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Paying with Escrow ​

Allow students to pay for registrations with Escrow.

Enable Paying with Escrow ​

  1. Set your preferred option in the EscrowPayments INI.
  2. If desired, set the cutoff value in the EscrowCutoff INI.
  3. Obtain updated copies of customregister.htm and regfail.htm.
  4. If you want to display escrow pay details in the registration confirmation email, edit the regconfirm.txt file and replace this line:

##iif(plNoCharge,[],iif(plInvoice,[You will be invoiced for the charges.],[Thank you for your payment by credit card.]))##

with this one:

##pcPayment##

Use Escrow ​

If a student has money in escrow, when they get to the checkout page, they have the option to apply it to the transaction.

  • If EscrowPayments INI is set to 1 AND the transaction amount is less than or equal to their Escrow amount, they can pay for the transaction with Escrow:

  • If EscrowPayments INI is set to 1 AND the transaction amount is more than their Escrow amount, they will not be able to pay the transaction with Escrow:

  • If EscrowPayments INI is set to 2, the transaction can be split with partial paid by Escrow and the rest paid by credit card. The student must check the Yes, apply my escrow balance to this transaction. I will pay the $[amount] remaining by credit card. checkbox.

  • If the student cancels the credit card charge or the charge is declined, the Escrow amount is still applied to the registration and a Billing record is created for the remaining amount.