Anticipated Amount {#mandates-payments-zero-amount}
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**Effective date:**April 12, 2024  
**Processor:** `Visa Platform Connect`  
**Regions:**All  
**Services:**Authorizations  
**Feature**  
As of April 12, 2024, `Cybersource` is enabling merchants to send the anticipated amount for a transaction when merchants process an *account verification* request, also known as a *zero amount authorization* request. With this information included in the authorization request, the customer's bank can confirm the available funds for a future transaction of the specified amount.  
**Merchants**  
Merchants can include this optional field in a zero amount authorization request:

* **REST API:** orderInformation.amountDetails.anticipatedAmount
* **SCMP API:** anticipated_amount
* **Simple Order API:** purchaseTotals_anticipatedAmount