Cards Error Code
Learn more about the error codes associated with card payments, including brief descriptions and their causes.
The list below is the top error codes associated with Card payments, along with their corresponding reasons and descriptions.
Error Message
- The payment was declined as the customer has exceeded the balance or the credit limit available on the card.
- The payment was declined because the specified amount exceeds allowed limits.
Source: ACQUIRER
Error Message
- Specified card is not allowed for this transaction because it has expired.
- Payment Instrument has expired.
Source: ACQUIRER
Error Message
- Payment Instrument is reported as lost.
Source: ACQUIRER
Error Message
- Transaction declined due to a suspected counterfeit or stolen card.
- The payment was declined card issuer does not allow this type of payment on this card/account.
- Invalid card number.
- Specified card is not allowed for this transaction.
- The transaction declined as card was reported lost or stolen.
- Transaction was declined as card issuer does not permit the transaction on this card/account.
- The payment was declined as card issuer has restricted where the card can be used.
- The transaction declined as the card is blocked.
- Payment Instrument is reported as picked up.
- Payment Instrument is restricted to perform the relevant operation.
Source: ACQUIRER
Error Message
- Specified card is not allowed for this transaction because it is not enrolled for 3DS.
- Card not enrolled in 3D Secure.
Source: ACQUIRER
Error Message
- Payment Instrument is reported as Stolen.
Source: ACQUIRER
Error Message
- Invalid CVV specified on the card payment option.
- The payment was declined by the acquirer.
Source:
ACQUIRERINTERNAL
Error Message
- The request has already been processed.
- Duplicate Transaction.
Source:
ACQUIRERINTERNAL
Error Message
- Insufficient funds to proceed with payment using the specified payment option.
- Insufficient Funds.
Source: ACQUIRER
Error Message
- Internal server error. The request cannot be processed at this time.
- Internal Technical Issue related to certificate, encryption or signing.
Source:
ACQUIRERINTERNAL
Error Message
- Invalid card details.
Source: INTERNAL
Error Message
- The payment was declined by the card issuer on this merchant.
Source: ACQUIRER
Error Message
- The payment was declined by acquirer because of an invalid format or field.
- The request does not the expected contract and cannot be processed. This may be due to malformed request, invalid or missing parameters.
- Invalid amount.
- Invalid Request Parameters.
- Verification failed due to an invalid or expired token.
- The request does not meet the expected contract and cannot be processed. This may be due to malformed request, invalid or missing parameters.
- Invalid Merchant or merchant not permitted related operation.
- Original Amount Incorrect.
Source:
ACQUIRERINTERNAL
Error Message
- Relevant User Account not active/valid.
Source: ACQUIRER
Error Message
- The payment was declined as issuer was not available.
Source: ACQUIRER
Error Message
- The specified issuer is not supported for this operation.
- Issuer not supported.
Source: ACQUIRER
Error Message
- The specified operation cannot be made because required precondition has failed.
Source: INTERNAL
Error Message
- The order has already been cancelled and cannot be modified further.
Source: ACQUIRER
Error Message
- No order with specified order-id exists in the system.
Source: INTERNAL
Error Message
- The payment was declined by the card issuer.
- The payment was declined as payment could not be authorized by the issuer.
- The payment was declined by the acquirer.
- The transaction was cancelled by the card holder or the acquirer.
- Transaction was declined as card issuer does not permit the transaction on this card/account.
- The payment was declined by the Issuer.
- The payment was declined as it requires a user PIN.
- The payment was declined due to connection issue at the acquirer.
- The payment was declined due to a policy reason of the card issuer.
- The payment was declined by the acquirer due to invalied terminalID.
- The payment was declined as international transaction is not enabled.
- The payment was declined by the acquirer.
- Transaction declined basis risk checks.
- Transaction declined by Acquirer due to unknown reason.
- Txn Declined by Issuer
- Transaction has been declined due to some problem with card. Please contact the Issuer.
- Transaction declined by Acquirer due to unknown reason.
- Invalid Merchant or merchant not permitted related operation.
- Guest Checkout Token Provisioning Failed.
Source:
ACQUIRERINTERNAL
Error Message
- Transaction expired.
Source: ACQUIRER
Error Message
- The payment requires authorization before it can be processed.
- Transaction not Authorized.
Source:
ACQUIRERINTERNAL
Error Message
- The payment was declined because too many payments were attempted using the specified payment option.
- Failure due to request velocity or limit checks.
Source: ACQUIRER
Error Message
- The maximin refund limit rfund reached.
Source: ACQUIRER
Error Message
- The payment was declined after a risk check.
- The payment was declined because the card issuer suspects this payment to be fraudulent.
- The payment was declined as card issuer indicated a security issue with this card.
- Payment Instrument suspected to be used fraudulently
Source: ACQUIRER
Error Message
- The request timed out. Please try again later.
- Transaction Timed out.
- Invalid Merchant or merchant not permitted related operation.
Source: ACQUIRER
Error Message
- Consumer Authentication failed.
- Authentication timed out.
Source: ACQUIRER
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