Mandatory sub-lines
The
PaymentDetails
,
BankAccount
, and
Address
sub-lines described below are mandatory when submitting a bank transfer or a ACH Direct Debit (DD) payment authorisation request.
PaymentDetails
Optional fields: if you do not populate one or more non-mandatory fields and leave them blank, you need in any case to insert delimiting commas because the Adyen payments platform expects a preset, fixed number of fields per line/sub-line.
Field # | Format | Required | Description |
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1 | Fixed value: SL
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Record type identifier |
2 | Numeric | ![]() |
SL sub-line record number reference within its parent line.
The counter starts at 1, and it increments sequentially by one unit.
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3 | Fixed value: PaymentDetails
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Transaction type. Defines the required field types for the specific sub-line. |
4 | Numeric | ![]() |
Amount. |
5 | Numeric | ![]() |
The currency exponent. |
6 | Alphabetic | ![]() |
The three-character ISO currency code. |
7 | Alphanumeric | ![]() |
A shopper's reference, which is the unique identifier for a shopper. Required element for recurring payments and to create recurring contracts. |
8 | Email address | ![]() |
The shopper's email address. Required element for recurring payments and to create recurring contracts. |
9 | Alphanumeric | ![]() |
Shopper statement. The soft descriptor for the transaction. |
10 | IP address | ![]() |
The IP address the shopper used to carry out the transaction. |
11 | Numeric | ![]() |
Fraud offset. The value to be applied to offset the calculated risk score. It can be either a positive or a negative value. |
BankAccount
- This sub-line holds information about bank transfer payments carried out using the shopper's bank account details.
- In an authorisation request for bank account payments, the
BankAccount
sub-line needs to be submitted as sub-line 2.
Field # |
Format |
Required |
Description |
---|---|---|---|
1 |
Fixed value: |
Record type identifier |
|
2 |
Numeric |
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|
3 | Fixed value: |
Transaction type. |
|
4 |
Alphabetic |
Two-letter bank account owner name.
|
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5 |
Alphabetic |
Two-letter country code. |
|
6 | Numeric |
Bank account number. |
|
7 |
Numeric |
ABA routing number/ Branch location number. |
Address
Address
sub-line to include information about the shopper's billing and delivery addresses.You need to specify billing and deliver addresses on separate
Address
sub-lines:
- One
Address
sub-line containing the billing address information; - One
Address
sub-line containing the delivery address information.
Field # | Format | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Fixed value: SL
|
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Record type identifier |
2 | Numeric | ![]() |
SL sub-line record number reference within its parent line.The counter starts at 1, and it increments sequentially by one unit. |
3 | Fixed value: Address
|
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Transaction type. Defines the required field types for the specific sub-line. |
4 |
Allowed values:
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The type of address that is being submitted: either a billing or a delivery address. |
5 | Alphanumeric | ![]() |
Street address. |
6 | Alphanumeric | ![]() |
House number or name. |
7 | Alphanumeric | ![]() |
City. |
8 | Alphanumeric | ![]() |
ZIP/Post code. |
9 | Alphanumeric | ![]() |
State/Province/Region. |
10 | Alphabetic | ![]() |
Two-letter country code. The country value format needs to adhere to the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 standard. An invalid country code results in a transaction/request rejection. You can look up country codes on the ISO website. |
Sample authorisation for ACH Direct Debit file:
SL,1,PaymentDetails,100,2,USD,,,,,
SL,2,BankAccount,Adyen Inc,US,4780345603,066000359
SL,3,Address,Billing,South Buena Vista Street,500,Burbank,91521,CA,US