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- Introduction to Payments
- Standard Payments Processing
- Card Present Connect | Retail Processing
- Authorization with Contact EMV and Online PIN
- Authorization with Contact EMV and Offline PIN
- Card Present Connect | Mass Transit Processing
- Mass Transit Authorizations for a Tap-Initiated Debt Recovery with EMV Data
- Debit and Prepaid Card Processing
- Processing Debit and Prepaid Authorizations
- Airline Data Processing
- Japanese Payment Options Processing
- Processing Payments Using Credentials
- Customer-Initiated Transactions with Credentials on File
- Merchant-Initiated Delayed Transaction
- Merchant-Initiated Incremental Transaction
- Merchant-Initiated No-Show Transactions
- Merchant-Initiated Reauthorization Transactions
- Merchant-Initiated Resubmission Transaction
- Installment Payments
- Recurring Payments
- Token Management Service Processing
- Introduction to Payments
- Standard Payments Processing
- Card Present Connect | Retail Processing
- Authorization with Contact EMV and Online PIN
- Authorization with Contact EMV and Offline PIN
- Card Present Connect | Mass Transit Processing
- Mass Transit Authorizations for a Tap-Initiated Debt Recovery with EMV Data
- Debit and Prepaid Card Processing
- Processing Debit and Prepaid Authorizations
- Airline Data Processing
- Japanese Payment Options Processing
- Processing Payments Using Credentials
- Customer-Initiated Transactions with Credentials on File
- Merchant-Initiated Delayed Transaction
- Merchant-Initiated Incremental Transaction
- Merchant-Initiated No-Show Transactions
- Merchant-Initiated Reauthorization Transactions
- Merchant-Initiated Resubmission Transaction
- Installment Payments
- Recurring Payments
- Token Management Service Processing
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Authorization Workflow

- The customer purchases goods or service from the merchant using a payment card.
- The merchant sends an authorization request tothe acquiring (merchant) bank.
- The acquiring (merchant) bankforwards the authorization request to the payment network.
- The payment network forwards the authorization request to the issuer (customer) bank.
- If funds are available, the issuer (customer) bank reserves the amount of the authorization request and returns an authorization approval to the payment network. If the issuer (customer) bank denies the request, it returns an authorization denial.
- The payment network forwards the message tothe acquiring (merchant) bank.
- The acquiring (merchant) bankforwards the message to the merchant.