processorInformation. paymentAccountReferenceNumber

Visa-generated reference number that identifies a transaction for which you provided one of the following:

Visa primary account number (PAN)
Visa-generated token for a PAN

This reference number provides a link to the cardholder account and to all transactions for that account.

This field is available for the

Chase Paymentech Solutions

,

Chase Paymentech Tandem

,

Visa Platform Connect

, and

Elavon Americas

processors.

The following information is specific to the

Visa Platform Connect

processor:

For transactions with American Express, the value for this field corresponds to the following data in the TC 33 capture file:

Record: CP01 TCR8
Position: 79-107
Field: PAR—Payment Account Reference

For

Token Management Service

transactions, the value for this field corresponds to the following data in the TC 33 capture file:

Record: CP01 TCR8
Position: 79-110
Field: Payment Account Reference

The TC 33 capture file contains information about the payments and credits that a merchant submits to

Cybersource

. The processor creates the TC 33 capture file at the end of the day and sends it to the merchant’s acquirer. The acquirer uses this information to facilitate end-of-day clearing processing with payment networks.