• BIN: Enter the six-digit BIN number for the terminal, or accept the default if you already have other terminals set up for the merchant. This number identifies a client bank. A BIN is assigned by TSYS Acquiring Solutions and is the highest level of the front-end hierarchy. The front-end hierarchy is used by TSYS Acquiring Solutions to route an authorization or batch to the correct Acquirer. BINS contain Agents, the second level of the front-end hierarchy.
• Agent: Enter the six-digit Agent number for the terminal, or accept the default if you already have other terminals set up for the merchant. This is the number that a client bank uses to identify a smaller bank (or ISO) that processes credit card transactions through the client bank. Agents are the second level of the front-end hierarchy. They contain Chains and roll up into BINs. If a merchant does not process transactions using the Agent level of the front-end hierarchy, enter 000000 as a value for this field.
• Chain: Enter the six-digit Chain number for the terminal, or accept the default if you already have other terminals set up for the merchant. This number identifies a merchant's chain of locations or stores. The client or agent bank assigns a Chain. Chains are the third level of the front-end hierarchy. They contain Merchants and roll up into Agents. If the merchant does not process transactions using the Chain level of the front-end hierarchy, enter 000000 in this field.
• POS Merchant ID: Enter the twelve-digit POS Merchant ID number for the terminal, or accept the default if you already have other terminals set up for the merchant.
• Store: Enter the four-digit store number for this terminal. This is a number that identifies the merchant location. If the merchant has only one location, enter 0001 in this field.
• Terminal: Enter the four-digit number that identifies this terminal at this location. If the merchant has only one terminal, enter 0001 in this field.
• MCFS Number: If required, enter the MCFS number for this terminal. This number translates the Visa/MC ID attached to an AMEX or Discover authorization to their respective AMEX or Discover ID Numbers. For clients who are configured to automatically complete this field, the MCFS Number is made up of the 12-digit Merchant ID, plus the first three digits of the Store Number. If your bank generates its own MCFS Number, you can enter it manually in this field. For the terminal details page, this number is derived from the request page.
• MVV: If required, enter the Merchant Verification Value for this terminal. This is a 10-digit number used to identify merchants that participate in SMF (Select Merchant Fee) programs. This 10-digit number is assigned to the merchant. The first 6-digits of this number are assigned by VISA and the last 4-digits are defined by the acquirer, in agreement with VISA.
• V Number: Once you have entered correct information into the other mandatory fields in the Hierarchy panel, you can click in this field and then click the Get V Number button to generate the V number for this terminal, which will then populate this field. The V number is the address assigned to the new terminal for the database.
• Master V Number: If required, enter the master V number for this terminal. The field label already provides the upper case V, so you only need to enter the seven digit number.
• Rush: Select this check box if there is a request to rush the building of the file for the new merchant account. This helps increase the speed of the boarding process.
• Request Contact: Enter your name as the person creating the file.
• Request Contact Phone: Enter your phone number as the person creating the file.
• Request Contact Email: Enter your email address as the person creating the file.
• Request Contact Fax: Enter your fax number as the person creating the file.