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
    - Dynamic Currency Conversion
    - 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
  - 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
  - Introduction to Credentialed Transactions
  - Token Management Service

Standard Payment Processing
- Basic Authorizations
  - Declined Authorizations
  - Required Fields for Processing a Basic Authorization
  - REST Interactive Example: Processing a Basic Authorization
  - REST Example: Processing a Basic Authorization
- Authorizations with Line Items
  - Required Fields for Processing an Authorization with Line Items
  - REST 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
  - REST 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
  - REST Example: Processing an Authorization with a Card Verification Number
- Zero Amount Authorizations
  - Required Fields for Processing a Zero Amount Authorization
  - REST Example: Processing a Zero Amount Authorizations
- Pre-Authorizations
  - Required Fields for Processing a Pre-Authorization
  - REST Example: Processing a Pre-Authorization
- Authorization Reversals
  - Required Fields for Processing an Authorization Reversal
  - REST Example: Processing an Authorization Reversal
- Sales
  - Required Fields for Processing a Sale
  - REST Example: Processing a Sale
- Captures
  - Required Fields for Capturing an Authorization
  - REST Example: Capturing an Authorization
- Multiple Partial Captures
  - Required Fields for Processing Multiple Partial Captures
  - REST Example: Processing Multiple Partial Captures
- Refunds
  - Required Fields for Processing a Refund
  - REST Interactive Example: Processing a Refund
  - REST Example: Processing a Refund
- Credits
  - Required Fields for Processing a Credit
  - REST Interactive Example: Processing a Credit
  - REST Example: Processing a Credit
- Voids
  - Required Fields for Processing a Void
  - REST Example: Processing a Void

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
  - REST 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
  - REST 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
  - REST 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
  - REST Example: Processing an Authorization Using Mastercard Identity Check
- Visa Secure
  - Required Fields for Processing an Authorization Using Visa Secure
  - REST Example: Validating and Authorizing a Transaction

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
    - REST Example: Storing Customer Credentials During a CIT
  - Storing Customer Credentials with a CIT and TMS
    - Required Fields for Storing a Customers Credentials with a CIT and TMS
    - REST Example: Storing a Customer's Credentials with a CIT and TMS
  - Using 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
    - REST Example: Retrieving Customer Credentials During a CIT
- Recurring Payments
  - Customer-Initiated Recurring Payment with PAN
    - Required Fields for Authorizing a Customer-Initiated Recurring Payment with PAN Using REST API
    - REST Example: Authorizing a Customer-Initiated Recurring Payment with a PAN
  - Customer-Initiated Recurring Payment with TMS
    - Required Fields for Authorizing a Customer-Initiated Recurring Payment with TMS
    - REST Example: Authorizing a Customer-Initiated Recurring Payment with TMS
  - Customer-Initiated Recurring Payment with Enrollable Network Tokens
    - Required Fields for Authorizing a Customer-Initiated Recurring Payments with Enrollable Network Tokens
    - REST Example: Authorizing a Customer-Initiated Recurring Payment with Enrollable Network Tokens
  - Merchant-Initiated Recurring Payments with PAN
    - Required Fields for Authorizing a Merchant-Initiated Recurring Payment
      - Card-Specific Required Fields for Authorizing Subsequent Recurring Payments
    - REST Example: Authorizing a Merchant-Initiated Recurring Payment
  - Merchant-Initiated Recurring Payments with TMS
    - Required Fields for Authorizing a Merchant-Initiated Recurring Payments with TMS
    - REST Example: Authorizing a Merchant-Initiated Recurring Payment with a TMS Instrument Identifier
    - REST Example: Authorizing a Merchant-Initiated Recurring Payment with TMS Payment Instrument
    - REST Example: Authorizing a Merchant-Initiated Recurring Payment with a TMS Customer Token
- Mastercard Standing Order Payments
  - Mastercard Initial CIT Standing Order Payment
    - Required Fields for Authorizing Initial CIT Standing Order Payments
    - REST Example: Authorizing Initial CIT Standing Order Payments
  - Mastercard Initial CIT Standing Order Payment with TMS
    - Required Fields for Authorizing Initial CIT Standing Order Payments with TMS
    - REST Example: Authorizing Initial CIT Standing Order Payments with TMS
- Mastercard Subscription Payments
  - Mastercard CIT Initial Subscription Payment
    - Required Fields for Authorizing CIT Initial Subscription Payments
    - REST Example: Authorizing Initial CIT Subscription Payments
  - Mastercard CIT Initial Subscription Payment with TMS
    - Required Fields for Authorizing CIT Initial Subscription Payments with TMS
    - REST Example: Authorizing Initial CIT Subscription Payments

Token Management Service Processing
- Additional Resources for TMS
- Authorizing a Payment with a Customer Token
  - Required Fields for Authorizing a Payment with a Customer Token
  - REST Example: Authorizing a Payment with a Customer Token
  - REST Example: Authorizing a Payment Using a Customer Token Linked to a Network Token
- Authorizing a Payment with a Non-Default Shipping Address
  - Required Fields for Authorizing a Payment with a Non-Default Shipping Address
  - REST Example: Authorizing a Payment with a Non-Default Shipping Address
- Authorizing a Payment with a Non-Default Payment Instrument
  - Required Fields for Authorizing a Payment with a Non-Default Payment Instrument
  - Optional Fields for Authorizing a Payment with a Non-Default Payment Instrument
  - REST Example: Authorizing a Payment with a Non-Default Payment Instrument
- Authorizing a Payment with a Payment Instrument
  - Required Fields for Authorizing a Payment with a Payment Instrument
  - Optional Fields for Authorizing a Payment with a Payment Instrument
  - REST Example: Authorizing a Payment with a Payment Instrument
- Authorize a Payment with an Instrument Identifier
  - Required Fields for Authorizing a Payment with an Instrument Identifier
  - REST Example: Authorizing a Payment with an Instrument Identifier
  - REST Example: Authorizing a Payment with an Instrument Identifier While Creating TMS Tokens
- Authorize a Payment While Ignoring Network Token
  - Required Fields for Authorizing a Payment While Ignoring Network Token
  - REST Example: Authorizing a Payment While Ignoring Network Token
- Authorizing a Payment with a Legacy Token
  - Required Fields for Authorizing a Payment with a Legacy Token
  - REST Example: Authorizing a Payment with a Legacy Token
- Making a Credit with a Customer Token
  - Required Fields for Making a Credit with a Customer Token
  - REST Example: Making a Credit with a Customer Token
- Making a Credit with a Non-Default Payment Instrument
  - Required Fields for Making a Credit with a Non-Default Payment Instrument
  - Optional Fields for Making a Credit with a Non-Default Payment Instrument
  - REST Example: Making a Credit with a Non-Default Payment Instrument
- Making a Credit with a Payment Instrument
  - Required Fields for Making a Credit with a Payment Instrument
  - REST Example: Making a Credit with a Payment Instrument
- Making a Credit with an Instrument Identifier
  - Required Fields for Making a Credit with an Instrument Identifier
  - REST Example: Making a Credit with an Instrument Identifier
- Making a Credit with a Legacy Token
  - Required Fields for Making a Credit with a Legacy Token
  - REST Example: Making a Credit with a Legacy Token

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Processing Payments Using Credentials

This section provides the information you need in order to process payments using credentials.

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