Payments with Network Tokens for Merchants
This section contains information on making payments with network tokens for
merchants.
Network tokens are generated by the network scheme and represent customer card
information for secure transactions. Network schemes include but are not limited to
Visa, Mastercard, and American Express. Network tokens are mapped to instrument
identifier tokens. The minimum card data required to request a network token is the PAN
and the expiration date.
Payments are made using network tokens by default for merchants. To authorize a
payment ignoring the network token, you must indicate this in the request. For
example:
For more information on network tokens, see Network Tokens.