TSYS
Connect TSYS Gateway to Recurly to process credit card purchases, recurring billing, and MOTO transactions for US-based merchants on the Summit Host Capture platform.
Prerequisites
- A TSYS Summit Merchant ID / V# and associated configuration information from your merchant bank.
Limitations
- Available to US-based merchants only.
- Supports transactions in US dollars only. To accept additional currencies, integrate with other gateways.
- Your merchant bank must share the required credentials with Recurly.
- TSYS Sierra (Terminal Settlement) Merchant IDs are not supported — only the Summit (Host Capture) platform is supported.
Definition
Key details
| Feature | Details |
| Services that work with Recurly | Purchases, recurring billing, MOTO processing |
| Supported operations | Purchase, Refund, Void |
| Supported payment types | Credit cards |
| Supported card brands | Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover, JCB, Diners Club |
| Gateway-specific 3DS2 supported | No |
| Card on file supported | Yes |
| Regions | United States (processes credit cards globally) |
| Currencies | USD |
DBA name requirement
If your Recurly site subdomain is fewer than five characters (e.g., abc.recurly.com), you must set a DBA (Doing Business As) name of at least five characters in your Recurly site settings before configuring TSYS. TSYS requires at least five characters in certain fields — without this, all transactions will fail.
A common approach is to append a legal business type to your name (e.g., "Acme, Inc" rather than "Acme").
Address and CVV requirements
TSYS does not impose minimum address requirements and does not require Card Security Code (CSC/CVV) configuration. This simplifies recurring billing setup for most merchants.
Enable TSYS in Recurly
Establish your TSYS Merchant Profile
Work with your merchant bank to create a TSYS Merchant Profile using Host Capture (Summit platform) for Recurly, version 1.0.
- New merchant accounts — Log in to Recurly, navigate to Configuration → Payment Gateways → TSYS, and click Apply to apply for a new merchant account directly. Once you have credentials, proceed to Step 2.
- Existing merchant accounts — Contact your merchant bank to create the profile, then proceed to Step 2.
Set your DBA name (if required)
If your Recurly site subdomain is fewer than five characters, go to your Recurly site settings and set a DBA name of at least five characters before continuing. See DBA name requirement above.
Configure the gateway in Recurly
In Recurly, go to Configuration → Payment Gateways → Add a Payment Gateway and select TSYS. Enter your POS ID, Authentication Code, Zip Code, and V# (if applicable). Optionally check Exclude from Gateway Failover if you don't want TSYS included in failover logic. Select the card types you have enabled at TSYS under Accepted Credit Card Types, then save your gateway settings.