Required Fields for Authorizing a Merchant-Initiated Recurring Payment

Use these required fields to authorize subsequent recurring payments.

billTo_city
billTo_country
billTo_email
billTo_firstName
billTo_lastName
billTo_postalCode
billTo_state
billTo_street1
card_accountNumber
card_expirationMonth
card_expirationYear
ccAuthService_commerceIndicator: Set to
recurring
.
ccAuthService_run: Set to
true
.
merchantID
merchantReferenceCode
purchaseTotals_currency
purchaseTotals_grandTotalAmount
subsequentAuth: Set to
true
.
subsequentAuthStoredCredential: Set to
true
.
subsequentAuthTransactionID
Card Specific Information: Mastercard:

subsequentAuthReason; Set to
7
.

Card-Specific Required Fields for Authorizing Subsequent Recurring Payments

Some card companies require additional information when making authorizations with stored credentials.

Discover

Include the authorization amount from the original transaction in this field:

subsequentAuthOriginalAmount

Mastercard

Mastercard supports subscription and standing order payments instead of recurring payments.

See Mastercard Subscription Payments and Mastercard Standing Order Payments.

Required Fields for Authorizing a Merchant-Initiated Recurring Payment

Country-Specific Required Fields for Authorizing Subsequent Recurring Payments

Include these country-specific required fields for a successful merchant-initiated authorization.

India

These fields are required only with Diners Club in India or with an India-issued card, and you are processing payments through Visa Platform Connect.

installment_amount: Required only with Diners Club in India or with an India-issued card.
installment_frequency: Required only with Diners Club in India or with an India-issued card.
installment_identifier: Required only with Diners Club in India or with an India-issued card.
installment_paymentType: Required only with Diners Club in India or with an India-issued card.
installment_sequence: Required only with Diners Club in India or with an India-issued card.
installment_validationIndicator: Required only with Diners Club in India or with an India-issued card.

Saudi Arabia

These fields are required only if your business is located in Saudi Arabia and you are processing payments through Visa Platform Connect.

agreementID
recurringAmountType

Required Fields for Authorizing a Merchant-Initiated Recurring Payment