Authorization Method Codes

The authorizationMethod field on transaction webhooks carries the description string from the table below, not the numeric code. The values come from the card network’s point-of-service condition code (ISO 8583 DE25); the table maps each underlying code to the string you receive. Treat the field as an open-ended string: a value outside this table can appear if the network sends an unexpected code.

Code	Description
00	Normal presentment
01	Customer not present
02	Unattended terminal - card can be retained
03	Merchant suspicious
04	Electronic Cash Register interface
05	Customer present, card not present
06	Pre-authorized request
07	Telephone device required
08	Mail/telephone order
09	POS security alert
10	Customer identity verified
11	Suspected fraud
12	Security reasons
13	Representation of item
14	Public utility terminal
15	Customer’s terminal
16	Administrative terminal
17	Returned item
18	No check in envelope - return
19	Deposit out of balance - return
20	Payment out of balance - return
21	Manual reversal
22	Terminal error - counted
23	Terminal error - not counted
24	Deposit out of balance - apply
25	Payment out of balance - apply
26	Withdrawal error - reversed
27	Unattended terminal - card cannot be retained
51	Request for account number verification without authorization, account number verification and address verification without authorization, or account number and CVV2 verification without authorization
59	E-commerce request through public network
71	Card present, magnetic stripe cannot be read (key-entered), U.S. only

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