{"id":116,"date":"2023-05-09T16:40:58","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T23:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cmsws.com\/blog\/?p=116"},"modified":"2023-05-27T05:53:03","modified_gmt":"2023-05-27T12:53:03","slug":"freeside-customer-expiring-credit-card-notification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cmsws.com\/blog\/freeside-customer-expiring-credit-card-notification\/","title":{"rendered":"Automated Credit Card expiration date notifications with Billing Events in Freeside"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We are going to create Billing Events in Freeside which send email notifications for Expiring Credit Cards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow along by navigating to <strong>Configuration<\/strong> > <strong>Billing<\/strong> > <strong>Billing Events<\/strong>.  Once there, click &#8220;<strong>Add a new event<\/strong>&#8220;.  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