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
  - Least-Cost Routing
  - Payer Authentication
  - Relaxed Requirements for Address Data and Expiration Date in Payment Transactions
  - Introduction to Credentialed Transactions
  - Token Management Service
  - Visa Bill Payments
  - Visa Consumer 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
- Additional Resources for Processing Payments
- 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 a Pre-Authorization
  - REST 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
  - REST Example: Final Authorizations
- Least-Cost Routing Processing
  - Required Fields for Requesting Least-Cost Routing in an Authorization
  - REST Example: Requesting an Authorization with Least-Cost Routing
- 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
- American Express SafeKey
  - Required Fields for Processing an Authorization Using American Express SafeKey
  - Optional Field for Processing an Authorization Using American Express SafeKey
  - REST Example: Processing an Authorization Using American Express SafeKey
- Discover/Diners ProtectBuy
  - Required Fields for Processing an Authorization Using Discover ProtectBuy Authentication
  - REST Example: Processing an Authorization Using Discover ProtectBuy Authentication
- 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 Customer Credentials with a CIT and TMS
    - REST Example: Storing Customer Credentials with a CIT and TMS
  - 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
    - REST Example: Retrieving Customer Credentials During a CIT
- Installment Payments
  - Customer-Initiated Installment Payments with PAN
    - Required Fields for Initial Customer-Initiated Installment Payments with a PAN
    - REST Example: Authorizing Initial Customer-Initiated Installment Payments with a PAN
  - Customer-Initiated Installment Payment with TMS
    - Required Fields for CIT Installment Payments with TMS
    - REST Example: CIT Installment Payment with TMS
  - Customer-Initiated Installment Payment with Enrollable Network Tokens
    - Required Fields for a CIT Installment Payment with Enrollable Network Tokens
    - Example: CIT Installment Payments with Enrollable Network Tokens
  - Merchant-Initiated Installment Payments with PAN
    - Required Fields for Authorizing Merchant-Initiated Subsequent Installment Payments
      - Card-Specific Required Field for Retrieving Customer Credentials During a CIT
    - REST Example: Authorizing Merchant-Initiated Subsequent Installment Payments
  - Merchant-Initiated Installment Payment with TMS
    - Required Fields for MIT Installment Payments with TMS
      - Card-Specific Required Field for Retrieving Customer Credentials During a CIT
    - Example: MIT with TMS Instrument Identifier Token
- Recurring Payments
  - Customer-Initiated Recurring Payment with PAN
    - Required Fields for Authorizing a Customer-Initiated Recurring Payment with PAN
    - 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
- Unscheduled COF Payments
  - Customer-Initiated Unscheduled COF Payment with PAN
    - Required Fields for a Customer-Initiated Unscheduled COF Payment with PAN
    - REST Example: Customer-Initiated Unscheduled COF Payment with PAN
  - Customer-Initiated Unscheduled COF Payments with TMS
    - Required Fields for CIT Unscheduled COF Payments with TMS
    - REST Example: Initial CIT Unscheduled COF Payment in TMS
  - Customer-Initiated Unscheduled COF Payment with Enrollable Network Tokens
    - Required Fields for CIT Unscheduled COF Payment with Enrollable Network Tokens
    - REST API Example: CIT Unscheduled COF Payment with Enrollable Network Tokens
  - Merchant-Initiated Unscheduled COF Payments with PAN
    - Required Fields for Authorizing Subsequent MIT Unscheduled COF Payments
    - REST Example: Authorizing Subsequent MIT Unscheduled COF Payments
  - Merchant-Initiated Unscheduled COF Payments with TMS
    - Required Fields for MIT Unscheduled COF Payments with TMS
    - Example: MIT Unscheduled COF Payment with TMS Instrument Identifier
    - Example: MIT Unscheduled COF Payment with TMS Payment Instrument
    - Example: MIT Unscheduled COF Payment with TMS Customer

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

Visa Consumer Bill Payment Processing
- Required Fields for Processing a Visa Consumer Bill Payment Service Authorization
- REST Example: Processing a Visa Consumer Bill Payment Service Authorization

Merchant-Initiated Recurring Payments with PAN

After the initial recurring payment (CIT), subsequent recurring payments are merchant-initiated transactions (MITs).

Prerequisites

The first transaction in a recurring payment is a customer-initiated transaction (CIT). Before you can perform a subsequent merchant-initiated transaction (MIT), you must store the customer's credentials for later use. Before you can store the customer's credentials, you must get their consent to store their private information. This is also known as establishing a relationship with the customer.

Supported Card Types

These are the supported card types for processing credentialed transactions:

Discover

Visa

Mastercard uses standing order and subscription payments instead of recurring payments. See Mastercard Standing Order Payments and Mastercard Subscription Payments.

Address Verification Service for Recurring Payments

If your processor supports the Address Verification Service (AVS), then the AVS should verify every authorization request. Cybersource recommends checking the AVS's results for the first recurring payment to ensure that the payment information is accurate and to reduce the risk of fraud.

You must determine how to handle the AVS results for any subsequent recurring payments that are not the same as the already-verified billing address information from the first recurring payment.

Endpoint

Production:

POST https://api.cybersource.com/pts/v2/payments

Test:

POST https://apitest.cybersource.com/pts/v2/payments

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