Deployment Team Phone: 703.377.5586

Fiscalservice.OTCDeployment@citi.com

 

OTCnet Card Processing Onboarding Guide 

Department of the Treasury

Bureau of the Fiscal Service

https://www.fiscal.treasury.gov/otcnet/

Onboarding Process Agency Action Items & Resources

1. Step 1: Contact the OTCnet Deployment 

Team - Discuss agency needs, 

prerequisites, hardware, and System 

Requirements for OTCnet Card Processing

with your Deployment Specialist.

2.

❑ Review the OTCnet System Requirements Guide and work with the IT team to verify all 

workstations meet OTCnet’s system requirements*

❑ Review the OTCnet User Roles Guide to understand the capabilities of each OTCnet user

❑ Review the OTCnet Card Processing Hardware Overview to understand OTCnet’s

Hardware Requirements and purchase your card reader

❑ Review the Card Acquiring Service Application (CASA)

❑ Identify agency individuals for OTCnet user roles 

2. Step 2: Onboarding Forms and Backend 

Setup– Work with Deployment Team to 

complete the PLSA form and CAS

application. Instructions are available on

the CAS Enrollment page.

❑ Complete Primary Local Security Administrator (PLSA) Form, applicable only to new 

OTCnet Agencies

❑ Complete the CASA and submit it to your Deployment Specialist - Note: The estimated 

processing time for account creation is 2 weeks.

❑ Add Merchant ID to CAS profile in the Shared Accounting Module (SAM)

❑ Review and assess your network for the necessary PCI requirements through WorldPay’s 

Trustwave

Step 3: User Provisioning and Web-Based 

Training – PLSA/LSA provisions Card 

Administrator and Card Operator; all users 

complete Web Based Training. Card 

Administrator creates endpoint within 

OTCnet and continues workstation setup. 

❑ PLSA/LSA creates and provisions the Card Administrator role

❑ Card Administrator creates the Card Processing endpoint within OTCnet

❑ Card Administrator downloads the latest OTCnet Local Bridge (OLB) application on each 

workstation

❑ Card Administrator works with IT to install the latest OTCnet Local Bridge (OLB) 

application*

❑ PLSA/LSA creates and provisions OTCnet user roles to users (Card Operator and/or Card 

Administrator)

❑ All users complete Web-Based Training for OTCnet role

Step 4: Complete Setup and Terminal 

Configuration –Users create OLB profiles, 

confirm successful login to OTCnet and 

OTCnet Local Bridge. Card Administrator

configures terminals within OTCnet. 

❑ Verify each workstation has the latest OTCnet Local Bridge application

❑ Set up your Verifone card reader using the OTCnet Card Processing Connection Guide 

❑ Card Administrator completes Terminal Configuration within OTCnet

❑ All Card Processing users create and import an OLB Profile/Credentials (See Web Based 

Training and OLB Resources Page)

Step 5: Begin Card Processing - Work with 

Deployment Specialist to process first card 

payment within OTCnet.

❑ Process first card payment within OTCnet

❑ Review OTCnet Card Transaction Query with Deployment Specialist

*You may require Windows administrative rights to install the OTCnet Local Bridge (OLB) application and meet the OTCnet system requirements

Additional Resources:

➢ Web-Based Training - https://www.fiscal.treasury.gov/otcnet/training/wbt/content/course_OTC/menu_all.htm

➢ OTCnet Training Resources Library - https://www.fiscal.treasury.gov/otcnet/training/wbt/content/course_OTC/library.htm

➢ OTCnet FAQs - https://www.fiscal.treasury.gov/otcnet/faqs.html

➢ OTCnet Card Processing Overview Sheet - https://www.fiscal.treasury.gov/files/otcnet/CardProcessingOverview.pdf

➢ Card Processing FAQ Document https://www.fiscal.treasury.gov/files/otcnet/CardProcessingFAQ.pdf