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CHAPTER 1 —_BASE II CLEARING DATA CODES 1.1 ARDEF Card Types. 1.2 Authorization Characteristics Indicato 1.3 Authorization Source Code. 1.4 AVS Response Code. 1.5 Batch Reject Reason Code. 1.6 Bonus Month Sign.. 1.7 Car Rental Extra Charges. 1.8 Car Rental No-Show Indicator. 1.9 Cardholder-Activated Terminal Indicator. 1.10 Cardholder ID Method. 1.11 Chargeback Reason Code. 1.12 Chargeback Reason Code—Retired .. 1.13 Chargeback Reason Code—Retired. 1.14 Chargeback Reason Codes for U.S. National CPS Transactions.. 1.15 Chargeback Rights Indicator. 1.16 Computerized Reservation System. 1.17 CRB/Exception File Indicator. 1.18 — CW2 Result Code. 1.19 Data Capture Card Type. 1.20 Dispute Request Reason Code—Copy Request and Fulfillment Service...1-39 1.21 Dispute Return Reason Code—Copy Request and Fulfillment Service.....1-40 1.22 Dispute Ruling Reason Code—Copy Request and Fulfillment Service.. 1.23 Documentation Indicator. 1.24 Fee Collection/Funds Disbursement Reason Code. 1.25 Fee Program Indicator—Domestic. 1.26 Fee Program Indicator—Japan Domestic. 1.27 Fee Program Indicator—Interregional. 1.28 Floor Limit Indicator. 1.29 Fuel Type 1.30 International Fee Indicator. ie ap acu Vea Gwfderi GAGE W Glaning Oata Cosme Contentsume 1.31 1.32 1.33 1.34 1.35 1.36 1.37 1.38 1.39 1.40 141 1.42 1.43 1.44 1.45 1.46 1.47 1.48 1.49 1.50 151 1.52 1.53 154 1.55 1.56 157 1.58 1.59 1.60 161 1.62 1.63 1.64 1.65 1.66 Issuer Commercial Card Service Indicator. Lodging Extra Charges. Lodging No-Show Indicator. Mail/Phone/Electronic Commerce and Payment Indicator. Market Indicator. Market-Specific Authorization Data Indicator. Member Settlement Data Codes. Merchant Mailing CRB Region Code. Merchant Mailing Transaction Type. Miscellaneous Airline Charge Data Code. Money Transfer Reason Codes.. Non-Fuel Product Code. POS Entry Mode. POS Environment. POS Terminal Capability. Prepaid Card Indicator. Product ID Values. Purchase Identifier Format Reason Code.. Reimbursement Attribute. Request for Copy Reason Code. Requested Payment Service. Requested Payment Service/Authorization Characteristics Indicator: Valid Combinations. Restricted Ticket Indicator. Return/Reclassification Reason Code. ‘Sendback Reason Code. Service Type. Settlement Flag. Settlement Type. ‘Special Chargeback Indicator. ‘Special Condition Indicators. Transaction Code Qualifier. Vea Gwfderi GAGE W Glaning Oata Cosme ean 2a1.67 Type of Purchase Code. 1.68 Unattended Acceptance Terminal Indicato 1.69 Unit of Measure Code. CHAPTER 2. COUNTRY AND CURRENCY CODES 2.41 Country and Currency Code Fields. 2.2 Currency to Country Cross-Reference.. 2.3 Country and Currency Codes. 24 25 2.6 CHAPTER 3 RETAINED AND RETURNED DATA ELEMENTS 3.1 Retained and Retumed Data Elements—Intemnational. 3.2 Retained and Retumed Data Elements—U.S. National. 3.3 Retained and Retumed Data Elements—Visa Money Transfer. Glossary Index ie ap acu Vea Gwfderi GAGE W Glaning Oata Cosme Wt Contentsume THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK. Vea Gwfderi GAGE W Glaning Oata Cosme 6am 20114 ARDEF Card Types. 1-2 Authorization Characteristics Indicators. 1-3. Authorization Source Codes. 1-4 AVS Response Codes. 1-5 Batch Reject Reason Codes. 1-6 Bonus Month Sign. 1-10 1-7 Car Rental Extra Charges. Lan 1-8 Car Rental NoShow Indicators. 