API Overview

Bacs UK Direct Debit for Alternative Payment Processing Developer Guide
- Recent Revisions to This Document
- VISA Platform Connect: Specifications and Conditions for Resellers/Partners

Introduction to Direct Debits
- Mandate Requirements
- Handling Mandates Passed Through Third-Party Systems
- Direct Debit Batching Schedule
- Chargebacks
- Execution Date and Refund Period

Overview of Processing Direct Debits
- Create a Mandate Workflow
- Update a Mandate Workflow
- Revoke a Mandate Workflow
- Import a Mandate Workflow
- Process a Sale Workflow
- Cancel a Direct Debit Workflow
- Refund a Direct Debit Workflow
- Create a Mandate Statuses Workflow
- Import a Mandate Statuses Workflow
- Process a Sale Statuses Workflow

Requesting Direct Debits
- Create a Mandate
- Update a Mandate
- Import a Mandate
- Revoke a Mandate
- Check a Mandate Status
- Process a Direct Debit Sale
- Check a Direct Debit Status
- Cancel a Direct Debit
- Refund a Direct Debit

Reference Information
- Merchant Account Types
- Reason Codes for Bacs Direct Debits for the Simple Order API
- Export Compliance Reason Codes
- Generating Reports Using the Business Center
- Terminology

Required Fields for Processing a Direct Debit

apPaymentType: Set to
STL
.
apSaleService_run: Set to
true
.
mandateID
merchantID
merchantReferenceCode
paymentScheme: Set to
bacs
.
purchaseTotals_currency: Set to
GBP
.
purchaseTotals_grandTotalAmount: The value cannot exceed 11 digits and the maximum total amount cannot exceed 20 Million
GBP
.