Find and view a merchant
Look up any merchant and see their account details, status, and settings in one place.
What you can do here
- Find any merchant under the partner you are accessing
- Read the application, business, owner, payment, and banking details
- See whether the account is activated
- Know what each tab on the account covers
01Find the merchant
Open Merchant Accounts
In the left navigation sidebar, open Management and select Merchant Accounts. The page lists the merchants set up under the partner, with the sign-up date, organization, merchant name, MID, account ID, and status. The number next to the title is the total.
Narrow the list
Type in Search or select the filter button next to it. Turn on Show in-active to include merchants that are no longer active.
Open the merchant
Select the arrow in the Action column. The Account Details page opens.
02Read the account details
The top of the page shows the merchant's name, status, and when it was added, with the activation toggle on the right.
Check the status
The badge next to the name shows the application status, for example Approved. The Activate Account toggle on the right shows whether the merchant is live: off reads Activate Account, on reads Account Activated.
Read the Properties tab
Properties opens first. Its left-hand menu moves between five sections:
- Application Info: when the application was created and approved, the client IP, status, underwriter, and the processor IDs and acceptance dates.
- Business Details: legal and DBA names, tax ID, established date, entity type, address, time zone, and billing contact.
- Beneficial Owners: each owner's identity, ownership, and contact details.
- Payment Profile: the merchant category code, transaction amounts, and volumes.
- Banking Details: the payout bank account.
Each section has an Edit button in its top right.
03Know the other tabs
The tab row covers everything else on the account. The how-tos for changing fees, reserves, requests, and activation are in Update a merchant's configuration.
Verifications
The automated and manual checks run on the account, such as KYC, KYB, and watchlist matches, with each one's status and the workflow it came from.
Requests
Requests sent to the merchant, with the date, type, subject, and requestor, plus New Request to send one. The Documents section alongside holds the files they return.
Fees
The pricing on the account, split into Core Fees, Monthly Fees, and Optional/Add-On, each with its pricing model, event, name, payment method, amount, and start date. Add Fee opens a three-step setup: pricing model, payment methods, event configuration.
Reserves
Funds held back to reduce risk. Scheduled Reserves lists percentage holds with their max reserve, release schedule, and dates, with Schedule Reserve to add one. Merchant Risk Reserves lists manual holds, with Reserve to add one.
Events
Every system event on the account with its status, action, user, organization, and dates. Logs alongside shows the detailed platform logs.
Notes
Internal comments about the account, with the date and who wrote each one. Add New Note adds one.
Activation
The final setup checklist before the account goes live: fee schedule, risk rules, and payout schedule, each with a button to set it up.
Terminal Details
The POS terminals on the account, with each terminal's ID, type, and batch cutoff time.
Key terms
- MID
- Merchant ID: the identifier the processor uses for the merchant.
- Account ID
- CSIPay's internal reference for the merchant account.
- Reserve
- Funds held back from payouts to cover risk, either on a schedule or manually.
- Core, monthly, and add-on fees
- The three groups of fees on an account: per-transaction pricing, recurring monthly charges, and optional extras.
Related guides
Your Partner Relationship Manager and our support team can help you track them down.
