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merchantInformation. merchantDescriptor. country

Country code for your business location.
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.
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 request, the merchant country from your account is used.
If your business is located in the US or Canada and you include this field in a request, you must also include
merchantInformation.merchantDescriptor.administrativeArea
.
Visa Platform Connect
This field is required for a
Payouts
 original credit transaction (OCT) service request that specifies a deferred OCT processing date and time. See
processingInformation. payoutOptions. deferredDateTime
 field.
You must include this field and the
aggregatorInformation.subMerchant.country
 field in your authorization and capture request if you use the Foreign Retail Indicator.
When this field and the
aggregatorInformation.subMerchant.country
 field are not set to the same value, the Foreign Retail Indicator is set to
F
.
When this field and the
aggregatorInformation.subMerchant.country
 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

Specifications

  • Data Type:
     String
  • Data Length:
     2

Mapping Information

  • REST API Field:
    merchantInformation.merchantDescriptor.country
  • SCMP API Fields:
    • merchant_descriptor_country
    • pa_merchant_country_code
  • Simple Order API Fields:
    • invoiceHeader_merchantDescriptorCountry
    • payerAuthEnrollService_merchantCountrycode