit Cards
There are many fees incurred when accepting credit and debit payments, including: Interchange Fees, UW Merchant Fee, Merchant Processing Fees and Miscellaneous Fees. When departments are utilizing the TouchNet Marketplace to sell products or services, these fees are billed directly to the department budget based on their individual MID (merchant identification).
In some cases departments need to receive payment for a “one-off” invoice and there really isn’t a need to set them up with their own MID. In these incidents, the Cashier’s Office will process the payment under its own MID. Departments will still be responsible for paying the associated fees. In order to expedite the internal billing process, thus insuring timely budget reconciliation, the Cashier's Office standardizes the credit card merchant fee billing to a flat rate of 3%*.
Each month, departments utilizing the Cashier’s Office credit card service will receive a report detailing the previous month’s transactions. This report should be used to reconcile departmental budgets. It is the responsibility of each department to take these fees into consideration when setting their prices.
If you think you will need to invoice more frequently, contact uwtcash@uw.edu to get set up with your own MID and invoice item on the TouchNet Marketplace.
*This rate is subject to change.
