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# Automatically Notify Clients of Expiring Credit Cards

This option, when enabled, will notify customers if their credit cards are expiring. When run it will E-mail customers with a credit card expiring that month and generate a ticket for credit cards expired in the previous month.

|| NOTE: This service is intended to run only once per month. 

### To Enable:

1. First ensure you set up the cron job on your cPanel, Directadmin or other panel. You can find those details [here](/en/article/how-to-set-up-cron-job-apnpq/).
2. Next, go to **Settings** > **Plugins** > **Automation Services** and in the dropdown select **Expiring CC Notifier**.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/895a2775afb3f800/screenshot-2023-04-03-at-20-51_1kg6vv5.png)

3. Select **Yes** for enabled in order to activate this feature. And go through the other options:

| **Field Name **| **Description **| 
| -------- | -------- | 
| Delete Expired CC    | Delete expired credit card if there are no recurring charges and no unpaid invoices.      | 
| Generate Ticket Upon Expiration    | Generates a ticket in the customers account when their credit card expires. Useful for allowing administrators to follow up on the expired credit card.     | 

4. The current settings for the cron will run this at midnight on the first of the month (confirm your settings with the picture:)

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/895a2775afb3f800/screenshot-2023-04-03-at-20-55_15df1lz.png)

5. Click **Update Settings**.