1-12 1-9 Cardholder ID Methods. 114 1-10 Chargeback Reason Codes. 115, 1-11 Retired Chargeback Reason Codes—NonT&E. 1-27 1-12 Retired Chargeback Reason Codes—T&E, 1-30 1-13 Chargeback Reason Codes for U.S. Natlonal Custom Payment Service Transactions. 1:33 114 Non-T&E Chargeback Rights Indicators. 1.34 115 TRE Chargeback Rights Indicators. 1.34 1-16 Computerized Reservation System Codes. 1.35 1-17 —_CRBVException File Indicators. 1-36 148 — cW2Result Code. 137 1-19 Data Capture Card Types 1.38 1-20 Dispute Request Reason Codes—Copy Request and Fulfilment Service. 1.39 1-21 Dispute Return Reason Codes—Copy Request and Fulfilment Service, 1-40 1-22 Dispute RulingReason Codes—Copy Request and Fuffllment Service. 41 1-23 Documentation Indicators, 1-42 1-24 Fee Collection/Funds Diebursement Reason Codes. 1.43 1-25 Fee Progam Indicator—Domestic. 1.50 1-26 Fee Progam Indicator—Japan Domestic. La 1-27 Fee Progam Indicators—interregonal 1-110 1-28 Floor Limit Indicators. 4-113 1-20 Fuel Type Codes 1-114 1-30 Intemational Fee Indicator. L1i7 1-31__Issuer Commercial Card Service Indicators. ais 1-32 Lodgng.xtra Charges 1-119 1-33 _LodgngNo-Show indicator. 1-120 1-34 MaiyPhone/Electronic Commerce and Payment indicator. 1124 1-35 Market Indicator. 1-123 1-36 Market-Specific Authorization Data Indicator. 1-124 1-37 Member Settlement Date—Record Type Codes 1-125 1-38 Member Settlement Data—Repott-Level Indicator Codes. 1-126 1-39 Member Settlement Data—Summary-Level Codes. 1-127 1-40 Member Settlement Data—Summary Transaction Usage Codes. 1-128 1-41 Merchant Mailing CRB Regon Codes. 1-129 1-42 Merchant MailingTransaction Types. 1-134 1-43 Miscellaneous Charge Data Codes. 1-132 ie ap acu Vea Gwfderi GAGE W Glaning Oata Cosme TablesSorel 1-44 Money Transfer Reason Codes. 1-133 1-45 Non-Fuel Product Code. 1-135 1-46 —_Nonfulflment Reason Codes—Copy Request and Fulfilment Service, 1.137 1-47 Payment Method Codes. 1138 1-48 Payment Mode Codes. 1-139 1-49 PCAS Indicators. 1-140 1-50 POS Entty Mode Codes. 14a 1-51 POS Environment Codes. 143 1-52 POS Terminal Capabilities. 1144 1-53 Prepaid Card Indicator (PCI) Codes. 1-145 1-54 Product ID Values 1-145 1-35 Purchase Identifier Formats. 1-147 1-56 Reimbursement Attributes. 1-149 1ST Request for Copy Reason Codes. 1-152 1-58 Requested Payment Services. 1-183 1-59 Requested Payment Service/Authorizetion Characteristics Indicator: Valid Combinations. 1-154 1-60 Restricted Ticket Indicators. 1-156 1-61 Returr/Reclassification Reason Codes. 1-157 1-62 _ Sendback Reason Codes. Lary 1-63 Service Type Codes. Lars Settlement Flags. L179 ‘Settlement Type Codes. 1-180 ‘Special Chargeback indicators. Lisi ‘Special Condition indicators. 1-182 Transaction Code Qualifiers. 183 ‘Type of Purchase Codes. Lisa Unattended Acceptance Terminal Indicator. 1-185 Unit of Measure Code. 1-186 Numeric Currenay Code to Country Name Cross-Reference 24 Country and Currency Codes. 29 Canadian Province Codes. 2-18 US. State Codes. 2-19 Settlement Currencies. 