Visa Integration

Introduction

Sherlock's is a secure multi-channel e-commerce payment solution that complies with the PCI DSS standard. It allows you to accept and manage payment transactions by taking into account business rules related to your activity (payment upon shipping, deferred payment, recurring payment, payment in instalments, etc.).

The purpose of this document is to explain the Visa mean of payment integration into Sherlock's.

Who does this document target?

This document is intended to help you implement the Visa mean of payment on your e-commerce site.

It includes:

functional information for you
implementation instructions for your technical team

To get an overview of the Sherlock's solution, we advise you to consult the following documents:

Functional presentation
Functionality set-up guide

Understanding Visa and Mastercard payments with Sherlock's

General principles

Cards in the Visa network is one of the most widespread payment cards in the world, used and issued by banks in more than 200 countries.

Visa offers a range of following cards: Visa, VPay, Visa Electron

Furthermore, the Visa network has established the 3-D Secure programme, to reduce the risk of fraud on customers online purchases. This program ensures, at the time of each online payment, that the card is used by the true cardholder.

To pay with a Visa or MasterCard network card, cardholders have to provide their card details, namely:

Card number
Expiry date
Visual security code called CVV
If the cardholder's card and your merchant ID are enrolled in 3-D Secure, the customer will be required to enter a dynamic one-time use code, usually received on their mobile phone.

Acceptance rules

Available functionalities

Payment channels
Internet	V	Default payment channel
MAIL_ORDER, TELEPHONE_ORDER	V
Fax	V
IVS	V

Means of payment
Immediate payment	X
End-of-day payment	V	Default method
Deferred payment	V	Limited to 99 days, except for 3-D Secure which is limited to 6 days because of the liability shift rules.
Payment upon shipping	V	Limited to 99 days, except for 3-D Secure which is limited to 6 days because of the liability shift rules.
Payment in instalments	V
Subscription payment	V
Batch payment	V
OneClick payment	V

Currency management
Multicurrency acceptance	V
Currency settlement	V
Dynamic currency conversion	V

Payment remittance in the bank

Payments are remitted to a bank according to the payment terms you set. As standard, the remittance in bank is triggered at night as from 10 pm CET (Central European Time) via a file exchange with the acquirer.

Account verification on your initiative

For INTERNET and MOTO channels, you are allowed to perform an account verification on your own initiative (not conditioned by the deferred payment delay). To do this, you have to set the transaction amount to “0”. Therefore, Sherlock's will perform an account verification from the acquirer, and the transaction will be stored in the Sherlock's information system, but won’t be remitted in bank.

Attention: the account verification system must be supported by your acquirer. Otherwise, an attempt to perform an account verification on your initiative will be handled as a standard authorisation request with an amount of “0”.

Cap adjustment in case of an error

During a payment, sometimes the current transaction cannot be finalised. This is the case, for instance, when one of the actors in the banking network encounters a failure when processing an authorisation request. The Sherlock's server will send a message to cancel the transaction, this is the famous cap adjustment. This message allows the issuing bank to update, if necessary, the cardholder's card outstandings.

Attention: in order to operate, the adjustment cap in case of an error must be supported by the acquirer. The cancellation is prioritized: it is completed even if the adjustment fails.

Lost and stolen cards checking

If you have the required option, a card checking is done using a lost and stolen list provided by the acquirer. This checking will be carried out during the transaction validation or the remittance steps.

If the provided card is in the lost and stolen cards list during the validation, the operation is rejected.

If the provided card is in the lost and stolen cards list during the remittance, the transaction will not be remitted.

Attention: this checking must be supported by your acquirer. The checking prior to validation is carried out only if the transaction was not authorised on the same day but the transaction authorisation is still valid.

Reversal request

A reversal request aims to cancel the modification of the issuer authorisation cap.

This reversal request is always linked to an authorisation request.

Tip: the reversal request is available for acquirers accepting it (please contact us to have the list).

The reversal request is sent to the acquirer in the following case:

the merchant fully cancels the transaction. The cancellation is prioritized: it is completed even if the reversal fails;
the authorisation server doesn't respond positively to an authorisation request for the following reasons: "approved after identification" or "approved for partial amount";
no response has been received after an authorisation request (timeout);

In order to offer the Visa means of payment on your website, you have to sign a Sherlock's contract.

Making a Visa payment

Sherlock's offers you three solutions to integrate the Visa means of payment:

Sherlock’s Paypage which directly acts as the payment interface with customers via their web browser.
Sherlock’s Office which gives you the opportunity to display your payment pages and works through a server-to-server dialog.
Sherlock’s Office Batch which allows you to process batch payments.

The remittance modes available for a Visa transaction are:

Cancellation mode: default mode allowing transaction remittance on a predefined date, called capture delay. When this capture delay is reached, the remittance is sent automatically. This delay is set via the captureDay field with its 0 default value (end-of-day payment).
Validation mode: you must validate the transaction to trigger the remittance. A capture delay must also be defined. When this capture delay is reached or exceeded, you will not be able to validate the transaction, which will therefore expire automatically.

The diagram below explains the different transaction statuses according to the chosen capture mode:

description of the possible statuses for a transaction

Making a Visa payment with Sherlock’s Paypage

The payment process for Sherlock’s Paypage is described below:

image showing the kinematics of a payment via Paypage

Setting the payment request

The following fields have a particular behaviour:

Field name	Remarks/rules
statementReference	The value sent to this field will appear on your account statement (Available only for some acquirers).

