Supplier credit card enablement playbook

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  • Updated March 12, 2026
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    Summary of Supplier Credit Card Enablement Playbook

    The Supplier Credit Card Enablement Playbook is designed to assist ServiceNow customers in managing supplier cases for initiating credit card acceptance requests within the Source-to-Pay Workspace. This playbook provides a structured, step-by-step approach to guide users through the entire process, ensuring seamless communication and task management with suppliers.

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    Key Features

    • Customized Supplier Case Flow: The playbook includes a defined flow that helps users review the case, check the supplier's propensity score, and create necessary tasks for supplier contacts.
    • Email Notifications: Automated email templates facilitate communication with suppliers regarding the benefits of credit card acceptance, which users can customize as needed.
    • Case Closure: Once the supplier accepts credit card payments, users can easily close the case in the system.

    Key Outcomes

    Utilizing the Supplier Credit Card Enablement Playbook enables ServiceNow customers to:

    • Efficiently manage and track credit card acceptance requests from suppliers.
    • Enhance supplier engagement through timely notifications and task management.
    • Streamline the process of finalizing credit card acceptance, leading to improved payment methods and supplier relationships.

    Source-to-Pay Workspace includes a playbook to complete the supplier cases for initiating credit card acceptance requests.

    The Supplier credit card enablement playbook provides step-by-step guidance for completing the request. The playbook includes a customized supplier case flow including reviewing the case by checking the propensity score, creating the credit card acceptance task for the supplier contact, and notifying the supplier through email. Once the supplier contact accepts the credit card as the payment method, the case can be closed. For more information, see Interact with Playbook.

    Supplier credit card enablement playbook stages and activities

    The playbook contains the following stages and activities.

    Table 1. Stages in the Supplier credit card enablement playbook
    Stage Activity Activity Details
    Review the case Assign case As a supplier manager or fulfiller, you can assign the case to a different person or keep the case assigned to you.
    You can do the following:
    1. In the Assigned to search field, search for and select the person that you want to assign the case to.
    2. In the Short description field, update the description for the case.
    3. Select one of the following actions:
      • Select Save to save your changes.
      • Select Start work to start working on the case.
    Supplier credit card enablement playbook assign and review step.
    Review supplier propensity score As a supplier manager or fulfiller, you can approve or cancel the case after reviewing the propensity score available for this supplier.

    Supplier credit card enablement playbook review propensity score step.
    Notify the supplier Create credit card acceptance task A draft email appears with pre-populated data in the To and Subject fields. The email body is pre-populated with the relevant text informing them about the benefits of accepting credit card payments. Ensure that the email template remains editable.

    Supplier credit card enablement playbook review propensity score step.

    Note:
    Do not modify the task button, as any changes may cause the link to stop functioning.
    Notify the supplier Send an email to the supplier informing that the credit card acceptance request has been initiated.

    Once the email is sent, a task is created for the supplier contact to review and approve the credit card acceptance request.
    Waiting for the supplier to decide on credit card acceptance Check the status The supplier contact reviews and approves the credit card acceptance request from the Supplier Collaboration Portal after providing the terminal ID and uploading the bank account proof document.

    Supplier accepts or rejects credit card request from Collaboration portal
    Process change request Close case You can select Mark complete and Complete case to close the request. Updates the case to Closed Completed.

    Supplier credit card enablement playbook review propensity score step.