Customer-Initiated Installment Payment with
TMS

An installment payment is a single purchase of goods or services billed to a customer in multiple transactions over a period of time agreed to by you and the customer, and sometimes, the issuing bank. The agreement enables you to charge a specific amount at specified intervals. For customers, installment payments provide greater purchasing power and lower impact on their monthly budget. For you, offering installment payments at checkout can help increase the number of successfully completed purchases.
Before you can accept installment payments, you and your acquirer must agree on the maximum number of installments you can accept, which can be different for each card type.
In Brazil, installment payments are also known as
parcelados
and
parcelas
.
IMPORTANT
Do not use this document if you are using the Installments service. When using the Installments service,
Cybersource
saves and stores payment credentials for installment transactions, ensuring compliance with COF best practices.

Installment Payment Types

Visa Platform Connect
enables you to process installment payments but does not have a role in setting the terms for the installment plan.
Visa Platform Connect
enables you to process these types of installments payments:
Issuer-Funded Installment Payments
The customer pays for goods or services using an installment plan agreed upon by the customer and their issuing bank. The issuer controls how the customer's account is debited. Your account is credited for the entire amount in a single transaction. The issuer assumes the risk and establishes credit rates and fees that are charged to the customer. The customer pays the funding cost, which is a fee for paying in installments. In Brazil, a
Crediario
is a special type of issuer-funded installment payment plan that enables the customer to request information about the terms of the installment plan before approving the installment payments.
Merchant-Funded Installment Payments
The customer pays for goods or services using an installment plan agreed upon by you and the customer. The issuer controls how the customer's account is debited. Your account is credited periodically for partial amounts as the customer's account is debited. You assume the risk and establish the credit rate and fees that are charged to the customer.
Co-Branded Merchant Financed Installment Payments—Brazil Only
You and the issuer determine the terms for this kind of installment plan. The funding varies depending on the agreement between you, the issuer, and the customer. This funding method is available only for Mastercard installment payments in Brazil.
Issuer Merchant Co-Financed Installment Payments—Brazil Only
The issuer creates the installment plan. You and the issuer determine the service fees that the customer pays to you and the issuer. The acquirer is paid in full while the issuer is paid in installments by the customer. You or the customer pay the funding cost, which is a fee for paying in installments. This funding method is available only for Mastercard installment payments in Brazil.

Supported Card Types

These are the supported card types for processing credentialed transactions:
  • American Express
  • Mastercard
  • Visa

Creating a
TMS
Token

When sending the initial CIT, you can create a
TMS
token to store the customer's credentials for the subsequent MITs. To create a
TMS
token, include the
processingInformation.actionTokenTypes
field in the authorization request. Set the field to one of these values based on the
TMS
token type you want to create:
Customer
Customer tokens store one or more customer payment instrument tokens and shipping address tokens.
Including a customer token in subsequent MITs eliminates the need to include billing information, card information, and the previous transaction's ID.
"processingInformation": { "actionTokenTypes": [ "customer" ]
For more information about this
TMS
token type, see Customer Tokens in the
Token Management Service
Developer Guide
.
Payment Instrument
Payment instrument tokens store an instrument identifier token, card information, and billing information. Payment instruments are not linked to a customer token. Including a payment instrument in subsequent MITs eliminates the need to include billing information, card information, and the previous transaction's ID.
"processingInformation": { "actionTokenTypes": [ "paymentInstrument" ]
For more information about this
TMS
token type, see Payment Instrument Token in the
Token Management Service
Developer Guide
.
Instrument Identifier
Instrument identifier tokens store a PAN. Including an instrument identifier in subsequent MITs eliminates the need to include a PAN and the previous transaction's ID.
"processingInformation": { "actionTokenTypes": [ "instrumentIdentifier" ]
For more information about this TMS token type, see Instrument Identifier Token in the
Token Management Service
Developer Guide
.
Instrument Identifier, Payment Instrument, and Customer Identifier
You can also create multiple
TMS
token types in the same authorization. This example includes an instrument identifier, a payment instrument, and a customer token in the same authorization:
"processingInformation": { "actionTokenTypes": [ "instrumentIdentifier", "paymentInstrument", "customer" ]

Endpoint

Production:
POST
https://api.cybersource.com
/pts/v2/payments
Test:
POST
https://apitest.cybersource.com
/pts/v2/payments

Required Fields for CIT Installment Payments with TMS

Card-Specific Fields for Authorizing Initial Installment Payments

Use this required field if you are authorizing an initial installment payment using the card type referenced below.
Mastercard
processingInformation. authorizationOptions. initiator. merchantInitiatedTransaction. reason
Set to
9
.

REST Example: CIT Installment Payment with TMS

Request
{ "processingInformation": { "actionList": [ "TOKEN_CREATE" ], "actionTokenTypes": [ "instrumentIdentifier" ], "commerceIndicator": "internet" }, "paymentInformation": { "card": { "number": "411111111111XXXX", "expirationMonth": "12", "expirationYear": "2031" } }, "orderInformation": { "amountDetails": { "totalAmount": "102.21", "currency": "USD" }, "billTo": { "firstName": "John", "lastName": "Doe", "address1": "1 Market St", "locality": "san francisco", "administrativeArea": "CA", "postalCode": "94105", "country": "US", "email": "
test@cybs.com
", "phoneNumber": "4158880000" } } }
Response to a Successful Request
{ "_links": { "authReversal": { "method": "POST", "href": "/pts/v2/payments/6972267090226779103955/reversals" }, "self": { "method": "GET", "href": "/pts/v2/payments/6972267090226779103955" }, "capture": { "method": "POST", "href": "/pts/v2/payments/6972267090226779103955/captures" } }, "clientReferenceInformation": { "code": "TC50171_3" }, "id": "6972267090226779103955", "orderInformation": { "amountDetails": { "authorizedAmount": "102.21", "currency": "USD" } }, "paymentAccountInformation": { "card": { "type": "001" } }, "paymentInformation": { "tokenizedCard": { "type": "001" }, "card": { "type": "001" } }, "pointOfSaleInformation": { "terminalId": "111111" }, "processorInformation": { "paymentAccountReferenceNumber": "V0010013022298169667504231315", "approvalCode": "888888", "networkTransactionId": "123456789619999", "transactionId": "123456789619999", "responseCode": "100", "avs": { "code": "X", "codeRaw": "I1" } }, "reconciliationId": "62506622XNMR6Q1Y", "status": "AUTHORIZED", "submitTimeUtc": "2023-10-13T19:51:49Z", "tokenInformation": { "instrumentidentifierNew": false, "instrumentIdentifier": { "state": "ACTIVE", "id": "7010000000016241111" } } }