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merchantInformation. merchantDescriptor.administrativeArea

State code or region code for your business location.
Use the standard state, province, and territory codes for the US and Canada.
This field is available only for businesses located in the US or Canada.
This value must consist of English characters.
This value might be displayed on the cardholder’s statement.
IMPORTANT
This value might be ignored by your acquiring bank. Contact your acquiring bank for more information about overriding your default merchant descriptor.
When you do not include this value in your PIN debit request, the merchant state or province from your account is used.

Specifications

  • Data Type:
     String
  • Data Length:
     2

Mapping Information

  • REST API Field:
    merchantInformation.merchantDescriptor.administrativeArea
  • SCMP API Field:
    merchant_descriptor_state
  • Simple Order API Field:
    invoiceHeader_merchantDescriptorState