How to Use VisaNet Connect - Issuing

The following is a list of services and use cases supported by the VisaNet Connect - Issuing APIs. If you need additional information, contact the product office at [email protected]

Supported Use Cases

Supported Use Cases:

1. In store (card-present): a broad range of point-of-sale payment methods including magnetic stripe ("swipe"), EMV1 ("dip"), and NFC2 ("tap") - both with or without PIN (Personal Identification Number).

2. Online (card-not-present): eCommerce, Mail Order/Telephone Order (MOTO), installments, recurring payments, and bill payments

3. Digital Wallets: payments through digital wallets including ApplePay, GooglePay, and SamsungPay.

4. ATM: withdrawals, deposits, balance inquiries, and balance transfers.

 

Key Features and Merchant Segments:

 

· Tokenization: approve tokenization requests through an account verification request message.

· EU PSD2: support for PSD2 requirements including Strong Customer Authentication, Delegated Authentication Service, and SCA exemptions.

· Visa “on-behalf-of” cardholder authentication: support for card and cardholder verification methods including Card Verification Value (CVV), Card Verification Value 2 (CVV2), Cardholder Authentication Verification Value (CAVV), and Address Verification Service (AVS).

· Automated Fuel Dispenser/Electric Vehicle Charging: support for additional data required to process AFD/EVC payments. Commercial/fleet support will be included at a later date.

· Travel and Entertainment (T&E): Support for additional data required for consumer airlines, car rentals, and lodging transactions.

· Visa Installment Service: Installment payment plans that allow consumers to divide a purchase over time into smaller equal payments.

· Cardholder-Initiated Transactions/Merchant-Initiated Transactions Framework

· Risk Scoring: Support for Visa Advanced Authorization (VAA) and Compromised Account Management System (CAMS) scores which can help issuers to optimize loss prevention and maximize profitability through effective risk-scoring capabilities.

· Account Name Inquiry (ANI): ANI enables the payment originator to verify that the name provided by a cardholder matches the name held by their issuing bank

 

1 EMV (Europay, Mastercard, and Visa) - a technical standard for smart payment cards and payment terminals

2 NFC - near-field communication