| Term | Description |
|---|---|
| Account Updater | A Chargent feature that automatically notifies your customers of upcoming credit card expirations. You can set up Account Updater in 3 steps to save your company time, effort, and money. |
| Automated Collections | A feature that automatically retries payment collection on missed and late payments. You can enable Automated Collections after installing Chargent. |
| BAN | Bank Account Number. Used in ACH or E-Check transactions. |
| BIN | Bank Identification Number. Refers to the first six numbers that appear on a credit card. |
| CCC | Chargent Custom Checkout is the pro-code alternative to the Take Payment Component, allowing you to customize the look and feel of payment forms on your Experience Cloud site. |
| Chargent Anywhere | A lightning web component that allows you to process payments from any Salesforce tab. Configure Chargent Anywhere on any Salesforce object. |
| Chargent Payment Console | Part of the Chargent Anywhere component. Allows you to set up single and recurring payments from any object. Set up the Chargent Payment Console to process payments securely without storing sensitive payment details. Requires Platform Edition. |
| Context-Sensitive Help | Help links integrated into custom object tabs that display related content. |
| E-Check | Short for Electronic Check. Commonly used to refer to online Bank Account payments. |
| MID | Merchant Identifier. Assigned to a merchant account by a payment processor or gateway. |
| NAV | Nacha Account Validation screens debits made over the web for fraud. Click here to learn how Chargent adheres to these standards. |
| Omnichannel | A cross-channel business model designed to optimize the customer experience across every touchpoint. |
| Org | An abbreviation for a Salesforce instance (organization). |
| PAN | Primary Account Number. A unique identifier found on credit and debit cards. |
| Payform | Allows users to access and pay their Payment Request. The payform is hosted on a Salesforce Site and is accessed via the Pay Link. |
| Pay Link | This link will take you to the payment page for a Payment Request. Users may send this link directly to a payer. |
| Payment Methods | A Chargent feature that allows your customers to safely and conveniently save, select, and remove payment methods for current and future payments. Review more information about Payment Methods and begin using this vital feature. |
| Payment Source | A Chargent custom object and tab that’s replaced by the Payment Method custom object and tab. Click here for more information on Payment Methods. |
| PCI | Payment Card Industry compliance refers to the technical and operational standards that businesses follow to secure and protect credit card data provided by cardholders and transmitted through card processing transactions. PCI standards for compliance are developed and managed by the PCI Security Standards Council. |
| PIM | Package Installation Manager allows you to securely login (using Salesforce Identity Oauth), to the Salesforce instance where you want Chargent installed or upgraded. First, the PIM analyzes which, if any Chargent packages are installed, then guides you through installing the correct packages. It also ensures that the target Salesforce instance is aligned with some of the latest compliance features we have implemented, and ensures you get access to the best of Chargent. |
| Recurring Billing | The Chargent feature for setting up a sequence of payments on a repeating frequency that you choose. Review more information about Recurring Billing and configure it for your business processes. |
| SEO | Search Engine Optimization is the process of improving your site to increase its visibility in search results. |
| Take Payment | A component that enables Community Users to make payments in an Experience Cloud site. Sometimes referred to as the Take Payment component. |
| Tokenization | Industry standard to ensure card holder data is kept secure by encrypting the data in a manner that cannot be decrypted. Chargent uses tokens so cardholder data is never stored in Salesforce and the token is only available to the payment gateway for a merchant. Read and watch more information on tokenization. |
| UUID | Universally Unique Identifier. A 128-bit value used to identify an object or entity uniquely. |
See Also
Account Updater
Automated Collections
Understanding Payments
Recurring Billing
