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Discover Merchant Registration

Merchant registration is required for all merchants participating in Discover MAP. Completion of this process allows merchants to set interchange rates for Discover card transaction processing.

Adding a Discover card plan requires that you request an account number from Discover. You can submit a request to Discover through the application. After submitting your request, the application receives a response from Discover acknowledging receipt of the request. The application then polls the Discover network to receive the number when it is available. When the number is received, the application automatically populates the Discover number in the corresponding field.

Note: All terminals associated with a store must have the same Discover account number.

The Merchant Product Setup and Discover Registration pages enable you to:

It is also possible to create a stand-alone Discover merchant registration record (with no merchant in context).

To set up or edit a Discover registration record for a merchant from the Merchant Product Setup page:

  1. For an existing merchant record, search for the merchant to display its details on the Merchant Summary page, and then:

    In the Merchant Quick Links panel, click Product Setup.

    -or-

    From the Merchant menu, click Product Setup.

    The Merchant Product Setup page opens.

  2. If the merchant is already boarded, click Edit.
  3. In the Discover panel, select the Discover Map Participation Flag check box, and then enter information in the fields provided as follows:

    Account Numbers

  4. Click the Discover Registration button.

    The Discover Registration page opens.

  5. Enter or edit information for the merchant being registered in the fields provided as follows (fields marked with a red asterisk are mandatory):

    Merchant DBA

    Business Contact

    Business Principal

    Legal

    Merchant

  6. Click the Submit Registration button.

    A prompt appears confirming the Discover registration was submitted successfully.

  7. Click OK.

    You are returned to the Merchant Product Setup page.