Submit an Application for Tribute Pay Payment Processing
Tribute Pay offers your firm the ability to process card payments directly through your TMS system.
Before You Begin
To complete the application:
- You must have Admin access in TMS
- Be prepared to complete mutli-factor authentication - have your cell phone handy
- Ensure you have your:
- Business details (legal business name, DBA (if application), EIN)
- Banking information (routing and account number or bank login)
- You will need the owner(s) and authorized signer details (name, address, date of birth, contact info, driver's license
How to Enroll in Tribute Pay
Initiate Application
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Navigate to the Admin menu, then choose Tribute Pay
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Click Payments.
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Click Add New.

Set up your Tribute Pay Merchant Account
- Enter a nickname for your Tribute pay account.
- Enter a statement descriptor. This is how your name will display on your customer's credit card statements. It needs to:
- reflect your DBA (it helps people to recognize the charges and contributes to risk-management of chargebacks).
- be 5-22 characters in length.
- Select the primary location to associate with the Tribute Pay account (you can add others in a later step).
- Click Begin Enrollment.
Review the Terms & Conditions
The remainder of the application process is done via a secure onboarding process with our processing partner, Stripe.
Verify your Contact Information
- Enter the phone number you'd like to be associated with authenticating your account.
- Enter your email address. If you already have an account directly through Stripe, please add a + at the end of your email or use an alternate email address.
- Click continue then enter the verification code sent to your phone.
Enter Business Information.
- Fill out your Legal Business Name and EIN. Ensure that these exactly match the ones listed on your IRS or CRA documents, including capitalization and punctuation.
- If applicable, fill out your DBA.
- Add your business phone number.
- Choose your industry type. If MCC 7261 - Funeral Services is available, that is often the most applicable choice. If it is not available, Professional Services > Other Business Services is often suitable for the funeral industry.
- Add your business website.
- Click continue.
Enter Personal Information
- Fill in your name, email address, job title and personal phone number. These need to match what is on file with the IRS or CRA.
- You may be required to input your SSN or SIN, or upload an identity document such as your driver's license.
- Add your business ownership information. The steps after this will be determined by the information provided about the ownership structure. If there are multiple owners. you may need to create a personal profile for each one owning more than 25% share in the company.
- Click continue.
Enter Banking Information
To connect your bank account to receive payouts to, you may be able to choose your bank from the displayed list and log in to your online banking to connect. Alternately, you can key in the account and routing information.
Review your Application
Review the information submitted - any sections in red require additional information before submission can be completed. 
Once you have all sections completed, click Agree & Submit. This will return you back to your TMS software.
The application process can take up to 2-3 business days and additional information may be requested. A member of the Tribute Pay team will reach out to you to let you know once your account has been approved.