API Overview

Payments Developer Guide
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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
  - Introduction to Credentialed Transactions

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
- Authorizations with Strong Customer Authentication Exemption
  - Required Fields for Processing an Authorization with an SCA Exemption
  - Simple Order Example: Processing an Authorization with an SCA Exemption for Low Value Transactions
- Zero Amount Authorizations
  - Required Fields for Processing a Zero Amount Authorization
  - Simple Order Example: Processing a Zero Amount Authorization
- Pre-Authorizations
  - Required Fields for Processing 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 Reversals
  - 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
- Captures
  - Required Fields for Capturing an Authorization
  - Simple Order Example: Capturing an Authorization
- Multiple Partial Captures
  - Required Fields for Processing Multiple Partial Captures
  - Simple Order Example: Processing Multiple Partial 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
  - Required Fields for Processing a Void
  - Simple Order API 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
  - 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: Processing an Authorization Using Visa Secure

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
  - 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
    - Simple Order Example: Retrieving Customer Credentials During a CIT
- Delayed Transaction
  - Merchant-Initiated Delayed Transaction with PAN
    - Required Fields for Processing a Merchant-Initiated Delayed Transaction
      - Card-Specific Required Field for Processing a Merchant-Initiated Transactions
    - Simple Order Example: Processing a Merchant-Initiated Delayed Authorization Transaction
- No-Show Transactions
  - Merchant-Initiated No-Show Transactions with PAN
    - Required Fields for Processing Merchant-Initiated No-Show Charges
      - Card-Specific Required Field for Processing a Merchant-Initiated Transactions
    - Optional Field for Processing Merchant-Initiated No-Show Charges
    - Simple Order Example: Processing Merchant-Initiated No-Show Transactions
- Reauthorization Transaction
  - Merchant-Initiated Reauthorization Transactions with PAN
    - Required Fields for Processing Merchant-Initiated Reauthorized Transactions
      - Card-Specific Required Field for Processing a Merchant-Initiated Transactions
    - Simple Order Example: Processing a Merchant-Initiated Reauthorized Transaction
- Resubmission Transaction
  - Merchant-Initiated Resubmission Transaction with PAN
    - Required Fields for Processing a Merchant-Initiated Resubmitted Transaction
      - Card-Specific Required Field for Processing a Merchant-Initiated Transactions
    - Simple Order Example: Processing a Merchant-Initiated Resubmitted Transaction
- Recurring Payments
  - Customer-Initiated Recurring Payment with PAN
    - Required Fields for Authorizing a Customer-Initiated Recurring Payment with PAN Using Simple Order API
    - Simple Order Example: Authorizing a Customer-Initiated Recurring Payment with a PAN
  - Merchant-Initiated Recurring Payments with PAN
    - Required Fields for Authorizing a Merchant-Initiated Recurring Payment
      - Card-Specific Required Fields for Authorizing Subsequent Recurring Payments
    - Simple Order Example: Authorizing a Merchant-Initiated Recurring Payment
- Mastercard Standing Order Payments
  - Mastercard Initial CIT Standing Order Payment
    - Required Fields for Authorizing Initial CIT Standing Order Payments
    - Simple Order Example: Authorizing Initial CIT Standing Order Payments
- Mastercard Subscription Payments
  - Mastercard CIT Initial Subscription Payment
    - Required Fields for Authorizing CIT Initial Subscription Payments
    - Simple Order Example: Authorizing Initial CIT Subscription Payments
- Unscheduled COF Payments
  - Customer-Initiated Unscheduled COF Payment with PAN
    - Required Fields for Authorizing Initial CIT Unscheduled COF Payments
    - Simple Order Example: Authorizing Initial CIT Unscheduled COF Payments
  - Merchant-Initiated Unscheduled COF Payments with PAN
    - Required Fields for Authorizing Subsequent MIT Unscheduled COF Payments
      - Card-Specific Required Field for Processing a Merchant-Initiated Transactions
    - Simple Order Example: Authorizing Subsequent MIT Unscheduled COF Payments

Introduction to Payments

This introduction provides the basic information that you will need to successfully process payment transactions. It also provides an overview of the payments industry and provides workflows for each process.

With Cybersource payment services, you can process payment cards (tokenized or non-tokenized), digital payments such as Apple Pay and Google Pay, and customer ID transactions. You can process payments across the globe and across multiple channels with scalability and security. Cybersource supports a large number of payment cards and offers a wide choice of gateways and financial institutions, all through one connection.

Visit the Cybersource documentation hub to find additional processor-specific versions of this guide and additional technical documentation.

Financial Institutions and Payment Networks

Financial institutions and payment networks enable payment services. These entities work together to complete the full payment cycle.

Introduction to Payments

Card Types

You can process payments with these kinds of cards:

Credit cards

Debit cards

Introduction to Payments

Transaction Types

This topic provides information about transaction types that are supported by your processor, such as card-present, card-not-present, and international transactions.

Introduction to Payments

Payment Services

Various services are used to process

payments.

These services enable customers to purchase goods and services. They also enable merchants to receive payments from customer accounts, to provide refunds, and to void transactions.

Introduction to Payments

Payment Features

You can apply features to different payment services to enhance the customer payment processing experience. This section includes an overview of these features:

Debit and Prepaid Card Payments

Payer Authentication

Processing Payments Using Credentials

Introduction to Payments

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