Effective date:
June 4, 2024
Processor:
Visa Platform Connect
Regions:
All
Services:
  • Authorization response
  • Authorization subsequent request
  • Authorization reversal
  • Authorization reversal response
  • Credit response
  • Follow-on credit authorization request
Feature
As of June 4, 2024, Mastercard is introducing the transaction link identifier. Mastercard generates a new transaction link identifier as a 36-character unique identifier and populates it in the first message in a transaction life-cycle. Mastercard generates a value and populates it in the response message if one was not previously assigned. For life-cycle transactions, Visa includes the value provided by the acquirer.
Acquirers
Acquirers must support this data in the TC 33 capture file:
  • Record: CP12 TCR 4
  • Position: 73-108
  • Field: Transaction Link Identifier
Merchants
Merchants receive a transaction link identifier in this field for the first transaction of a transaction life-cycle sent by Mastercard:
  • REST API Field:
    issuerInformation.transactionInformation
  • SCMP API Field:
    payment_network_transaction_information
  • Simple Order API Field:
    paymentNetworkTransactionInformation