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API Overview
  • Payments Developer Guide
    • Recent Revisions to This Document
    • VISA Platform Connect: Specifications and Conditions for Resellers/Partners
  • Introduction to Payments
    • Financial Institutions and Payment Networks
    • Card Types
    • Transaction Types
    • Payment Services
      • Authorizations
        • Online Authorizations
        • Offline Authorizations
        • Pre-Authorizations
        • Payment Network Token Authorizations
        • Authorization Workflow
      • Sale
        • Dual-Message Processing
          • Partial Authorizations
        • Single-Message Processing
      • Authorization Reversals
      • Automatic Partial Authorization Reversals
      • Captures
        • Capture Workflow
      • Credits
        • Credit Workflow
      • Voids
    • Payment Features
      • Card-Present Authorizations
      • Debit and Prepaid Card Payments
      • Airline Data
        • Cybersource Airline Data Processing
        • Airline Data Reference Information
          • Airline Document Type Codes
          • Ancillary Service Category Codes
      • Interchange Optimization
      • Japanese Payment Options
      • Level II and Level III Data
      • Micropayments
      • Mastercard Bill Payments
      • Mastercard Expert Monitoring Solutions
      • Payer Authentication
      • Relaxed Requirements for Address Data and Expiration Date in Payment Transactions
      • Split Shipments
      • Introduction to Credentialed Transactions
      • Token Management Service
    • 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
    • Authorizations with Line Items
    • Authorizations with Payment Network Tokens
    • Authorizations with a Card Verification Number
    • Marketplace Authorizations with Foreign Retailers
    • Authorizations with Strong Customer Authentication Exemption
    • Zero Amount Authorization
    • Pre-Authorizations
    • Incremental Authorizations
    • Final Authorization Indicator
    • Authorization Reversal
    • Time-Out Authorization Reversals
    • Sale
    • Sales with Payment Network Tokens
    • Captures
    • Marketplace Captures with Foreign Retailers
    • Multiple Partial Captures
    • Forced Captures
    • Refunds
    • Credits
    • Void for a Capture or Credit
    • Time-Out Voids for a Capture, Sale, Refund, or Credit
  • Card Present Connect | Retail Processing
    • Additional Resources for Card Present Connect | Retail
    • Retail EMV and Card Data
    • Authorization with Contact EMV and Online PIN
    • Authorization with Contact EMV and Offline PIN
    • Authorization with Contactless EMV and Online PIN
    • Authorization with Magnetic Stripe Swipe
    • Authorizations with Hand-Keyed Data
    • Authorization for Cash Advance with Credit Card
    • Captures
  • Card Present Connect | Mass Transit Processing
    • Additional Resources for Card Present Connect | Mass Transit
    • Mass Transit Payment Services Using EMV and Card Data
    • American Express Account Status Check Authorization with EMV Data
    • American Express Delayed Online Authorization with EMV Data
    • Discover Authorization with EMV Data
    • Mastercard Authorization with EMV Data
    • Visa Account Verification Request (AVR) with EMV Data
    • Discover Sale with EMV Data
    • Visa Deferred Sale with EMV Data
    • Tap-Initiated Authorization for Debt Recovery with EMV Data
    • Merchant-Initiated Authorizations for Debt Recovery with Stored Card Data
    • Tap-Initiated Sale for Mastercard Debt Recovery with EMV Data
    • Tap-Initiated Sale for Visa Debt Recovery with EMV Data
    • Merchant-Initiated Sale for Debt Recovery with Stored Card Data
    • Credit with a Token
    • Capture an Authorization
    • Authorization Reversal
    • Time-Out Reversal
    • Time-Out Void
  • Debit and Prepaid Card Processing
    • Additional Resources for Debit and Prepaid Payments
    • Processing Debit and Prepaid Authorizations
    • Enabling Debit and Prepaid Partial Authorizations
    • Disabling Debit and Prepaid Partial Authorizations
  • Airline Data Processing
    • Additional Resources for Airline Data
    • Airline Travel Legs
    • Authorize an Airline Ticket Payment
    • Captures for Ticket Purchases
    • Captures for Ancillary Purchases
    • Refunds
    • Issue a Credit
  • Japanese Payment Options Processing
    • Authorize a Single Payment with Japanese Payment Options
