{"id":8784,"date":"2025-04-17T14:29:03","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T18:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/facts\/?page_id=8784"},"modified":"2025-04-17T14:30:39","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T18:30:39","slug":"credit-card-merchant","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/facts\/credit-card-merchant\/","title":{"rendered":"Credit Card Merchant"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>What is it?<\/h3>\n<p>Merchants are Carleton departments that accept credit\/debit cards via an approved merchant account with the university\u2019s exclusive provider. Carleton University allows credit card payments through POS terminals and e-commerce.<\/p>\n<h3>Why is it important?<\/h3>\n<p>Business Operations (Financial Services) handles setting up merchant accounts with the provider on behalf of departments. 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