Yes, debit cards with a Visa or MasterCard logo can be used if your center accepts credit card transactions. Since there is no PIN entry system debit cards will be treated like credit cards and processed at the credit card rate.

Point of Sale (Card Swipe)
To use debit cards for Point of Sale (card swipe) transactions just follow the standard Point of Sale instructions.

Recurring (ACH) Payments
Debit cards should not be used for recurring payments. Instead set up the Bank Account Information for the family. This way payments are withdrawn from the family's bank account (just as they would be with a debit card) but the center will not incur any credit card processing fees.

Refunds may be issued for credit card payments made through Tuition Express, however payments made by ACH (withdrawn from checkin or savings accounts) may not be refunded.

See articles: Refund Recurring Payment from a Batch, Refund Point of Sale Payment

For declined credit cards and NSF situations (where there are non-sufficient funds in a family bank account) you'll reverse the payment by making a manual entry on the Account Ledger Card. See article: NSF Checks & Declined Credit Cards

Point of Sale payments are typically credited to the center's bank account two business days after the date of the transaction. For example, let's say you processed five POS payments on Monday. Any transactions posted before midnight Pacific time would count toward the Monday total. If each transaction was for $100 the total for Monday would be $500. Two business days later (on Wednesday) one or more deposits would be made to your account (see note).

Note: Visa & MasterCard transactions are aggregated into a single deposit while Discover and American Express are each deposited separately. In the example above you might see as many as three separate deposits totaling $500 if you had POS transactions from several types of cards.

The CVV number (Card Verification Value) is a security feature for credit (and debit) cards used to confirm the person making the payment physically has the card with them. This is required if you manually enter credit card information for a Point of Sale transaction rather than swiping the card through the card reader.

The location of the CVV and number of digits varies depending on the type of card as follows: