Troubleshoot Payment Issues
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Common Reasons for Failed Transactions
- Card expiry date: the customer’s card has expired.
- Error on the external gateway: there can be intermittent connection issues between the acquiring bank and the card associations. The payment should be attempted again.
- Invalid CVV/brand combination: the customer has entered invalid details.
- No response from connector/acquirer: there are intermittent connection issues between the bank and card associations. The payment should be attempted again.
- Risk management transaction timeout: the customer has not completed the 3D Secure authentication process in the permitted timeframe (limited to regions where
- Banks require 3D Secure).
- Transaction declined by authorization system: the customer’s bank has declined the transaction which might include a variety of risk management guidelines such as
- Xxcessive transactions, transactions in multiple geographic regions or transactions outside of customer’s normal transaction range. Card holder should contact the
- Issuing bank directly for more detail.
- Transaction declined (limit exceeded): the transaction amount exceeds the permitted limit on the customer card.
- User Authentication Failed: the customer failed to complete the 3d secure authentication correctly (limited to regions where banks require 3D Secure).
Common Reasons Customers Cannot Make Payments
- Customer did not receive Text Message (SMS)
- The customer is in an area with poor mobile network reception.
- Network interruption from the customer’s mobile carrier.
- The mobile number is no longer valid or was incorrectly entered.
- Network interruption from Mobipaid’s SMS service provider. Mobipaid monitors for SMS interruption and will notify you directly if this occurs.
- Customer did not receive email request
- Email is in the customer’s Spam folder.
- Your customer’s inbox limit has been reached. No emails are being received.
- Email filter is automatically filing or archiving the message in another folder or location.
- Network interruption from customer’s server or network provider.
- Customer cannot open payment page
- Ensure the customer’s device is connected to the internet. If the device is unsuccessfully searching for WiFi, turn off WiFi, and use cellular network data.
- The customer cannot click the payment link (SMS). Re-send payment request as an email.
- Customer did not receive OTP (one time pin)
- Customer card not enabled for 3DS payments.
- Customer needs to authenticate payment using their banking app.
- OTP was not sent from the cardholder bank. Customer should request the OTP to be sent again, which can be done directly from the 3S payment page.
- OTP is not sent from cardholder bank after multiple requests. Customer should contact the bank using the contact information on the back of the card.