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title: "Credentials Needed for Each External Processor"
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description: "The table below lists the third-party gateways supported by Payments, as well as the credentials that CivicPlus needs to configure the gateway."
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published: 2026-08-05T15:07:22Z
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> ## Documentation Index
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# Credentials Needed for Each External Processor

To connect an external processor to our platform, you’ll need to provide specific account credentials or configuration details. This ensures that transactions are securely routed through your gateway and properly recorded in our system.

This article outlines the typical credentials required for each supported processor.

## External Processing Partners

| Processor | Credentials |
| --- | --- |
| **CardPointe** | - Site Subdomain - Site Port - Merchant ID - API Username - API Password |
| **CSG Forte** | - Login ID - Trans Key - Organization ID - Location ID |
| **Global Payments Integrated** | - Token - Device Model - Entry Mode - EMV - Yes/No? |

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## Additional External Processors

| Gateway | Credentials |
| --- | --- |
| **Authorize.net** | - Login ID - TransKey - EMV - Yes/No/Both |
| **Braintree** | - Merchant ID - Public Key - Private Key |
| **Converge** | - Account ID - User ID - PIN - EMV - Yes/No? |
| **Heartland** | - Public Key - Secret Key - EMV Username - EMV Password - EMV License ID - EMV Site ID - EMV Device ID |
| **JetPay** | - Client ID - Client Key - Payment Type ID |
| **PayPal Payflow** | - Partner - Vendor or Merchant Login - User ID - Password |
| **Tempus** | - RNID - RNCERT - Form Subdomain - EMV - Yes/No? |

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## Providing Credentials to Our Team

Once you have your credentials:

1. Send them securely to your onboarding specialist or [support team](/civicplus-help-center/docs/contact-civicplus-support)
2. We’ll configure your payment connection in our system
3. You’ll be notified once the setup is complete and ready for testing

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## Credential Resources

- **Authorize.net**
  - [Obtain Your API Login ID and Transaction Key](/civicplus-help-center/docs/set-up-authorizenet-for-payments#obtain-your-api-login-id-transaction-key)
  - [Authorize.net Credentials for EMV](/civicplus-help-center/docs/authorizenet-credentials-for-emv-card-present-transactions)
- **Braintree:** [Generate Braintree API Keys](/civicplus-help-center/docs/set-up-braintree-for-pay)
- **Converge:** [Converge API User Credentials](/civicplus-help-center/docs/converge-api-user-credentials)
- **CSG Forte:** [Create API Credentials and Gather Organization and Location ID](/civicplus-help-center/docs/set-up-csg-forte-for-payments)
- **PayPal:** [Payflow API User Credentials](/civicplus-help-center/docs/payflow-api-user-credentials)

The entity (such as local government) that conducts business with payment cards (the seller of goods/services)

Identification or Identifier.

Application Programming Interface. A set of rules that allows programmers to develop software for a particular operating system without having to be completely familiar with that operating system.

Europay, Mastercard, and Visa. A global standard for cards equipped with computer chips and the technology used to authenticate chip-card transactions

Personal Identification Number.