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Recurring Payments and Reference Transactions API Operations
UpdateRecurringPaymentsProfile API
Credit Card Details Fields
Field
Description
CREDITCARDTYPE
(Required) Type of credit card.
Character length and limitations: Up to ten single-byte alphabetic characters.
Allowable values:
z Visa
z MasterCard
z Discover
z Amex
z Maestro: See note.
z Solo: See note.
For Canada, only MasterCard and Visa are allowable; Interac debit cards are not
supported.
NOTE:
If the credit card type is Maestro or Solo, the CURRENCYCODE must be
GBP. In addition, either STARTDATE or ISSUENUMBER must be specified.
ACCT
(Required) Credit card number.
Character length and limitations: numeric characters only. No spaces or punctutation.
Must conform with modulo and length required by each credit card type.
EXPDATE
Credit card expiration date.
This field is required if you are using recurring payments with direct payments.
Format: MMYYYY
Character length and limitations: Six single-byte alphanumeric characters, including
leading zero.
CVV2
Card Verification Value, version 2. Your Merchant Account settings determine
whether this field is required. Character length for Visa, MasterCard, and Discover:
exactly three digits.Character length for American Express: exactly four digits.To
comply with credit card processing regulations, you must not store this value after a
transaction has been completed.
STARTDATE
(Optional) Month and year that Maestro or Solo card was issued, the MMYYYY
format.
Character length: Must be six digits, including leading zero.
ISSUENUMBER
(Optional) Issue number of Maestro or Solo card.Character length: two numeric
digits maximum.
Payer Info Type Fields
122
Field
Description
EMAIL
(Optional) Email address of payer.
Character length and limitations: 127 single-byte characters.
FIRSTNAME
(Required) Payer’s first name.
Character length and limitations: 25 single-byte characters.
08 April 2009
Name-Value Pair API Developer Guide