Page Updated: September 30, 2020.
Our Partner eBoarding API facilitates a digital boarding experience. It benefits from Elavon's powerful underwriting and Anti Money Laundering (AML) screening capabilities. You can board one or more merchant customers in minutes instead of days.
On this page:
Documentation
Our Representatives and Solutions Engineers will guide you through each Step of your chosen implementation. These pages offer an overview of our eBoarding API's global capability and settings.
- Consult the API Reference for technical specifications.
- Operations specific to European (EU) or North American (NA) implementations are clearly labelled.
Important. We update our eBoarding API and documentation frequently. Printed documentation is valid only on the day of printing.
Requirements
To protect the private and secure nature of the data we share, you must be an Elavon Partner to use the eBoarding API.
Our new Partners can usually start eBoarding customers within 4 to 12 weeks depending on which API flow you implement.
Choose What's Right for You
You can board your merchant customers in only a few steps and typically using either a Guided or Managed Flow. Our Partnership Team will guide you on which flow meets your needs.
Guided Flow
Integrate in the shortest time and with the least effort. You can be up and running using the Guided Flow in as little as 4 to 8 weeks.
Your merchant customers are boarded using:
- Elavon’s documentation and signing UI
- Elavon-branded customer email notifications
List of Guided Flow Operations:
- Create a Group Document Packet - creategroupdocumentpacket
- Add a Document to the Group Packet - appendgroupdocumentpacket
- Update a Document Packet - updatedocumentpacket
- Delete a Document Packet - deletedocumentpacket
- Delete a Group Document Packet - deletegroupdocumentpacket
- Execute a Group Document Packet – executegroupdocumentpacket
Follow these steps to get up and running in as little as 4 to 8 weeks:
- Guided Flow Step 1. Get Started
- Guided Flow Step 2. Setup for Boarding
- Guided Flow Step 3. Prepare and Sign Documentation
- Guided Flow Step 4. The API Manages the Application
- Guided Flow Step 5. When the Application is Approved
Download the eBoarding API Guided Flow PDF (358 KB)
Managed Flow
With a little more effort, you can be up and running using the Managed Flow in as little as 8 to 12 weeks.
Integrate a seamless boarding experience within your own customer-facing environment using:
- Elavon’s documentation and signing API
- Your own UI, flow status, notifications, and communications
List of Managed Flow operations:
- Create a Document Packet - createdocumentpacket
- Check Document Signer Status - checkdocumentsignerstatus
- Refresh Signer's User Sessions - refreshsignerusersessions
- Get an Unsigned Packet - getunsignedpacket
- Get a Signed Packet - getsignedpacket
- Board the application - board
- Upload Documents - uploaddocuments
- Check the Board Status – boardstatus
Follow these steps to get up and running in as little as 8 to 12 weeks:
- Managed Flow Step 1. Get Started
- Managed Flow Step 2. Setup for Boarding
- Managed Flow Step 3. Prepare and Sign Documentation
- Managed Flow Step 4. Construct and POST the Application
- Managed Flow Step 5. Periodically Check Boarding Status
Download the eBoarding API Managed Flow PDF (347 KB).
Stateless Flow
This flow may only be used by partners that have the capability to receive real-time dynamically generated PDF or HTML documentation and get it signed prior to boarding the application. Integrate using:
- Elavon's API to generate the PDF (or HTML) documentation to be signed
- Your own document signing and PDF regeneration
- Your own UI, flow status, notifications, and communications
List of Stateless Flow operations:
- Get a list of all documents - listdocuments
- Retrieve documents - getdocuments
- Perform a Credit Check - creditcheck (EU Only)
- Board the application - board
- Upload Documents - uploaddocuments
- Check the Board Status - boardstatus
Downloads
The following downloads are available:
The latest YAML file is available to download from the API Reference.
Why Choose Elavon?
Elavon offers its services as your acquirer. We handle your merchant customers’ payment transactions from the card holder to the payment gateway, and on to your customer’s bank including:
- Authorisation
- Authentication
- Withdrawal
- Placement
- Settlement
- Currency Conversion
As your Partner, our eBoarding API enables you to quickly board your merchant customers onto your system using Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS) compliant procedures including for:
- Terms of Service and Privacy Policy
- Identity and credit checking
- Anti-Money Laundering (AML) screening
- Underwriting
- Document authoring, signing, and archiving
Elavon supports a full range of major card types, card schemes, and payment methods. Your merchant customers can take transactions across continents in over 120 local currencies. Add our optional Dynamic Currency Conversion (DCC) for the optimal merchant and cardholder experience.
About Elavon
We pair our commitment to innovation with data security and financial stability. We design our specialized solutions to always meet the unique needs of your industry.
We are a leading payment-processing solutions provider. We deliver the highest standards of service and technology to every customer. Our work has earned us recognition and accolades from across the industry landscape.
Backed by the strength of U.S. Bank, we have 25 years’ experience. We've helped over one million customers grow their business through payments.
Our solutions:
- Are flexible, secure and innovative.
- Help businesses attract and keep customers.
- Develop partner relationships, process payments, and simplify operations.
We are the leading provider for airlines and a top-five provider for hospitality, healthcare, retail, and public sector education. We process more than five billion transactions valued at nearly $450 billion around the World each year.
Related Content
- API Reference
- Guided Flow Steps
- Managed Flow Steps
- API Operations, Errors, and Codes
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