221 Retained and Returned Data Elements—Intemational 3.3 Retained and Returned Data Elements—U S. Netional 35 Retained and Returned Data Elements—Visa Money Transfer (Market Indicator = A), 37 vi Vea Gwfderi GAGE W Glaning Oata Cosme ean 2aAbout This Manual BASE Il Clearing Data Codes provides information regarding codes associated with the VisaNet. BASE II Clearing System The BASE II System uses a number of codes to facilitate the electronic exchange of deta, The codes * Explain the reason for a BASE Il processing action. * Instruct the BASE II System to perform specific processing * Provide information about the type of customer transaction, * Provide fee information, Organization of This Manual BASE II Clearing Data Codes includes the following chapters: Chapter 1, BASE I! Clearing Data Codes—Licts and defines the reason and indicator codes Used in BASE II records. Chapter 2, Country and Currency Codes—Lists and defines the country and currency codes Used in the State/Province Code, Country Code, and Currency Code fields of BASE II records Chapter 3, Retained and Returned Data Elements—Lists and defines the fields used to process chargebacks, retrievals, and fraud advice. These chapters are followed by a Glossary and an Index REFERENCE DOCUMENTATION This manual is @ part of the BASE II Clearing documentation series. For further BASE II information, see the following documents: * BASE II Clearing Edit Package (Release 3) Operations Guide * BASE Il Clearing Edit Package (Release 3) Reports * BASE Il Clearing Interchange Formats, TC 01 to TC 48 * BASE II Clearing Interchange Formats, TC 50 to TC 92 * BASE II Clearing PC Edit Package for Windows (Release 3.04) User's Guide * BASE Il Clearing VML Developer Handbook * BASE II Clearing VIL Formats * Visa Intemational Operating Regulations * Operating Regulations of the six Visa regons * Visa USA. Merchant Data Manual 6 ape 20. Vea Guten GAGE W Glaning Oata Coss About This Manualrenueyy e1yL anoqy THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK. Vea Gwfderi GAGE W Glaning Oata Cosme 6am 201Coney P27 SS med ARDEF CARD TYPES. ‘AUTHORIZATION CHARACTERISTICS INDICATOR. AUTHORIZATION SOURCE CODE. [AVS RESPONSE CODE. BATCH REJECT REASON CODE... BONUS MONTH SIGN. CAR RENTAL EXTRA CHARGES... CAR RENTAL NO-SHOW INDICATOR. CARDHOLDER-ACTIVATED TERMINAL INDICATOR. CARDHOLDER ID METHOD. CHARGEBACK REASON CODE. CHARGEBACK REASON CODE—RETIRED CHARGEBACK REASON CODE—RETIRED.. CHARGEBACK REASON CODES FOR U.S. NATIONAL CPS TRANSACTIONS. CHARGEBACK RIGHTS INDICATOR. COMPUTERIZED RESERVATION SYSTEM. (CRB/EXCEPTION FILE INDICATOR. (CW2 RESULT CODE. DATA CAPTURE CARD TYPE. DISPUTE REQUEST REASON CODE—COPY REQUEST AND FULFILLMENT SERVICE . 1-30 DISPUTE RETURN REASON CODE—COPY REQUEST AND FULFILLMENT SERVICE...1-40 DISPUTE RULING REASON CODE—COPY REQUEST AND FULFILLMENT SERVICE. ..1-41 DOCUMENTATION INDICATOR... -42 FEE COLLECTION/FUNDS DISBURSEMENT REASON CODE. FEE PROGRAM INDICATOR—DOMESTIC. .. ie ap acu Vea Gwfderi GAGE W Glaning Oata Cosme 7 Clearing Data Codes BASE‘sapeo ereg BuUEaID II aSva Coney FEE PROGRAM INDICATOR—JAPAN DOMESTIC. FEE PROGRAM INDICATOR—INTERREGIONAL. FLOOR LIMIT INDICATOR. FUEL TYPE. INTERNATIONAL FEE INDICATOR. ISSUER COMMERCIAL CARD SERVICE INDICATOR. LODGING EXTRA CHARGES. . LODGING NO-SHOW INDICATOR. MAIL/PHONE/ELECTRONIC COMMERCE AND PAYMENT INDICATOR. MARKET INDICATOR. MARKET-SPECIFIC AUTHORIZATION DATA INDICATOI MEMBER SETTLEMENT DATA CODES.. MERCHANT MAILING CRB REGION CODE.. MERCHANT MAILING TRANSACTION TYPE. MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINE CHARGE DATA CODE. MONEY TRANSFER REASON CODES. NON-FUEL PRODUCT CODE. PAYMENT METHOD. PAYMENT MODE. . PCAS INDICATOR. POS ENTRY MODE... POS ENVIRONMENT. POS TERMINAL CAPABILITY. PREPAID CARD INDICATOR... PRODUCT ID VALUES. PURCHASE IDENTIFIER FORMAT REASON CODE. REIMBURSEMENT ATTRIBUTE. 