Manually enter card payments with Square

If a customer’s payment card isn’t physically present during a transaction, you can manually enter your customer's card information with Square apps or Square Virtual Terminal.

Before you begin

• To manually enter a card payment, ensure you have the complete card number, expiration date, security code/CVV, and the billing postal code.
• If any part of the payment card information is entered incorrectly, the card will be declined.
• It’s not possible to manually enter card payments while processing offline payments.

Manually enter card payments

Ensure you’ve enabled manual card entry for Square apps by tapping ☰ More > Settings > Checkout > Payment and drag Manual Card Entry to Main payment types.

1. While completing a transaction, tap Charge to start processing the payment.
2. Tap Manual Card Entry to enter the customer’s card number, expiration date, security code, and billing postal code.
3. Tap Charge to finish processing the payment.

To enable manual card entry for Square Virtual Terminal:

1. While completing a transaction, select Manually enter card to enter the customer’s card number, expiration date, security code, and billing postal code.
2. Click Charge to process the payment.

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