CSG Forte Card Present Transactions

  • Updated on Jul 24, 2025
  • Published on Jul 24, 2025
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This article will show you what it looks like to do a chip-read or card-swipe transaction with CSG Forte and the MagTek eDynamo.

Disclaimer

This article is provided for educational and informational purposes only. For questions about CSG Forte, their portal, or if you have trouble following the steps in this guide, please contact CSG Forte’s support team.

Instructions

  1. Prepare for payment forte card present transactions test civicplus

  2. Insert the card into the top of the device with the chip on the left insert card into device.

  3. The payment form should automatically update with the card’s information. Payment Method fields.

  4. Click Next Next button on the Forte payment screen.

  5. Click Authorize Authorize button on the Forte payment screen.

Swipes

If the eDynamo fails to read a chip 3 times, it will fall back to doing a swipe. You will be presented with a prompt to perform a magnetic stripe read.

fallback swipe confirmation.

Follow the prompts to complete the payment.

Card Swipe screen with EMV and Manual Entry options.

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