Payments: Entering your customer's credit/debit card information
When you're processing a customer's credit or debit card, QuickBooks asks you for the card information. You can either swipe the credit card with a USB card reader or enter the information manually.
Important: You should always swipe the credit card when you have it in hand, even if you already have the credit card on file. Only transactions from a card swipe are eligible for a lower discount rate. Card-swiped rate requires the card reader issued by Intuit Merchant Service for QuickBooks for Mac. To get the card-swipe rate, you cannot edit any of the card information after the swipe.
Card-swiped
A credit card transaction where you physically swipe a card in hand with a card reader. Card-swiped transactions qualify for a lower discount rate because they carry a lower risk of credit card fraud. If you do repeat business with a customer, you must swipe the credit card every timeyou process it to receive this lower rate for each transaction.
- Enter the card number, expiration date, name on the card, optional CSC (Card Security Code) code, and cardholder's zip code. (The CSC code is the three-digit number on the back of the card and is only required for a credit card.) You can verify how the card information is entered by the message "Keyed" or "Swiped" under the credit card symbol next to the number.
- (Optional) If you're processing the card from the Enter Sales Receipt or Receive Payments window, click Optional for additional security features.
- Click Process.
- On the Payment Approved window, you can print or email the sales receipt. You can also void the payment. Double-clicking on the transaction ID takes you to your online Merchant Service account where you can review more details of the transaction.