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title: "Credit Cards Maintenance"
canonical: "https://support.soutron.net/space/HG/3278035/Credit%20Cards%20Maintenance"
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This section enables you to define credit cards for use in the Acquisitions module. Credit cards are specified in the payment method section when creating an  order line entry . Note that this consists of just a description: no credit card numbers are stored. This page describes: adding  a new credit card definition editing  a credit card definition changing the status  of a credit card deleting a credit card definition  To access Credit Cards Maintenance, select   Modules > Acquisitions > Module Maintenance > Credit Cards Maintenance . The page opens as follows: Adding a new credit card definition To add a new credit card definition: click  Create  in the Actions menu a new screen opens: enter the following information (required fields have an asterisk next to the label): Name * Name for the credit card. This information is what will appear in the drop-down list of available credit cards when creating an order, so it needs to be self-explanatory. It must also be unique. Description an optional description for the credit card. This will only be seen in the Credit CardMaintenance screen. Active this is ticked by default; un-tick the box to de-activate the credit card When you have finished, click  Save and Close  in the Actions menu. This adds the new credit card definition to the list of existing definitions. Editing a credit card definition To edit a credit card definition: Tick the box to the left of the specific credit card row. Click  Edit  in the Actions menu. Make the required changes. Then click  Save and Close  in the Actions menu. Changing the status of a credit card definition To change the status of a credit card to active or not: Tick the box to the left of one or more credit card rows. Click  Change status  in the Actions menu. The symbol in the Active column will change accordingly. Deactivated credit cards will not show in the list when selecting Credit Card as the  payment method . Deleting a credit card definition Caution!  There is no warning message before the credit card record is deleted. To delete a credit card definition: Tick the box to the left of the specific credit card row Click  Delete  in the Actions menu