12 Vea Gwfderi GAGE W Glaning Oata Cosme ean 2acornet REQUEST FOR COPY REASON CODE. REQUESTED PAYMENT SERVICE.. REQUESTED PAYMENT SERVICE/AUTHORIZATION CHARACTERISTICS INDICATOR: VALID COMBINATIONS. RESTRICTED TICKET INDICATOR. RETURN/RECLASSIFICATION REASON CODE. .. ‘SENDBACK REASON CODE. ‘SERVICE TYPE.. ‘SETTLEMENT FLAG. ‘SETTLEMENT TYPE... ‘SPECIAL CHARGEBACK INDICATOR. ‘SPECIAL CONDITION INDICATORS... TRANSACTION CODE QUALIFIER. ‘TYPE OF PURCHASE CODE.. UNATTENDED ACCEPTANCE TERMINAL INDICATOR... UNIT OF MEASURE CODE. ie ap acu Vea Gwfderi GAGE W Glaning Oata Cosme 7 Clearing Data Codes BASE‘sapeo ereg BuUEaID II aSva THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK. 14 TAGE I Cening Data Cons 6am 201Chapter 1 | BASE Il Clearing Data Codes 4.4 ARDEF CARD TYPES The ARDEF Card Type defines all the valid card ranges handled by BASE Il It also provides all the card ranges associated with clearing BINS. Table 1-1. ARDEF Card Types Code Definition arn Busnes Card lassie Electron ‘COPAC (Obsolete) Visa TravelMoney Card x] o|-a|mfo] o]> Visa Infinite Card i Resened Piatinum Visa Signature Card rivaxe Label Card MasterCard EuroCard ATM Gateway Networks Visa Signature Business Premier Proprietary Card Corporate TEE Card Purchasing Card Travel Voucher V PAY Reserved for future use Resened n]<|=|<|-]o] 2/o}]o]zf=]-]= Resened 6 ape 20. Vea Guten GAGE W Glaning Oata Coss 15 BASE II Clearing Data Codes‘sapeo ereg BuUEaID II aSva Chapter 1 Hl Authorization Characteristics In 4.2 AUTHORIZATION CHARACTERISTICS INDICATOR The Authorization Characteristics Indicator is used in the following interchange formats: * Draft Date: TCR 0, Position 154 + TC 48, BASE | Advice—1SO-Enriched: TOR 2, Position 60 * TC S7, Data Capture Advice: TCR 0, Postion 154 (ee Table 1-59 for information on valid combinations of the individual Custom Payment Services progam.) Table 1-2 Authorization Characteristics Indicators Code Definition a Card present ‘Card present with merchant name and location data cardholderactvated, ‘seff-senvice terminal. (Card present with merchant name and location data (Card not present—Account Funding ‘Card present with hey-enty (Card not present—Direct Marketing (no Address Verification ‘Servioe—Germany). ‘Not a payment service transaction (Card not present (Preferred Customer participation requested) (Card not present (Address Verification Senvice not require) Elecionic Commerce 3-0 Secure Attempts [A CPS Program was not avalable when authorzed Card not present—3-D Secure Electronic Commerce <[e}a|v] =|] 2]= Card not present (Address Verification Senice requested) Card not present—Non-3-D Secure Electronic Commerce x= Disqualified custom payment service transaction (inserted by BASE Il) 16 Vea Gwfderi GAGE W Glaning Oata Cosme ean 2aChapter 1 Hi] Authorization Source Code 4.3. AUTHORIZATION SOURCE CODE The Authorization Source Code is used in the following interchange formats: * Draft Date: TCR 4, Position 128 * TC 57, Data Capture Advice: TCR O—Transaction Detail, Position 87 Note The definitions of codes for, 7, 8, and 9 difer from those forthe came codes inthe Visllet ingame Payment WLP) Syston NoTE ‘Autprizaton Source Codes are required in TIF2, CPS, EPS, and Supermarket wantactons Table 1-3 