    • Authorize a Bonus Payment with Japanese Payment Options
    • Authorize an Installment Payment with Japanese Payment Options
    • Authorize a Revolving Payment with Japanese Payment Options
    • Authorize a Combination Payment with Japanese Payment Options
  • Level II Processing
    • Additional Resources for Level II/III Payments
    • Captures with Level II Data
    • Credits with Level II Data
    • Sales with Level II Data
  • Level III Processing
    • Additional Resources for Level II/III Payments
    • Captures with Level III Data
    • Credits with Level III Data
    • Sales with Level III Data
  • Mastercard Processing
    • Mastercard Bill Payment Processing
    • Mastercard Expert Monitoring Solutions Processing
  • Payer Authentication Processing
    • Additional Resources for Payer Authentication
    • Providing Payer Authentication Information for Authorization
    • American Express SafeKey
    • JCB J/Secure
    • Mastercard Identity Check
    • Visa Secure
  • Relaxed Requirements for Address Data and Expiration Date in Payment Transactions
  • Split Shipments Processing
    • Authorizing a Sale for a Product Not Yet Available
    • Processing Two Authorizations and a Capture for Multiple Products
    • Processing an Authorization and Two Captures for Multiple Products
  • Processing Payments Using Credentials
    • Additional Resources for Credentialed Transactions
    • Customer-Initiated Transactions with Credentials on File
      • Storing Customer Credentials with a CIT and PAN
      • Storing Customer Credentials with a CIT and TMS
      • Retrieving Stored Customer Credentials During a CIT
    • Delayed Transaction
      • Merchant-Initiated Delayed Transaction with PAN
      • Merchant-Initiated Delayed Transaction with TMS
    • Incremental Transaction
      • Merchant-Initiated Incremental Transaction with PAN
      • Merchant-Initiated Incremental Transaction with TMS
    • No-Show Transactions
      • Merchant-Initiated No-Show Transactions with PAN
      • Merchant-Initiated No-Show Transaction with TMS
    • Reauthorization Transaction
      • Merchant-Initiated Reauthorization Transactions with PAN
      • Merchant-Initiated Reauthorization Transactions with TMS
    • Resubmission Transaction
      • Merchant-Initiated Resubmission Transaction with PAN
      • Merchant-Initiated Resubmission Transaction with TMS
    • Installment Payments
      • Customer-Initiated Installment Payments with PAN
      • Customer-Initiated Installment Payment with TMS
      • Customer-Initiated Installment Payment with Enrollable Network Tokens
      • Merchant-Initiated Installment Payments with PAN
      • Merchant-Initiated Installment Payment with TMS
    • Recurring Payments
      • Customer-Initiated Recurring Payment with PAN
      • Customer-Initiated Recurring Payment with TMS
      • Customer-Initiated Recurring Payment with Enrollable Network Tokens
      • Merchant-Initiated Recurring Payments with PAN
      • Merchant-Initiated Recurring Payments with TMS
    • Mastercard Standing Order Payments
      • Mastercard Initial CIT Standing Order Payment
      • Mastercard Initial CIT Standing Order Payment with TMS
    • Mastercard Subscription Payments
      • Mastercard CIT Initial Subscription Payment
      • Mastercard CIT Initial Subscription Payment with TMS
    • Unscheduled COF Payments
      • Customer-Initiated Unscheduled COF Payment with PAN
      • Customer-Initiated Unscheduled COF Payments with TMS
      • Customer-Initiated Unscheduled COF Payment with Enrollable Network Tokens
      • Merchant-Initiated Unscheduled COF Payments with PAN
      • Merchant-Initiated Unscheduled COF Payments with TMS
  • Token Management Service Processing
    • Additional Resources for TMS
    • Authorizing a Payment with a Customer Token
    • Authorizing a Payment with a Non-Default Shipping Address
    • Authorizing a Payment with a Non-Default Payment Instrument
    • Authorizing a Payment with a Payment Instrument
    • Authorize a Payment with an Instrument Identifier
    • Authorize a Payment While Ignoring Network Token
    • Authorizing a Payment with a Legacy Token
    • Making a Credit with a Customer Token
    • Making a Credit with a Non-Default Payment Instrument
    • Making a Credit with a Payment Instrument
    • Making a Credit with an Instrument Identifier
    • Making a Credit with a Legacy Token
  • Payments Developer Guide
    • Recent Revisions to This Document