Note: the field paymentMeanBrand can be set to VISA.

Analysing the response

The following table summarises the different response cases to be processed:

Status	Response fields	Action to take
Payment accepted	`acquirerResponseCode` = 00 `authorisationId` = (cf. the Data Dictionary). `cardProductCode` = (cf. the Data Dictionary). `cardProductName` = (cf. the Data Dictionary). `cardProductProfile` = (cf. the Data Dictionary). `cardProductUsageLabel` = (cf. the Data Dictionary). `virtualCardIndicator` = (cf. the Data Dictionary). `issuerCode` = (cf. the Data Dictionary). `issuerCountryCode` = (cf. the Data Dictionary). `paymentMeanBrand` = VISA `paymentMeanType` = CARD `responseCode` = 00	You can deliver the order.
Acquirer refusal	`acquirerResponseCode` = (cf. the Data Dictionary). `responseCode` = 05	The authorisation is refused for a reason unrelated to fraud. If you have not opted for the "new payment attempt" option (please read the Functionality set-up Guide for more details), you can suggest that your customer pay with another means of payment by generating a new request.
Soft decline	`acquirerResponseCode` = A1 `responseCode` = 05	The acquirer has refused the payment because there was no 3-D Secure authentication. Please try the payment again by activating the 3-D Secure authentication.
Refusal due to the number of attempts reached	`responseCode` = 75	The customer has made several attempts that have all failed.
Refusal due to a technical issue	`acquirerResponseCode` = 90-98 `responseCode` = 90, 99	Temporary technical issue when processing the transaction. Suggest that your customer redo a payment later.

For the complete response codes (responseCode) and acquirer response codes (acquirerResponseCode), please refer to the Data dictionary.

Making a Visa payment with Sherlock’s Office

The payment process for Sherlock’s Office is described below:

steps of an American Express payment via Office

Setting the payment request

American Express payments can be initiated using the cardCheckEnrollment function of the CheckOut service. The following fields are used to send information specific to this means of payment:

Field name	Remarks/rules
`cardNumber`	Mandatory
`cardExpiryDate`	Mandatory, if specified on the card.
`cardCSCValue`	Mandatory in some countries (3 digits). The CVV is optional for transactions using the MOTO payment channel.
`paymentMeanBrand`	The paymeantMeanBrand field can be populated with VISA.

Note: if allowed by the acquirer the CVV can be optional for transactions that use the MOTO payment channel.

The paymeantMeanBrand field can be populated with VISA.

For more information, please refer to the 3-D Secure guide on Sherlock’s Office connector to implement the other steps of a 3-D Secure payment.

Analysing the response

The following table summarises the different response cases to be processed:

Status	Response fields	Action to take
Payment accepted	`acquirerResponseCode` = 00 `authorisationId` = (cf. the Data Dictionary). `cardData.cardProductCode` = (cf. the Data Dictionary). `cardData.cardProductName` = (cf. the Data Dictionary). `cardData.cardProductProfile` = (cf. the Data Dictionary). `cardData.cardProductUsageLabel` = (cf. the Data Dictionary). `cardData.virtualCardIndicator` = (cf. the Data Dictionary). `cardData.issuerCode` = (cf. the Data Dictionary). `cardData.issuerCountryCode` = (cf. the Data Dictionary). `cardData.issuerName` = (cf. the Data Dictionary). `paymentMeanBrand` = VISA `responseCode` = 00	You can deliver the order.
Acquirer refusal	`acquirerResponseCode` = (cf. the Data Dictionary). `responseCode` = 05	The authorisation is refused for a reason unrelated to fraud, you can suggest that your customer pay with another means of payment by generating a new request.
Soft decline	`acquirerResponseCode` = A1 `responseCode` = 05	The acquirer has refused the payment because there was no 3-D Secure authentication. Please try the payment again by activating the 3-D Secure authentication.
Refusal due to a technical issue	`acquirerResponseCode` = 90-98 `responseCode` = 90, 99	Temporary technical issue when processing the transaction. Suggest that your customer redo a payment later.

For the complete response codes (responseCode) and acquirer response codes (acquirerResponseCode), please refer to the Data dictionary.

Please refer to 3-D Secure guide to analyse the authentication information.

Managing your Visa transactions

Available cash operations

The following operations are available on Visa transactions:

Cash management
Cancellation	V	Cancellation available on the total or partial amount of the transaction. Depending on your acquirer, a total cancellation can cause a reversal request sending.
Validation	V	Validation available on the partial amount of the transaction.
Refund	V	Refund available on the partial amount of the transaction and for amounts greater than the initial amount (unlimited refund).
Duplication	V
Credit	V

The diagram below informs you which cash management operation is available when a transaction is in a given state:

image too complex to be described, please contact the support

Viewing your Visa transactions

Reports

The reports provided by Sherlock's allow you to have a comprehensive and consolidated view of your transactions, cash operations, accounts and chargebacks. You can use this information to improve your information system.

The availability of Visa transactions for each type of report is summarised in the table below:

Reports availability
Transactions report	V
Operations report	V
Reconciliations report	V
Chargebacks report	V

Note: The paymentMeanBrand field is populated with the value VISA.

Sherlock's Gestion

You can view your Visa transactions and perform various cash management operations with Sherlock's Gestion.