API Overview

Payments Developer Guide
- Recent Revisions to This Document

Introduction to Payments
- Financial Institutions and Payment Networks
  - Merchant Financial Institutions (Acquirers)
  - Customer Financial Institutions (Issuers)
  - Payment Networks
  - Payment Processors
- Card Types
  - Credit Cards
  - Debit Cards
- Transaction Types
  - Card-Not-Present Transactions
  - Authorizations with Card Verification Numbers
    - CVN Locations and Terminology
  - International Transactions
    - Compliance
    - Merchant Remittance Funding
  - Token Management Service
- Payment Services
  - Authorizations
    - Micropayment Authorizations
    - Online Authorizations
    - Offline Authorizations
    - Incremental Authorizations
      - Scenario for the Incremental Authorization Service
    - Pre-Authorizations
    - Payment Network Token Authorizations
    - Authorization Workflow
  - Sales
    - Dual-Message Processing
      - Partial Authorizations
    - Single-Message Processing
  - Authorization Reversals
  - Automatic Partial Authorization Reversals
  - Captures
    - Capture Workflow
  - Credits
    - Credit Workflow
  - Voids
- Payment Features
  - Debit and Prepaid Card Payments
  - Payer Authentication
  - Relaxed Requirements for Address Data and Expiration Date in Payment Transactions
  - Visa Bill Payments
- Testing the Payment Services
  - Requirements for Testing
  - Test Card Numbers
  - Using Amounts to Simulate Errors
  - Test American Express Card Verification

Standard Payment Processing
- Basic Authorizations
  - Declined Authorizations
  - Required Fields for Processing a Basic Authorization
  - Simple Order Example: Processing a Basic Authorization
- Authorizations with Line Items
  - Optional Line Item Fields
  - Required Fields for Processing an Authorization with Line Items
  - Simple Order Example: Processing an Authorization with Line Items
- Authorizations with Payment Network Tokens
  - Required Fields for Authorizations with Payment Network Tokens
  - Optional Fields for Authorizations with Payment Network Tokens
  - Simple Order API Example: Authorizations with Payment Network Tokens
- Authorizations with a Card Verification Number
  - Required Fields for Processing an Authorization with a Card Verification Number
  - Optional Fields for Processing an Authorization with a Card Verification Number
  - Simple Order Example: Processing an Authorization with a Card Verification Number
- Zero Amount Authorizations
  - Required Fields for Processing a Zero Amount Authorization
  - Simple Order Example: Processing a Zero Amount Authorization
- Pre-Authorizations
  - Required Fields for a Pre-Authorization
  - Simple Order Example: Processing a Pre-Authorization
- Final Authorization Indicator
  - Requirements for Final Authorizations
  - Pre-Authorizations
  - Unmarked Authorizations
    - Requirements for Unmarked Authorizations
  - Undefined Authorizations
    - Requirements for Undefined Authorizations
  - Required Fields for Final Authorizations
  - Simple Order Example: Final Authorizations
- Authorization Reversal
  - Required Fields for Processing an Authorization Reversal
  - Simple Order Example: Processing an Authorization Reversal
- Sales
  - Required Fields for Processing a Sale
  - Simple Order Example: Processing a Sale
- Sales with Payment Network Tokens
  - Required Fields for Sales with Payment Network Tokens
  - Optional Fields for Sales with Payment Network Tokens
  - Simple Order API Example: Authorizations with Payment Network Tokens
- Captures
  - Required Fields for Capturing an Authorization
  - Simple Order Example: Capturing an Authorization
- Forced Captures
  - Required Fields for Forced Captures
  - Simple Order Example: Forced Captures
- Follow-On Credits
  - Required Fields for Processing a Follow-On Credit
  - Simple Order Example: Processing a Follow-On Credit
- Stand-Alone Credits
  - Required Fields for Processing a Stand-Alone Credit
  - Simple Order Example: Processing a Stand-Alone Credit
- Voids for a Capture or Credit
  - Required Fields for Voiding a Capture or Credit
  - Simple Order API Example: Voiding a Capture or Credit

Debit and Prepaid Card Processing
- Additional Resources for Debit and Prepaid Payments
- Processing Debit and Prepaid Authorizations
  - Required Fields for Processing Debit and Prepaid Authorizations
  - Optional Field for Processing Debit and Prepaid Authorizations
  - Simple Order Example: Processing Debit and Prepaid Authorizations
- Enabling Debit and Prepaid Partial Authorizations
  - Required Fields for Enabling Debit and Prepaid Partial Authorizations
  - Optional Field for Enabling Debit and Prepaid Partial Authorizations
  - Simple Order Example: Enabling Debit and Prepaid Partial Authorizations
- Disabling Debit and Prepaid Partial Authorizations
  - Required Field for Disabling Debit and Prepaid Partial Authorizations
  - Optional Field for Disabling Debit and Prepaid Partial Authorizations
  - Simple Order Example: Disabling Debit and Prepaid Partial Authorizations

Payer Authentication Processing
- Additional Resources for Payer Authentication
- Providing Payer Authentication Information for Authorization
- Mastercard Identity Check
  - Required Fields for Processing an Authorization Using Mastercard Identity Check
  - Simple Order Example: Processing an Authorization Using Mastercard Identity Check
- Visa Secure
  - Required Fields for Processing an Authorization Using Visa Secure
  - Simple Order Example: Validating and Authorizing an Authorization

Relaxed Requirements for Address Data and Expiration Date in Payment Transactions
- Requirements
- Services
- Relaxed Fields

Processing Payments Using Credentials
- Additional Resources for Credentialed Transactions
- Customer-Initiated Transactions with Credentials on File
  - Storing Customer Credentials with a CIT and PAN
    - Required Fields for Storing Customer Credentials During a CIT
    - Simple Order Example: Storing Customer Credentials During a CIT
  - Retrieving Stored Customer Credentials During a CIT
    - Required Fields for Retrieving Customer Credentials During a Customer-Initiated Transaction
      - Card-Specific Required Field for Retrieving Customer Credentials During a CIT
    - Simple Order Example: Retrieving Customer Credentials During a CIT

Visa Bill Payments Processing
- Visa Bill Payments Authorizations
  - Required Fields for Processing a Visa Bill Payment Authorization
  - Simple Order Example: Processing a Visa Bill Payment Authorization
- Visa Bill Payments Captures
  - Required Fields for Capturing a Visa Bill Payment
  - Simple Order Example: Capturing a Visa Bill Payment

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Pre-Authorizations

A pre-authorization enables you to authorize a payment when the final amount is unknown. It is typically used for lodging, auto rental, e-commerce, and restaurant transactions.

For a pre-authorization:

The authorization amount must be greater than zero.

The authorization must be submitted for capture within 30 calendar days of its request.

When you do not capture the authorization, you must reverse it.

In the U.S., Canada, Latin America, and Asia Pacific, Mastercard charges an additional fee for a pre-authorization that is not captured and not reversed.

In Europe, Russia, Middle East, and Africa, Mastercard charges fees for all pre-authorizations.

Chargeback protection is in effect for 30 days after the authorization.

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