Response Codes for PIN and SCA Requirements {#pin-sca-resp-codes-alb}
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**Effective date:**April 12, 2024  
**Processor:** `Visa Platform Connect`  
**Regions:**Albania, Azerbaijan, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Ukraine  
**Services:**Authorization request and response  
**Feature**  
As of April 12, 2024, Visa is enforcing PIN data requirements for card-present transactions and strong customer authentication (SCA) requirements authorizations in Albania, Azerbaijan, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Ukraine. Merchants will receive response code `70` when PIN data is required for card-present transactions on a terminal. Merchants will receive response code `1A` when SCA (additional customer authentication request) is required to approve a transaction.  
**Acquirers**  
Acquirers must support response codes `70` (PIN data required) and `1A` (additional customer authentication required) in responses.  
**Merchants**  
Merchants must be prepared to receive values `70` (PIN data required) and `1A` (additional customer authentication required) in this field in an authorization response:

* **REST API:** processorInformation.responseCode
* **SCMP API:** auth_auth_response
* **Simple Order API:** ccAuthReply_processorResponse