Understanding the payment workflow between iMIS, Pay Central, and payment gateways

Review the following information to understand the payment workflow between iMIS, Pay Central, and the gateway.

Important! Neither iMIS nor Pay Central store payment details such as credit card number, expiry date, etc. Instead, a unique token is used that represents the payment data.

One-time payments

The following outlines the payment flow for one-time payments:

  1. A user submits a cart with payment details.
  2. The payment details are sent to Pay Central.
  3. The payment details are sent to the payment gateway.
  4. Pay Central receives a payment status message. This status is documented in Pay Central.
  5. iMIS receives a payment status message. If the payment was successful, the payment is settled in iMIS.
  6. The user receives a payment successful message in the cart.

Recurring payments (AutoPay)

The following outlines the payment flow for recurring payments:

  1. A user enrolls in recurring memberships or recurring donations.

    2. Note: Staff users may also enroll public users in memberships or donations.

  2. The payment details are sent to Pay Central.
  3. The payment details are sent to the payment gateway.
  4. Pay Central receives a payment status message. This status is documented in Pay Central.
  5. iMIS receives a payment status message. If the payment was successful, the membership is renewed, or the donation is processed.