The Card Account Updater (CAU) service is a new offering from CardConnect, where out-of-date debit/credit card information (card number, expiration date, etc.) is updated to avoid recurring payment interruptions by reducing the frequency of declines. Updates are done behind the scenes with no customer intervention.

Card Account Updater reduces the number of declined or late payments resulting from outdated card information by automatically retrieving the new card details from Visa, Mastercard, and Discover when a new card is issued to your customers.

Card Account Updater is the perfect solution for facilities that offer auto-pay for recurring billing; It reduces the risk of late and declined payments for merchants and helps to prevent service disruptions for customers.

Using Card Account Updater to automatically retrieve new card data can help your business to:

• Stabilize and maintain cashflow by reducing late and declined payments
  
  
• Reduce involuntary churn caused by expired cards or new account numbers
  
  
• Reduce efforts and costs associated with merchant outreach due to outdated payment information
  
  
• Improve customer satisfaction by avoiding interruptions in products and services as a result of nonpayment

Before You Begin

• CardPointe is a CardConnect platform, and these names are often used interchangeably.
  
  
• You will need to have a merchant ID before you will be able to access the portal. The first time you log in, you will need to register for an account.
  
  

• If you have forgotten your password, you can follow the 'Forgot Password?' link on the login page. If you have forgotten your username you will need to contact CardConnect over the phone at (877) 828-0720.
  
  

• For more information on how to use the CardPointe portal, you can access their User Guide.

How It Works

Card Account Updater is an optional paid feature that you can request to be enabled on your Merchant Account. Once enabled, all of your stored customer payment accounts are monitored on a continual basis to determine if the saved card data has become obsolete.

Some of the most common reasons that cause a customer's card data to become obsolete include:

• A new card is issued due to suspected or confirmed fraud
  
  
• A replacement card is issued with an updated expiration date
  
  
• The account transitions to a different class or tier of card that requires a change in account number
  
  
• When the Card Account Updater service receives updated card information from Visa, Mastercard, or Discover, your stored customer payment information is automatically updated with the new details, and can be used for any individual payments made using Card on File or used for any upcoming scheduled payments that are part of a billing plan.

Cost

• Monthly Fee: $20.00
  
  
• Per Update Fee: $0.50

Topics

• Sign Up for CardConnect's Card Account Updater Service How-To
• CardConnect's Card Account Updater FAQs FAQ