How to enable Elavon Converge Credit Card on a merchant.
Elavon Converge supports both card and ACH payments, now including refund capabilities. Key features include account setup without CVV2 requirement, E-commerce Transaction ID setup, and customizable payment fields for specialized transactions.
Features
✅ Refund A creditcard payment processed with Elavon Converge can be / according to its status.
✅ Payment Authorization Payments can be authorized by customers using Credit Card.
✅ Payment Capture Payment authorizations made using Credit Card payment methods can be captured. This step happens automatically with CHARGE transactions.
Resources
Configuration
To obtain your API User credentials, call Software Support at Elavon at 1-800-377-3962 and request API User credentials for Authvia. Alternatively, you can email [email protected] directly to handle your setup needs.
This table describes the required or possible attributes needed to configure a merchant product for this type.
Name | Type | Description | Rules |
---|---|---|---|
merchant_id | string | (required) Merchant Id for the Elavon. Examples: your_merchant_id_here . | |
user_id | string | (required) User Id for the Elavon. Examples: your_user_id_here . | |
pin | string | (required) PIN for the Elavon. Examples: your_pin_here . |
Enabling this Product
Using create-merchant-product API you can add a new product to your merchant record. Below is an example configuration for the payload of that request.
{
"line": "payments",
"product": "creditcard",
"provider": "elavon",
"config": {
"merchant_id": "your_merchant_id_here",
"user_id": "your_user_id_here",
"pin": "your_pin_here"
}
}
Data Mapping
The following bullet points outline the mapping of data fields between the Authvia platform and the Elavon Converge system, detailing the correspondence of specific attributes for seamless data integration.
- Authvia
transaction.reference.external
maps to Elavon Converge ssl_invoice_number - Authvia
transaction.id
maps to Elavon ConvergeUNMAPPED
- Authvia
transaction.description
maps to Elavon Converge ssl_description - Authvia
transaction.userId
maps to Elavon Converge ssl_customer_code - Authvia
merchant.id
maps to Elavon ConvergeUNMAPPED