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title: "Tendering with Tempus PaymentMate"
slug: "tendering-with-tempus-paymentmate"
updated: 2026-07-24T12:10:24Z
published: 2026-08-10T20:19:57Z
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# Tendering with Tempus PaymentMate

> [!NOTE]
> Note
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> For OnlineBill Release 1.1 or higher, please refer to the OnlineBill Configuration Guide on E-Support. If your company has a contract with Tempus Technologies, the system uses the Tempus PaymentMate payment gateway and Smart Node software to process the transfer of funds from your customer's account to your company's account when you tender a sale or a bill payment.

E-Pay, POS tendering (for wireless), OnlineBill tendering, and Accounts Receivable batch files all use the Tempus payment gateway to process the following tender types:

- Credit Card
- E-Check
- E-Check Manual Deposit
- Warrantied Paper Check
- PIN/Debit

#### General Notes

Blind credits to bank accounts cannot be made using Tempus. You must apply a credit using a different business process, such as an adjustment.

Tempus handles all integration with magnetic strip readers (MSR), magnetic ink character recognition scanners (MICR), and signature capture devices via its PaymentMate Smart Node.

If the Smart Node is not active, you can enter the data using standard IDI platform windows. The setting to enable/disable the Smart Node is located in POS Back Office. See [Tempus PaymentMate Configuration](/v1/docs/tempus-paymentmate-configuration).

See also:

[Credit / Debit Card Processing with Tempus PaymentMate with Smart Node](/v1/docs/credit-debit-card-processing-with-tempus-paymentmate-with-smart-node)

[Credit Card Processing with Tempus PaymentMate without Smart Node](/v1/docs/credit-card-processing-with-tempus-paymentmate-without-smart-node)

[Debit Card Processing with Tempus PaymentMate without Smart Node](/v1/docs/debit-card-processing-with-tempus-paymentmate-without-smart-node) (not supported)

[E-Check Processing with Tempus PaymentMate with Smart Node](/v1/docs/e-check-processing-with-tempus-paymentmate-with-smart-node)

[E-Check Processing with Tempus PaymentMate without Smart Node](/v1/docs/e-check-processing-with-tempus-paymentmate-without-smart-node)