Electronic Payment Solutions
for Municipalities and Authorities

“The borough of Crafton is very excited, because this solution can only help to drive in additional revenues, while also adhering to our commitment to become more ‘green’. The reduced costs and automation are a welcome relief to mail-outs, postage, forms, and manual bank deposits”
— Doug Sample, Borough Manager; Borough of Crafton, Pennsylvania

 

Let EBS provide you with an efficient NO-COST Solution for accepting Electronic Payments

ePay for your Organization is EBS’ state-of-the-art Electronic Payment Solution that provides the option for your office to receive payments from your residents electronically via the internet. Used in combination with our Electronic Billing Solution or as a Stand-alone Gateway, EBS’ Electronic Payment Solution will help streamline your internal processes, while providing your bill payers with the flexibility and convenience that they expect in today’s world. EBS supports our clients with a number of services, including comprehensive online account inquiries and reporting options, tracking of processed payments, date-specific information on accounts, and other crucial data. EBS’ Electronic Payment Solution is easy to use, but best of all this is a ZERO COST solution for you! There are no hidden implementation, set-up, data integration, or maintenance fees.

EBS’ ePay for Municipalities and Authorities Solution can be used to collect payments for:

  • Parking Tickets
  • Liens
  • Taxes (Current and Delinquent)
  • Pool Passes
  • Sewage Charges
  • Garbage Fees
  • Building Permits
  • Occupancy Permits
  • Fines
  • Room Rentals
  • Shelter Rentals
  • Dog Licenses
  • Alarm Permits
  • Athletic Registration
  • Chamber of Commerce
  • EMS Billing and Invoices
  • and more!

The Typical Payment Solution Today:

  • Is a slow and costly manual application with payments by paper check or cash.
  • Involves a great amount of time wasted on forms inventory, envelopes, mailings, and ultimately waiting on checks to clear.
  • Requires a physical presence to handle the process, and is limited to working hours for payments.

The EBS Solution:

  • Is a web-based, no-cost solution that reduces internal costs and increases efficiency by automating all payments.
  • Eliminates paper and postage.
  • Provides you and your customers with convenient 24/7/365 web access, allowing payments to be processed from anywhere at anytime.
  • Enables your office staff to build electronic processes and accept electronic payments.

EBS can quickly deploy this process in one of two ways:

1. We can provide a URL link that can be added to your existing website.

2. We can provide a stand-alone ePay screen.

In addition to these options, you also have the option of two different login methods - Anonymous or User/Pin.

Convenient Payment Options:

  • Single and Multiple Payments by eCheck
  • Monthly Scheduled eChecks
  • Credit Cards - Visa, Mastercard, and Discover

Requirements:

The only requirement for your customers is internet access.

The only requirement for your office is to include our hyperlink into your existing web site. All other processing is performed by EBS. In the event that you do not have a web site, we can provide a payment portal for you.

 

EBS Product Features:

  • Monies are transferred on a daily or weekly basis, depending on your payment volume.
  • Payment information can be passed back to you for integration into your accounting system
  • Detailed Reports are generated daily. Some of the reports we provide include details of the previous day’s transactions,
    post dated cash reports (showing all future scheduled transactions), and duplicate payment reports (showing all
    accounts that may have duplicate payments).
  • Fully customized payment gateway to match the current branding of your website.

Security:

Security of confidential and financial information is our top priority. We have many physical and electronic safeguards in place to protect your valuable data.

All of our internal information is encrypted at 448 bits (Blowfish), which is much more secure than the industry standard of 128 bits. Every record we store is encrypted uniquely. The standard for all EBS/ECSI programming is complete encryption. We apply the same encryption data for bank information (ABA and Account Numbers) as we do for credit card data.

EBS is a PCI (Payment Card Industry) Level 3 Merchant. Level 3 compliance requires an annual self assessment and quarterly scans. Level 3 merchants process between 20,000 and 1 million transactions per year. Our Security Scan Certificate is available for viewing on our website.