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Authorizations
When you submit an authorization request, the issuing
bank determines whether funds are available, then it reduces your
customer’s
open to buy
. This is the amount of funds available
on the payment card.Most authorizations expire between five and seven days.
The issuing bank sets the length of time. When an authorization
expires with the issuing bank, your bank or processor might require
you to resubmit an authorization request and include a request for
capture in the same message.
NOTE
CyberSource is not
informed by the issuing bank when an authorization expires. By default,
the authorization remains in the CyberSource system for 60 days
after the authorization date, even after it expires with the issuing bank.