Setting up an Authorized Payer

Students – how to setup a tuition Authorized Payer
An Authorized Payer is a parent (or other person) a student sets up to receive tuition eBill e-mail alerts and make ePayments from a regular checking or savings account.

Starting Spring 2010 - Tuition bills will be totally paperless eBills.
If your parent (or other person) received your paper tuition bill, set that person up as an Authorized Payer to ensure they receive eBill e-mail alerts.

• Login to: http://my.wisc.edu, click the ‘Authorized Payer Setup’ button on the Finances tab of your Student Center
  
  
• Click "Add New" on the Authorized Payer section on your Tuition Account ePayment
  • You may set up multiple authorized payers
  • Authorized Payer has access to their ePayment activity details and payment methods
  • Authorized Payer does not have access to student personal information
  
  
• Authorized Payer - must be a unique name not already used by someone else in the system
  • Select a different name if you receive the message, "Parent PIN already exists"
  • This is the Authorized Payer's "Login Name"
  
  
• Email Address - is the Authorized Payer's email address
  
  
• Can this person login? - The default is "yes"
  • If you wish to cancel and Authorized Payer's access, click "No"

• Can this person get bill notification by email? - Click 'No' if you do not wish this Authorized Payer to receive eBill email alerts. However, if that person has access to make ePayments, they will not have access to the bill if you select "No".

When there is a new tuition ebill to view, an e-mail alert is sent to the student's wisc.edu email address and to any Authorized Payer e-mail addresses.

• An e-mail alert is sent even if the temporary password is not changed.

eBill, ePayment, and Authorized Payer frequently asked questions