Washington University in St. Louis

WUSTL eTransact

WUSTL eTransact provides campus organizations with a secure and cost-effective way to conduct business operations online.

This flexible service supports a wide variety of e-commerce needs, including the sale of merchandise, subscriptions, event registrations and donations.

eTransact is made possible through the university's partnership with a third party payment processing application (CASHNet) that processes credit card payments and electronic check payments.

Current sites and events using eTransact:

eTransact provides donors, students, alumni, and others with a secure location to enter their credit card information, helping to protect their sensitive data. Any visitor making an online transaction will recognize the eTransact logo and know they are using a verified and secure WUSTL site.

Benefits to using eTransact include:

  • keeping sensitive credit card data off the WUSTL network.
  • achieving the first step in PCI DSS compliance.
  • centralizing credit card processing at the university with one provider, which allows for better controls, reporting and pricing.
  • processing online transactions via an eTransact storefront or checkout from a department's own website.
  • feeding transactions directly to the general ledger; revenue recognition will be much quicker as receipt vouchers will no longer be required.
eTransact

Interested in using eTransact?For assistance and more information about using eTransact for online transactions, contact etransact@wustl.edu.

Need logo or image design assistance?For assistance, please contact Kimberly Duncan in the Office of Cash and Credit Operations. Carrie will involve the services of Digital Communications Marketing.

Guidelines for current eTransact clients

The following guidelines have been established by the Office of Public Affairs and the Office of Cash and Credit Operations to ensure eTransact sites are in compliance with the Washington University policy on website hosting.

These guidelines will allow customers to have an informed and recognizable experience while using a checkout site.

Storefront Clients

  • The online experience for customers of eTransact storefront clients begins at the department's website or the wustl.edu/etransact website.

  • Publications advertising the eTransact site should only publish wustl.edu/etransact address.

  • Storefronts should contain the eTransact logo and a link to the wustl.edu/eTransact page. This will ensure customers have access to detailed information about eTransact.

    View logo placement example

  • Storefronts that accept gifts and donations for the university must be approved by Alumni & Development Programs.

Check-out only Clients

  • Departments must add verbiage to their internal application that notifies customers that the application uses eTransact to facilitate the credit card transaction.

    Recommended language: "To help protect your financial information, this application uses eTransact to facilitate the credit card transaction. eTransact uses CASHNet to provide our users with a secure method of electronic payment."

    Example:

    "To help protect your financial information, this application uses eTransact to facilitate the credit card transaction. eTransact uses CASHNet to provide our users with a secure method of electronic payment. When you complete your credit card payment, you will then be returned to this site to complete your registration. What is eTransact?"