    • VISA Platform Connect: Specifications and Conditions for Resellers/Partners
  • Introduction to Payments
    • Financial Institutions and Payment Networks
    • Card Types
    • Transaction Types
    • Payment Services
      • Authorizations
        • Online Authorizations
        • Offline Authorizations
        • Pre-Authorizations
        • Payment Network Token Authorizations
        • Authorization Workflow
      • Sale
        • Dual-Message Processing
          • Partial Authorizations
        • Single-Message Processing
      • Authorization Reversals
      • Automatic Partial Authorization Reversals
      • Captures
        • Capture Workflow
      • Credits
        • Credit Workflow
      • Voids
    • Payment Features
      • Card-Present Authorizations
      • Debit and Prepaid Card Payments
      • Airline Data
        • Cybersource Airline Data Processing
        • Airline Data Reference Information
          • Airline Document Type Codes
          • Ancillary Service Category Codes
      • Interchange Optimization
      • Japanese Payment Options
      • Level II and Level III Data
      • Micropayments
      • Mastercard Bill Payments
      • Mastercard Expert Monitoring Solutions
      • Payer Authentication
      • Relaxed Requirements for Address Data and Expiration Date in Payment Transactions
      • Split Shipments
      • Introduction to Credentialed Transactions
      • Token Management Service
    • 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
    • Authorizations with Line Items
    • Authorizations with Payment Network Tokens
    • Authorizations with a Card Verification Number
    • Marketplace Authorizations with Foreign Retailers
    • Authorizations with Strong Customer Authentication Exemption
    • Zero Amount Authorization
    • Pre-Authorizations
    • Incremental Authorizations
    • Final Authorization Indicator
    • Authorization Reversal
    • Time-Out Authorization Reversals
    • Sale
    • Sales with Payment Network Tokens
    • Captures
    • Marketplace Captures with Foreign Retailers
    • Multiple Partial Captures
    • Forced Captures
    • Refunds
    • Credits
    • Void for a Capture or Credit
    • Time-Out Voids for a Capture, Sale, Refund, or Credit
  • Card Present Connect | Retail Processing
    • Additional Resources for Card Present Connect | Retail
    • Retail EMV and Card Data
    • Authorization with Contact EMV and Online PIN
    • Authorization with Contact EMV and Offline PIN
    • Authorization with Contactless EMV and Online PIN
    • Authorization with Magnetic Stripe Swipe
    • Authorizations with Hand-Keyed Data
    • Authorization for Cash Advance with Credit Card
    • Captures
  • Card Present Connect | Mass Transit Processing
    • Additional Resources for Card Present Connect | Mass Transit
    • Mass Transit Payment Services Using EMV and Card Data
    • American Express Account Status Check Authorization with EMV Data
    • American Express Delayed Online Authorization with EMV Data
    • Discover Authorization with EMV Data
    • Mastercard Authorization with EMV Data
    • Visa Account Verification Request (AVR) with EMV Data
    • Discover Sale with EMV Data
    • Visa Deferred Sale with EMV Data
    • Tap-Initiated Authorization for Debt Recovery with EMV Data
    • Merchant-Initiated Authorizations for Debt Recovery with Stored Card Data
    • Tap-Initiated Sale for Mastercard Debt Recovery with EMV Data
    • Tap-Initiated Sale for Visa Debt Recovery with EMV Data
    • Merchant-Initiated Sale for Debt Recovery with Stored Card Data
    • Credit with a Token
    • Capture an Authorization
    • Authorization Reversal
    • Time-Out Reversal
    • Time-Out Void
  • Debit and Prepaid Card Processing
    • Additional Resources for Debit and Prepaid Payments
    • Processing Debit and Prepaid Authorizations
    • Enabling Debit and Prepaid Partial Authorizations
    • Disabling Debit and Prepaid Partial Authorizations
  • Airline Data Processing
    • Additional Resources for Airline Data
    • Airline Travel Legs
    • Authorize an Airline Ticket Payment
    • Captures for Ticket Purchases
    • Captures for Ancillary Purchases
    • Refunds
    • Issue a Credit
  • Japanese Payment Options Processing
    • Authorize a Single Payment with Japanese Payment Options
    • Authorize a Bonus Payment with Japanese Payment Options
    • Authorize an Installment Payment with Japanese Payment Options
    • Authorize a Revolving Payment with Japanese Payment Options
