Boarding a Concardis merchant

There are two options for Concardis merchant boarding:

Boarding via the Gateway Manager

To board a Concardis merchant in the Gateway Manager, you will need the following data:

• Three VP Nummers (one for each: MasterCard, Maestro, VISA) 
• Terminal ID(s)
  • Concardis needs to activate the terminal ID(s), before they can be used. Talk to your Payworks account manager to get the terminal ID(s) activated.

Once you have the above data, open the merchant in the Gateway Manager and select Attach processing path.

Select Concardis as Clearing Institute and enter the data.

Once you are done, select Attach processing path to finish the setup.

Boarding via the API

Your goal is to use the Platform API to create a merchant that can process payments via Concardis.

This guide shows you how to create a merchant based on the "Merchant Information" that Concardis has provided to you.
It further explains how to assign a reader to the merchant and how to generate a merchant secret key for the new merchant.

1. Create a Merchant with CONCARDIS as the processing path

{
  "processingPaths": [
    {
      "currencies": [
        "EUR"
      ],
      "schemes": [
        "VISA",
        "MASTER",
        "MAESTRO",
        "VISAELECTRON",
		"UNION_PAY",
		"JCB",
		"DINERS",
		"DISCOVER"
      ],
      "details": {
        "institute": "CONCARDIS",
        "terminalIds": [
          "71E29108", "71E29109"
        ],
        "vuNummers": [
           {
            "schemes": [
              "MASTER"
            ],
            "vuNummer": "153442414"
          },
          {
            "schemes": [
              "MAESTRO"
            ],
            "vuNummer": "353442412"
          },
          {
            "schemes": [
              "VISA","VISAELECTRON"
            ],
            "vuNummer": "143442416"
          },
          {
			"schemes": [
              "DINERS","DISCOVER"
            ],
            "vuNummer": "577777776"
          },
          {
		  "schemes": [
              "UNION_PAY"
            ],
            "vuNummer": "487777776"
          },
          {
		  "schemes": [
              "JCB"
            ],
            "vuNummer": "537777776"
          }
        ]
      },
      "name": "ConCardis EUR"
    }
  ],
  "readers": [],
  "name": "Test Merchant #42",
  "details":{  
      "publicName":"Public Merchant Name",
      "address":"42 Merchant Street",
      "zip":"123456",
      "city":"Merchant City",
      "country":"DE",
      "contact":"+49 (170) 1234567"
   }
}

Based on the "Merchant Information" from Concardis, please provide those parameters:

$.processingPaths.currencies

Provide the Currency you want to process payments in. Usually its EUR.

$.processingPaths.details.terminalIds

Provide all Terminal IDs that you have received from Concardis. You can use as many active readers at the same time as you have specified Terminal IDs here, i.e. each active reader needs one Terminal ID.

$.processingPaths.details.vuNummers

Provide the VP Numbers for all schemes you have received from Concardis: The number for Visa/Electron/Vpay always starts with 14, the number for MasterCard with 15 and the number for Maestro with 35.

$.processingPaths.name

We recommend to always use "Concardis" and the currency for this name.

$.name

Make sure to specify a unique name for each merchant that you create on the platform.

$.details

Finally, for the payment receipts, you need to provide some information about the merchant, including Public Name, Address and a Contact Phone Number/Email Address.

You will receive a merchantIdentifier after successfully creating the merchant:

{
    "status": "ok",
    "data": {
    	/*...*/
        "identifier": "74b47dcd-45b0-4c65-a4d1-afd4aae32708",
        "name": "Test Merchant #42"
		/*...*/
    }
}

2. Find the reader you want to assign to the merchant

The platform keeps track of all the readers that you have purchased. In order to assign a reader to the new merchant you have created in Step 1, you must know its readerIdentifier. Use this API to find the readerIdentifier of a reader based on its serial number (e.g. 999-100001):

You will receive the readerIdentifier in the response:

{
    "status": "ok",
    "data": [{
    	/*...*/
        "identifier": "0665ede3-3990-4c9b-beac-77abfeda5858",
        "model": "MIURA_SHUTTLE",
        "details": {
            "serialNo": "999100001"
            /*...*/
        }
    }]
}

3. Assign the reader to new merchant

Based on the merchantIdentifier from Step 1 and the readerIdentifier from Step 2, you can now assign the reader to the merchant:

4. Generate the Merchant Secret Key

You can also generate a Merchant Secret Key for the Merchant via the API:

{
	"permissions": ["READER_MANAGEMENT","TRANSACTIONS"]
}

You will receive the Merchant Secret Key in the response:

{
    "status": "ok",
    "data": {
        "status": "ACTIVE",
        "key": "9pCcTI2mzUbLKoCdezVBowhv0b6gGwoo"
    }
}