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recipientInformation. country

The country associated with the address of the recipient.
Use the two-character ISO country code. .
This field is available only on these processors:
  • Barclays
  • FDC Compass
  • FDC Nashville Global
  • First Data Merchant Solutions
  • LloydsTSB Cardnet International
  • Streamline
  • Visa Platform Connect
Barclays
Required only with Mastercard.
FDC Nashville Global
Required with Mastercard for domestic funding transactions when the transaction is a subsequent and cross-border funds transfer.
Values without special characters or spaces will be rejected for AFTs.
Streamline
Required for Canada and US cross-border transactions.
Visa Platform Connect
The value for this field corresponds to the following data in the TC 33 capture file:
  • Record: CP09 TCR5
  • Position: 132-134
  • Field: Account Owner Country Code
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.

Specifications

  • Data Type:
     String
  • Data Length:
     2
    • Barclays
      : 2 or 3 using the ISO-3166 format
    • FDC Nashville Global
      : 2 for US or Canada. Not required for all other countries.
    • First Data Merchant Solutions
      : 3
    • LloydsTSB Cardnet International
      : 3
    • Streamline
      : 3

Mapping Information

  • REST API Field:
    recipientInformation.country
  • SCMP API Field:
    recipient_country
  • Simple Order API Field:
    recipient_country