Authorization Source Codes Code Definition ° Advice of Exception File update Response provided by STIP: request timed out by Switch (Assured Transaction Response) 2 ‘Reqpanse provided by STIP: vansaction amount below PCAS isauer limit (with or without AVS), AVS only, or telecode verification only Response provided by STIP: asuer center in Suppress Inquiries (SI) mode. ‘Response provided by STIP: issuer not available for processing (for reasons other than SI mode 5 ‘Response provided by issuer center (authorization only, authorization and address vetfcation, or address vertication onl) Offne approval. POS-device generated Acquirer approval: BASE I unavailable Acquirer approval: referral [No authorization source code; non-authorized transactions Referral. authoreation code manually entered (Offine approval: authorzation cade manually entered ‘CAFIS generated response, pos-authorization Japan onl) o[ a] m| of ofa] ~]o [sever approval, pos-authorization Japan onl) 6 ape 20. Vea Guten GAGE W Glaning Oata Coss aT BASE II Clearing Data Codes‘sapeo ereg BuUEaID II aSva Coney 1.4 I eenrr es AVS RESPONSE CODE The Address Verification Service (AVS) Response Code is used in the following interchange formats: * Draft Data: TOR 1 - Additional Data, Posttion 127 * TC S7, Data Capture Advice: TCR 0, Position 148, NoTE Ifthe formatis VML and the code isa space or ao, special attandon must be pad because the code could have ‘10 diferent meanings 1) n VML the space or zero may mean "not applicable" n whic case the fd shoul not be presentin the vanszction, or 2) if the space or ro has 2 business meaning, the flé should be presentin ‘he rensacton for example, 2 space may indicat eligi fora partcular fee ype. Please see the BASE I Clearmg VML Developer Handbook for more information Table 1-4 AVS Response Codes Code Definition ‘Space [Not applicable. a Address matches, but ZIP code does not match 8 ‘Street addresses match for international vansadton. Postal code not verified due ‘to incompatible formats. (Acquirer sent street adress and postal code.) c ‘Street address and postal code not verified for international transaction due to incompatible formats. (Acquirer sent street adcress and postal code.) D ‘Street addresses and postal codes match for intemrational transaction. E Error response for Merchant Category Code. F Address does compare and five-digit ZIP code does compare (UK en). 6 ‘Address information is unavailable, intemational vansaction, non-AVS paripant, T ‘Address information not verified for international vansaction ™ ‘Street addresses and postal codes match for intemational transaction. N ‘Address and ZIP code do not match P Postal codes match for intemational vansacion. Street address nat verified due to incompatible formats. (Acauirer sent street address and postal code.) R ety, system unavailable or timed out Ss "Not applicable. If present replace with “U" for domestic) or“G™ (for intemational) by VLP Available for US. issuers only vu [Address information is unavailable, domestic vansaction. w [Nine-|o}o|~/ofafa)ef» (cPS/Account Funding (CP5/Electronic Commerce - Prefered (CPS/Eleconic Commerce Preferred - Passenger Transport (CP5/Electronic Commerce Preferred - Hotel (CP5/Electronic Commerce Preferred - Car Rental zle|-|=e (CP5/Retail Service Station 6 ape 20. Vea Guten GAGE W Glaning Oata Coss 1153 BASE II Clearing Data Codes