March 5, 2019
**REMINDER**
USPS to Retire the Centralized Accounting
Processing System (CAPS) – Effective April 1, 2019
Effective April 1, 2019, eligible CAPS accounts must be migrated
to EPS. The Postal Service has launched a new payment processing platform
called Enterprise Payment System (EPS). EPS supports multiple payment options
including mobile check deposit, offers more reporting features, and allows
customers to manage multiple USPS business functions under one account.
Eligible Products and Services include First-Class Mail®, Letters, Cards, and Flats, Priority Mail,
First-Class Package Service, USPS Marketing Mail™, Letters, Flats, and Parcels,
Parcel Select®, Media Mail®, Library Mail, Bound Printed Matter,
Periodicals, International Products, Business Reply Mail (BRM), Every Door
Direct Mail (EDDM®), Merchandise Return Service (MRS), Scan Based Payment (SBP), PO
Box, Caller & Reserve Services (EPOBOL), and Address Quality Products (AEC,
AECII and ACS™), submitted via hard copy, eDoc (Mail.dat/Mail.XML), Postal
Wizard or the Intelligent Mail® small
business (IMsb) Tool.
Products not currently supported include Electronic Verification
System (eVS®), Parcel Return Service (PRS), PC Postage®, Official Mail Accounting System (OMAS),
Premium Forwarding Service Commercial (PFSC™), Share Mail®, Intelligent Mail barcode Accounting (IMbA),
iCAPS, and Remaining Address Quality products. Customers utilizing these
products and services will continue to be supported through CAPS.
Please Note: Customers
who have a combination of eligible and non-eligible products and services will
not be required to migrate until a future date. No new permits for EPS
eligible products or services should be opened on CAPS after April 1st, 2019.
Mail Entry and Business
Mailer Support is hosting a series of informational sessions on EPS and the
migration process:
· When: Occurs every Tuesday 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM ET
· Webex Link: https://uspsmeetings.webex.com/uspsmeetings/j.php?MTID=mff5afd6359556285405a0a15e707d813
Call-in toll-free number (US): 1-855-860-7461
Conference Code: 819
297 8257
For more information:
· For customers who are unable to migrate to EPS
by the April 2019 cutoff date, must request and receive approval for an
exception. For the EPS Migration Exception Request Form visit PostalPro:
· Visit PostalPro Enterprise Payment System
Page: https://postalpro.usps.com/eps
·
For more EPS benefits and how to create an EPS account review
the Enterprise Payment System Account Creation Fact Sheet: https://postalpro.usps.com/EPS/MigrationFactSheet
To sign-up today
contact:
· Your local Business Mail Entry Unit (BMEU):