Card Verification
An overview of our Card Verification functionality.
Overview
Card Verification functionality allows you to create a payment order with a zero value, for the purposes of verifying a customer’s card without needing to take any payment.
This can be especially useful for recurring payments, allowing you to verify the card now, and take payments later.
Supported functionalities
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Currently supports only the following card schemes: Visa, Mastercard, Maestro, Diners Club & Discover |
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Supports Viva's Marketplace schema |
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Supports client-side tokenization (saved cards) |
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Supports Viva's ISV schema |
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Supports recurring payments (allowRecurring) |
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Does not currently support digital wallets (e.g. Apple Pay, Google Pay, Samsung Pay) |
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Does not support the following parameters: pre-authorizations (preauth), installments (maxInstallments / forceMaxInstallments), variable amounts (disableExactAmount), tips (tipAmount), merchant-side tokenization (cardTokens) |
Process
1. The merchant initiates a Card Verification by creating a payment order with isCardVerification = true and amount = 0
2. The merchant redirects the customer to Smart Checkout using the order code generated by the above API (as usual)
3. The customer enters their card information or selects a saved card to use for the purposes of making the verification, as per the below (note the amount is ‘0’, the ‘Pay’ button reads ‘Submit’ and a small message at the bottom of the screen informs the customer they will not be charged at this time):
4. The customer then proceeds through 3DS validation to complete the verification process
5. Once complete, the transaction will appear in the merchant’s self-care account as type ‘Card Verification’
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