Create a Mandate on the Fly

A customer can sign a mandate in another system, or they might sign a paper mandate, and the details of the mandate are not in the
Cybersource
database. When this occurs, you can create a mandate directly in the
Cybersource
system. To do so, these requirements must be met:
  • Provide a direct debit payment.
  • Confirm you understand that the mandate is not stored with the direct debit provider and provide payment details such as account and debtor name.
  • The direct debit provider can determine that the direct debit payment is not referencing an existing mandate.
The payment details that are provided are used to create a mandate and assign it an active status, which is considered creating the mandate
on the fly
. When created, the direct debit payment is linked to the new mandate and normally processed so that any future payments referencing the mandate are handled as expected. Generating the mandate on the fly happens only for the initial payment.

Field Requirements

Creating a mandate on the fly does not require the alternative payment methods fields in the create mandate request. The alternative payment method fields are distinguished by the field beginning with
ap
.