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Failed Payment Response Guide

Australia

Bank Payments

Successful Payments

Payment Response Code

-

Payment Response

Success

Subscription Invoice Status**

Active

Invoice Status

Paid

Transaction Status

Success

Payment Provider Response

-

Payment Response Description

The transaction was successful.

Payment Method Status

Valid

What It Means

The transaction was successful. Payments will continue as scheduled.

Suggested Actions (For Integrators)

N/A

Suggested Actions (For Merchants)

N/A

Suggested Actions (For Customers)

N/A

** Only available to integrators on subscription model.

Failed Payments - Fund and Payment Method Issues

Payment Response Code

6

1, 5

Payment Response

Insufficient_funds 

Invalid_payment_method

Subscription Invoice Status**

Inactive

Inactive

Invoice Status

Past_due

Past_due

Transaction Status

Failed

Failed

Payment Provider Response

Refer to customer

1: Invalid BSB Number

5: No account or incorrect account number

Payment Response Description

Payment method has insufficient funds at the time of the transaction.

Payment method details are invalid. Please use a different payment method.

Payment Method Status

Valid

Invalidated

What It Means

At the time of the transaction, the customer did not have enough funds to cover the transaction.


Sometimes the bank will send us this reason code when they have identified fraudulent activity or transactions which are outside of the customer’s regular spend pattern.


The risk rules of the customer bank are outside of our control. The vast majority of transactions that generate this response code are due to genuine insufficient funds.


Payments will stop if maximum failed attempts have been reached.

The BSB or account number is incorrect, and the bank is unable to match the details to any particular account.


Payment stops immediately until issue is resolved.

Suggested Actions
(For Integrators)

You can retry the transaction on a later date without having to recreate the payment method, but we would suggest not retrying on the same day. 

Please confirm with the business or customer what the payment method should be.


Do not attempt to retry the transaction until the payment method token has been recreated.


Once the payment method token has been recreated, you can schedule a retry.

Suggested Actions
(For Merchants)

You can retry the transaction on a later date, but we would suggest not retrying on the same day as it’s unlikely that the customer would have enough funds available within the same day. 

Do not attempt to retry the payment. You should ask the customer for an alternative payment method. Retrying a payment with the same payment details will yield the same failed payment response.

Suggested Actions
(For Customers)

Please ensure there are enough funds in your account before the due date of the next transaction. 

Please check that all details of the account provided to the business are correct. (E.g. Account Name,BSB Number, Account Number). Or you can provide the business with an alternate payment method.

** Only available to integrators on subscription model.

Failed Payments - Bank Account Issues

Status

Failed

Failed

Payment Response Code

2, 4

3

Payment Response

authority_withdrawn

bank_account_closed 

Subscription Invoice Status**

Inactive

Inactive

Invoice Status

Past_due

Past_due

Transaction Status

Failed

Failed

Payment Provider Response

2: Payment stopped

4: Customer deceased

Account closed

Payment Response Description

The authority for the payment method has been withdrawn. Please contact the customer for more information.

The account has been closed. Please use a different payment method.

Payment Method Status

Invalidated

Invalidated

What It Means

A stop payment has been applied by the bank on instruction from the customer.


This occurs generally when a customer does not recognise a payment on their statement and puts a block on it.


Sometimes the customer puts a stop on a recurring payment when they are in dispute with the service provider.


Payment stops immediately until issue is resolved.

Customer account has been closed. Card has been lost/stolen.


Payment stops immediately until issue is resolved.

Suggested Actions
(For Integrators)

Please confirm with the business or customer what the payment method should be.


Do not attempt to retry the transaction until the payment method token has been recreated.


Once the payment method token has been recreated, you can schedule a retry.

Please confirm with the business or customer what the payment method should be.


Do not attempt to retry the transaction until the payment method token has been recreated.


Once the payment method token has been recreated, you can schedule a retry.

Suggested Actions
(For Merchants)

Ask the customer to provide an alternate payment method.


To reinstate the recurring authority, they will need to agree to a new Direct Debit Request with a later date than when they put a stop on the payment.

Do not attempt to retry the payment. You should ask the customer for an alternative payment method.


Retrying a payment with the exact same details will yield the same failed payment response.

Suggested Actions
(For Customers)

If you wish to use the same account details, please contact your bank and authorise payments to be debited by Ezypay. Or you can provide the business with an alternate payment method.

Please provide the business with an alternate payment method.

** Only available to integrators on subscription model.

Failed Payments - Customer Issues

Payment Response Code

9

Payment Response

customer_to_contact_bank

Subscription Invoice Status**

Inactive

Invoice Status

Past_due

Transaction Status

Failed

Payment Provider Response

Technically invalid

Payment Response Description

 Transaction rejected by customer's bank. Please use a different payment method or ask the customer to contact the bank. 

Payment Method Status

Valid

What It Means

Due to some rules that the customer’s bank applies, the transaction is rejected.  


The bank could have set up rules around duplicate detection, fraud or velocity that might have triggered the rejected transaction. 


Some of these rules apply when the customer has reached their spend limit for the day. 


Payment stops immediately until issue is resolved. 

Suggested Actions
(For Integrators)

Please confirm with the business or customer what the payment method should be. 


Do not attempt to retry the transaction until the payment method token has been recreated. 

Once the payment method token has been recreated, you can schedule a retry. 

Suggested Actions
(For Merchants)

Ask the customer to contact their bank to ask why the transaction failed. 


Until the matter is resolved between the customer and their bank, the transaction response will likely be the same, therefore we recommend that you request a different payment method. 

Suggested Actions
(For Customers)

The bank has rejected the transaction. Please contact your bank for the reason as to why the transaction had failed.


This will need to be resolved first before transactions can continue to be debited from this account. Or you can provide the business with an alternate payment method. 

** Only available to integrators on subscription model.

Error Responses

Status

Error

Payment Response Code

7, 8

Subscription Invoice Status**

Active

Invoice Status

Past_Due

Transaction Status

Error

Payment Provider Response

7: Deleted

8: Invalid User ID number

Payment Response

bank_system_error 

Payment Response Description

An error occurred while processing the transaction. Please contact Ezypay support. 

Payment Method Status

Valid

What It Means

An error has occurred while communicating with the payment provider. This could be due to a timeout issue that has caused the payment to be rejected. 

Suggested Actions
(For Integrators)

N/A

Suggested Actions
(For Merchants)

N/A

Suggested Actions
(For Customers)

N/A

** Only available to integrators on subscription model.

Contact

Stone & Chalk - Level 1/477 Pitt St, Sydney NSW 2000

[email protected] | 1300 652 825

www.ezypay.com