Card Usage Types

The table below lists all available Card Usage parameters, organised by service, with a description of the action for each configured value.

Service

Card Usage Parameters

Setting/Action

Cardholder Verification

Allow Chip PAN Entry Offline PIN Verification.

YES: Online PIN verification and authorisation rules apply. NO: Transaction declined as not permitted

Allow Chip PAN Entry Online PIN Verification

YES: Online PIN verification and authorisation rules apply. NO: Transaction declined as not permitted.

Allow Chip PAN Entry Signature Verification

YES: Authorisation rules apply for signature-verified requests.
NO: Transaction declined as not permitted.

Allow Chip PAN Entry No Verification

YES: All CHIP authorisation rules apply where no customer verification (PIN or Signature) has been provided.
NO: Transaction declined as not permitted.

ATM Services

Allow PIN Change at ATM

YES: Correct PIN entry required; authorisation rules apply.
NO: Transaction declined as not permitted.

Allow PIN Unblock at ATM

YES: Online PIN verified; authorisation rules apply to unblock.
NO: Transaction declined as not permitted.

Allow Balance Enquiry at ATM

YES: Correct PIN required; balance returned based on product level (Level 3: account balance; Level 1: DDS response value).
NO: Transaction declined as not permitted.

Card Present Services

Allow Magstripe Transaction at Chip-Capable Terminal (Technical Fallback)

YES: Technical fallback transactions permitted; authorisation rules apply.
NO: Transaction declined as not permitted.

Allow Contactless Transactions

YES: Contactless authorisation rules apply.
NO: Transaction declined as not permitted.

Allow Magstripe Transactions

YES: Magstripe authorisation parameters apply.
NO: Transaction declined as not permitted.

Miscellaneous

Allow Non-Base Currency Transactions

YES: Cardholder can spend in network-supported currencies.
NO: Transactions outside the configured product currency are declined.

Allow International Transactions

YES: Authorisation rules apply where merchant currency differs from account/card currency.
NO: Currencies different from the account/card currency are declined.

Cash Services

Allow ATM Cash Withdrawal

YES: Correct PIN required; ATM withdrawal authorisation rules apply.
NO: Transaction declined as not permitted.

Allow Cashback Transactions

YES: Cashback authorisation rules apply where cashback is included in the transaction.
NO: Any transaction identifying cashback is declined.

Allow Cash Advance

YES: Authorisation rules applied for Cash Advance merchants.
NO: Transaction declined as not permitted.

Credit Services

Allow Credit to Card Transaction

YES: Credit to Card authorisation rules apply. For Level 3 products, account balance is increased following approval.
NO: Transaction declined as not permitted.

Allow Credit Purchase / Refund

YES: Refund authorisation rules apply. Funds are not credited until the clearing record is received and processed.
NO: Transaction declined as not permitted.

Card Not Present Services

Allow E-Commerce Transactions

YES: E-commerce authorisation rules apply.
NO: Transaction declined as not permitted.

Allow Cardholder Not Present Transactions (excl. recurring & e-commerce)

YES: Authorisation rules apply for Card Not Present requests.
NO: Transaction declined as not permitted.

Approve if AVS Match Fails

YES: Authorisation rules applied following an AVS failure. NO: Transaction declined as not permitted.

Allow Recurring Transactions

YES: Authorisation rules apply where recurring indicators are provided.
NO: Transaction declined as not permitted.

Allow Credentials on File Transactions

YES: Authorisation rules apply for Credential on File requests.
NO: Transaction declined as not permitted.

Allow CVV2 Not Present Transactions

YES: Customer Not Present authorisation rules apply where CVV2 is not received.
NO: Transaction declined as not permitted.

Allow Domestic E-Commerce Transactions Only

YES: E-commerce merchants with a country code differing from card issuance country are declined.
NO: No country code restrictions for e-commerce merchants (outside network-level sanctions).



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