merchantInformation. merchantDescriptor. country

Country code for your business location.

This field is available only for the

Visa Platform Connect

processor.

Use the standard ISO standard country codes.

When you do not include this value in your request,

Cybersource

uses the merchant country from your account.

This value must consist of English characters.

This value might be displayed on the cardholder’s statement.

If your business is located in the US or Canada and you include this field in a request, you must also include the

REST

merchantInformation.merchantDescriptor.administrativeArea

API field.

You must include this field and the

REST

aggregatorInformation.subMerchant.country

API field in your authorization and capture request if you use the Foreign Retail Indicator.

When this field and the

REST

aggregatorInformation.subMerchant.country

API field are not set to the same value, the Foreign Retail Indicator is set to

F

.

When this field and the

REST

aggregatorInformation.subMerchant.country

API field are set to the same value, the Foreign Retail Indicator is set to a space character.

The Foreign Retail Indicator field value corresponds to the data in the following TC 33 capture file:

Record: CP01 TCR8
Position: 166–168
Field: Foreign Retail Indicator

This field is required for a

Payouts

original credit transaction (OCT) service request that specifies a deferred OCT processing date and time. See the

REST

processingInformation. payoutOptions. deferredDateTime

API field.

To support Visa Direct transactions in Original Credit Transactions destined to issuers in Australia or Canada, you must include additional merchant address data in the authorization request:

Field 43—Card Acceptor Name/Location
Field 59—National Point-of-Service Geographical Data
Field 104, Usage 2—Transaction-Specific Data in TLV format, Dataset ID 56—Additional Acceptance Information, Tag 81—Acceptor Legal Business Name

To process Faster Refund Original Credit Transactions (OCTs) in AP and the EU, include these fields in the request:

Transaction Type
Record: Field 3
Positions: 1-2
Transaction Amount
Record: Field 4
Card Acceptor Name or Location
Record: Field 43
Transaction Identifier
Record: Field 62.2 (in bitmap format)
Message Reason Code
Record: Field 63.3
Acceptor Legal Business Name
Record: 104, Usage 2—Transaction-Specific Data (in TLV format)
Dataset ID: 56
Tag: 81
Business Application Identifier (BAI)
Record: 104, Usage 2—Transaction-Specific Data (in TLV format)
Dataset ID: 57
Tag: 01
Visa Merchant Identifier
Record: 126.5