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payerAuthEnrollService_merchantName

Merchant business name.
Specify the value in US English characters. The merchant business name is displayed on the cardholder’s statement. If the field contains more than one consecutive space, the extra spaces are removed.
If you use this field with Payer Authentication, the name that is specified in this field overrides the value that is specified by the merchant bank and that appears to the customer in the issuing bank's authentication form.
This value might be ignored by your acquiring bank. For more information about overriding your default merchant descriptor, contact your acquiring bank.
This field is available only on the
Barclays
,
Chase Paymentech Solutions
,
FDC Compass
,
FDC Nashville Global
, and
Visa Platform Connect
 processors.
These processors have specific requirements:
Chase Paymentech Solutions
When using this field for
Payouts
, use one of these formats:
  • <12-character merchant name>*<9-character product description>
  • <7-character merchant name>*<14-character product description>
  • <3-character merchant name>*<18-character product description>
FDC Compass
 and
Visa Platform Connect
When using this field for
Payouts
, set it as follows:
  • For a credit card bill payment, set the value for this field to the name of the originator providing the credit card bill payment service.
  • For a funds disbursement, set the value for this field to the name of the originator sending the funds disbursement.
  • For a prepaid load, set the value for this field to the name of the partner providing the reload service.
FDC Nashville Global
If you do not include this field in a PIN Debit request,
Cybersource
 uses the merchant name in your account.

Specifications

  • Data Type:
     String
  • Data Length
    • Barclays
      : 21
    • Chase Paymentech Solutions
      : 25
    • FDC Compass
      : 25
    • FDC Nashville Global
      : 25
    • Visa Platform Connect
      : 25

Mapping Information

  • REST API Field:
    merchantInformation.merchantDescriptor.name
  • SCMP API Fields:
    • merchant_descriptor
    • pa_merchant_name
  • Simple Order API Fields:
    • invoiceHeader_merchantDescriptor
      The
      invoiceHeader_merchantDescriptor
       field is available only for authorizations on the
      Barclays
       processor.
    • payerAuthEnrollService_merchantName