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PayPal

PayPal is now part of Aria Smart Payments. PayPal is a financial technology company providing a global online payments system, operating in about 200 markets with over 100 million active users in countries that support online money transfers. The company operates as a payment processor for online vendors, auction sites, and many other commercial and company users.

Features

  • Tokenization
  • Credit Card Processing (Authorization, Capture, Cancel, Reversal)
  • Soft Descriptor
  • CVV/AVS Controls

To set up PayPal Smart Payments, access the Merchant Account Details tab as shown:

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The following fields appear:

Field Description
API URL This is the PayPal endpoint URL used to make API calls. It is required at either the Payment Gateway or Collection Group levels. The Collectino Group value supersedes the Payment Gateway level value.
Client ID The identifier for the PayPal application. It is used to identify your app when making API requests.
Client Secret The Secret key associated with the PayPal application. It is used in combination with the Client ID to authenticate and authorize your app.

Access the Field Options tab as shown:

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The following field appears:

Field Description
soft_descriptor

This is the payment descriptor on account transactions on the customer's credit card statement that PayPal sends to processors. The maximum length of the soft descriptor information that you can pass in the API field is 22 characters. The PayPal prefix uses 8 characters. The soft descriptor supports the following ASCII characters: Alphanumeric characters, Dashes, Asterisks, Periods (.), and Spaces.

Select an accompanying value at the drop-down list:

  • No Value (default)
  • Sales Rep
  • Tax Exemption Number
  • Account Type
  • VAT ID

Access the CVV Conditions tab as shown:

Note: IM is International Maestro, VI, is Visa, MC is MasterCard, DI is Discover, and AX is American Express.

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The following selections appear (click the checkbox to ignore the error code):

Processor CVV Result Description Error Code If Disallowed
0 For IM, the CVV2 matched. 6007
1 For IM, the CVV2 did not match. 6013
2 For IM, the merchant has not implemented CVV2 code handling. 6007
3 For IM, the merchant has indicated that CVV2 is not present on card. 6014
4 For IM, the service is not available. 6018
E For VI, MC, DI, or AX, error - unrecognized or unknown response. 6007
I For VI, MC, DI, or AX, invalid or null. 6012
M For VI, MC, DI, or AX, the CVV2/CSC matches. 6007
N For VI, MC, DI, or AX, the CVV2/CSC does not match. 6013
P For VI, MC, DI, or AX, it was not processed. 6007
S For VI, MC, DI, or AX, the service is not supported. 6018
U For VI, MC, DI, or AX, unknown - the issuer is not certified. 6018
X For VI, MC, DI, or AX, no response. For Maestro, the service is not available. 6018

Access the AVS Conditions tab as shown:

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The following selections appear (click the checkbox to ignore the error code):

Processor AVS Result Description Error Code If Disallowed
0 For IM, all address information matches. 6008
1 For IM, none of the address information matches. 6008
2 For IM, part of the address information matches. 6008
3 For IM, the merchant did not provide AVS information. It was not processed. 6008
4 IM: address was not checked or the acquirer had no response. The service is not available. 6018
A VI, MC, or DI: address matches but the zip code does not match. AX: card holder address is correct. 6008
B VI, MC, or DI: the address matches. International A. 6008
C VI, MC, or DI: no values match. International N. 6017
D VI, MC, or DI: the address and postal code match. International X. 6017
E VI, MC, or DI: not allowed for internet/phone txns. AX: c/h name is wrong but address and zip match. 6008
F VI, MC, or DI: address and zip match. UK-specific X. AX: c/h name is wrong but the address matches. 6008
G VI, MC, or DI: global is unavailable. Nothing matches. 6008
I VI, MC, or DI: international is unavailable. Not applicable. 6008
M VI, MC, or DI: address and zip match. AX: card holder, the name, address, and zip match. 6008
N VI, MC, or DI: nothing matches. AX: card holder, the address and postal code are both incorrect. 6017
P VI, MC, or DI: postal international Z. Postal code only. 6008
R VI, MC, or DI: re-try the request. AX: the system is unavailable. 6018
S VI, MC, or DI, or AX, the service is not supported. 6018
U VI, MC, DI, AX or IM: service is unavailable. 6018
W VI, MC, or DI: whole ZIP code. AX: card holder name, address, and postal code are all incorrect. 6008
X VI, MC, or DI: address and 9-digit ZIP match. AX: c/h name, address, and zip are incorrect. 6008
Y VI, MC, or DI: address and 5-digit ZIP match. AX: the card holder address and zip are both correct. 6008
Z VI, MC, or DI: the 5-digit ZIP matches but no address. AX: only the card holder zip is correct. 6008

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PayPal supports the Credit Card and Tokenized Credit Card pay methods.

Press Save to retain your selections.

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