Legacy and Upgraded

Business Center

and API Service Feature Comparison

This table lists common recurring billing key features and compares the legacy Recurring Billing service using the SCMP and Simple Order APIs to the upgraded Recurring Billing service and Token Management Service (TMS) that use the REST API and the Business Center.

API Service Feature Comparison

Feature	Legacy Recurring Billing	Upgraded Recurring Billing
Email notifications.	Set up notifications in the Business Center.	Notifications are sent automatically to the email address associated with the customer token. They contain information from the plan and subscription details for a prepayment, successful payment, or failed payment.
Merchant-initiated transactions.	See: https://support.cybersource.com/s/article/Support-for-Merchant-Initiated- Transactions-and-Credential-on-File-for-Visa-Mastercard-and-Discover
Optional data storage.	Other data storage where data is encrypted or not encrypted.	Not possible.
Visa Bill Payment Program.	Set the SCMP API field bill_payment to Y , or the Simple Order API field ccAuthService_billPayment to true .	Set the REST API field processingInformation. authorizationOptions. billPayment to true .
Replacement expiration dates.	Contact customer support to enable your account.	Not possible.
Customer subscription sharing.	Contact customer support to enable your account.	Not possible.
Account Updater.	Integrated with Recurring Billing to keep card data current through SCMP API or Simple Order API batch uploads and automatic updates.	Integrated with Recurring Billing to keep card data current through REST API batch uploads and automatic updates.