Last Updated: 08 October 2024 | Change Log
Guest Checkout card Payment
Apply card details directly in our Payments API, or use our PCI-compliant Checkout SDK to take a one-time card payment.
Collect the card details and send an API request with these details to the payments
resource.
Request Example
View the full API schema
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A one-off card payment using a plain card number
{ "transactionReference": "Memory265-13/08/1876", "merchant": { "entity": "default" }, "instruction": { "method": "card", "paymentInstrument": { "type": "plain", "cardHolderName": "Sherlock Holmes", "cardNumber": "4000000000001091", "expiryDate": { "month": 5, "year": 2035 }, "billingAddress": { "address1": "221B Baker Street", "address2": "Marylebone", "address3": "Westminster", "postalCode": "SW1 1AA", "city": "London", "state": "Greater London", "countryCode": "GB" }, "cvc": "123" }, "narrative": { "line1": "trading name" }, "value": { "currency": "GBP", "amount": 42 } } }
Enable additional features
Feature | Description | |
---|---|---|
Fraud assessment | Prevent fraudulent transactions. | |
3DS authentication | Shift Liability to the issuer / for EEA countries this is required as part of SCA compliance. | |
SCA Exemptions | Meet SCA compliance without the added friction of 3DS. | Coming Soon |
Auto Settlement | Request that payment authorizations are automatically sent for settlement (sometimes referred to as "capture"). | |
Financial Services (MCC 6012 / 6051) | If you provide financial services, debt repayment, or consumer bill payments, you should supply additional details in the authorization request for compliance reasons. |
Response
Flow differences
API responses differ based on the features you have enabled:
If 3DS is enabled you receive a response to perform Device Data Collection and additionally, if prompted by the card issuer, a challenge response.
If FraudSight is enabled, you can receive a
fraudHighRisk
response, stopping the transaction.If
settlement.auto
is set totrue
, the outcome will besentForSettlement
. If set tofalse
it will beauthorized
with an addtional settlement action required.
See sequence diagrams to get a clear overview.
Payment response
The payment response contains the following details:
- riskFactors (avs/cvc) - if billing address & cvc are provided, these details are checked against the customer's issuing bank
- refusal code and description which gives additional context on the refusal
- 3DS authentication details - details on the 3DS authentication outcome (e.g. challenged)
- fraud assessment details - details on the fraud assessment outcome (e.g. lowRisk, review)
- token creation - details of the card tokenized and the
token href
itself - paymentInstrument - details of the paymentInstrument used
View the full API Response schema.