    • Authorize a Combination Payment with Japanese Payment Options
  • Level II Processing
    • Additional Resources for Level II/III Payments
    • Captures with Level II Data
    • Credits with Level II Data
    • Sales with Level II Data
  • Level III Processing
    • Additional Resources for Level II/III Payments
    • Captures with Level III Data
    • Credits with Level III Data
    • Sales with Level III Data
  • Mastercard Processing
    • Mastercard Bill Payment Processing
    • Mastercard Expert Monitoring Solutions Processing
  • Payer Authentication Processing
    • Additional Resources for Payer Authentication
    • Providing Payer Authentication Information for Authorization
    • American Express SafeKey
    • JCB J/Secure
    • Mastercard Identity Check
    • Visa Secure
  • Relaxed Requirements for Address Data and Expiration Date in Payment Transactions
  • Split Shipments Processing
    • Authorizing a Sale for a Product Not Yet Available
    • Processing Two Authorizations and a Capture for Multiple Products
    • Processing an Authorization and Two Captures for Multiple Products
  • Processing Payments Using Credentials
    • Additional Resources for Credentialed Transactions
    • Customer-Initiated Transactions with Credentials on File
      • Storing Customer Credentials with a CIT and PAN
      • Storing Customer Credentials with a CIT and TMS
      • Retrieving Stored Customer Credentials During a CIT
    • Delayed Transaction
      • Merchant-Initiated Delayed Transaction with PAN
      • Merchant-Initiated Delayed Transaction with TMS
    • Incremental Transaction
      • Merchant-Initiated Incremental Transaction with PAN
      • Merchant-Initiated Incremental Transaction with TMS
    • No-Show Transactions
      • Merchant-Initiated No-Show Transactions with PAN
      • Merchant-Initiated No-Show Transaction with TMS
    • Reauthorization Transaction
      • Merchant-Initiated Reauthorization Transactions with PAN
      • Merchant-Initiated Reauthorization Transactions with TMS
    • Resubmission Transaction
      • Merchant-Initiated Resubmission Transaction with PAN
      • Merchant-Initiated Resubmission Transaction with TMS
    • Installment Payments
      • Customer-Initiated Installment Payments with PAN
      • Customer-Initiated Installment Payment with TMS
      • Customer-Initiated Installment Payment with Enrollable Network Tokens
      • Merchant-Initiated Installment Payments with PAN
      • Merchant-Initiated Installment Payment with TMS
    • Recurring Payments
      • Customer-Initiated Recurring Payment with PAN
      • Customer-Initiated Recurring Payment with TMS
      • Customer-Initiated Recurring Payment with Enrollable Network Tokens
      • Merchant-Initiated Recurring Payments with PAN
      • Merchant-Initiated Recurring Payments with TMS
    • Mastercard Standing Order Payments
      • Mastercard Initial CIT Standing Order Payment
      • Mastercard Initial CIT Standing Order Payment with TMS
    • Mastercard Subscription Payments
      • Mastercard CIT Initial Subscription Payment
      • Mastercard CIT Initial Subscription Payment with TMS
    • Unscheduled COF Payments
      • Customer-Initiated Unscheduled COF Payment with PAN
      • Customer-Initiated Unscheduled COF Payments with TMS
      • Customer-Initiated Unscheduled COF Payment with Enrollable Network Tokens
      • Merchant-Initiated Unscheduled COF Payments with PAN
      • Merchant-Initiated Unscheduled COF Payments with TMS
  • Token Management Service Processing
    • Additional Resources for TMS
    • Authorizing a Payment with a Customer Token
    • Authorizing a Payment with a Non-Default Shipping Address
    • Authorizing a Payment with a Non-Default Payment Instrument
    • Authorizing a Payment with a Payment Instrument
    • Authorize a Payment with an Instrument Identifier
    • Authorize a Payment While Ignoring Network Token
    • Authorizing a Payment with a Legacy Token
    • Making a Credit with a Customer Token
    • Making a Credit with a Non-Default Payment Instrument
    • Making a Credit with a Payment Instrument
    • Making a Credit with an Instrument Identifier
    • Making a Credit with a Legacy Token
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For more information, see these guides:
  • Token Management Service Developer Guide
  • API field reference guide for the REST API
  • Github repositories: Cybersource
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