PINless Bill Pay - pldbillpay

Merchants that process both recurring transactions and PINless debit transactions can take advantage of PINless bill pay. PINless bill pay transactions can run after confirming that the card the transaction will charge to is valid using binlookup.

In this section:

For the entire list of API endpoints, refer to API Endpoints.

Requirements

PINless bill pay is available on terminals with the following settings:

Region set to USA
Debit enabled
PINless Debit Bill Pay enabled
Eligible Merchant MCC/SIC Code

Process Flow

Before sending a request for a PINless bill pay transaction, you need to confirm that the card supports PINless bill pay as an option. To do this, send a binlookup request and check for the following field/value combinations.

<debit>Y</debit>
<billPaymentSupport>Y</billPaymentSupport>

Request

Field name	Description	Required	Length	Data type
`ssl_merchant_id`	Merchant ID Elavon-assigned Converge account ID.	Required	15	numeric
`ssl_user_id`	Converge User ID The user ID with Hosted Payment API User status that can send transaction requests through the terminal.	Required	15	alphanumeric
`ssl_pin`	Terminal ID Unique identifier of the terminal that will process the transaction request and submit to the Converge gateway. The `ssl_user_id` sending the transaction request must be associated with the terminal that will process the request.	Required	64	alphanumeric
`ssl_transaction_type`	Transaction Type Valid value: `pldbillpay`	Required	20	alphanumeric
`ssl_amount`	Transaction Amount The base amount that does not include the Surcharge amount. Format: Number with 2 decimals places	Required	11	numeric
`ssl_customer_number`	Customer/Payee Account Number	Required	25	numeric
[Card Data]
`ssl_card_number`	Card Number Card Number as it appears on the debit card.	Required	18	numeric
`ssl_exp_date`	Card’s Expiry Date Date when the card becomes invalid. Format: MMYY	Optional	4	numeric
`ssl_account_type`	Bank Deposit Account Type Valid values: `0` - Checking `1` - Savings	Required	1	numeric

Response

Field name	Description
`ssl_result`	Transaction Outcome An `ssl_result` = 0 indicates an approved transaction. An `ssl_result` not equal to 0 indicates a declined and unauthorized transaction.
`ssl_result_message`	Transaction Result Message Refer to the Debit Card Response Codes section for an extensive list of possible returned messages.
`ssl_txn_id`	Transaction ID Unique identifier of the transaction.
`ssl_txn_time`	Processing Date and Time Indicates when Converge processed the transaction. Format: MM/DD/YYYY hh:mm:ss AM/PM Example: 03/18/2010 10:34:10 AM
`ssl_approval_code`	Transaction Approval Code Unique code returned by the credit card processor that indicates the approval status of the transaction.
`ssl_card_number`	Masked Card Number Converge only returns the first 2 or last 4 digits of the regular PAN.
`ssl_account_type`	Bank Deposit Account Type Valid values: `0` - Checking `1` - Savings
`ssl_amount`	Transaction Amount The total transaction amount that may include the Surcharge amount.
`ssl_customer_number`	Customer/Payee Account Number
[Error]	Returned only if an error occurs. Refer to the Error Codes section for more information.
`errorCode`	Error Code Typically, when the transaction failed validation or the request is incorrect. This will prevent the transaction from going to authorization. This is a numeric field.
`errorMessage`	Error Message Detailed explanation of the error. This field may be changed based on merchant configuration in the user interface.
`errorName`	Error Name Error name or reason for the error.

Sample Code

Request

xmldata=
<txn>
    <ssl_merchant_id>**********</ssl_merchant_id>
    <ssl_user_id>**********</ssl_user_id>
    <ssl_pin>******</ssl_pin>
    <ssl_transaction_type>PLDBILLPAY</ssl_transaction_type>
    <ssl_card_number>4643********5518</ssl_card_number>
    <ssl_exp_date>1220</ssl_exp_date>
    <ssl_amount>1.00</ssl_amount>
</txn>

Responses

Successful Response

<txn>
    <ssl_txn_time>02/05/2020 01:03:56 PM</ssl_txn_time>
    <ssl_account_balance>0</ssl_account_balance>
    <ssl_issuer_response>00</ssl_issuer_response>
    <ssl_reference_number>47036</ssl_reference_number>
    <ssl_result_message>APPROVAL</ssl_result_message>
    <ssl_transaction_type>purchase</ssl_transaction_type>
    <ssl_card_short_description/>
    <ssl_result>0</ssl_result>
    <ssl_txn_id>050220MB-8ADBA093-8747-414A-AB13-0BC946159B9B</ssl_txn_id>
    <ssl_approval_code>774431</ssl_approval_code>
    <ssl_card_type>debitcard</ssl_card_type>
</txn>

Card Not Eligible

<txn>
    <errorCode>4027</errorCode>
    <errorName>Payment Card Not Eligible for Debit Bill Pay</errorName>
    <errorMessage>The provided payment card is not eligible for Debit Bill Pay.</errorMessage>
</txn>

PINless Bill Pay Not Enabled

<txn>
    <errorCode>4014</errorCode>
    <errorName>This terminal or user id is not permitted to process this transaction type.</errorName>
    <errorMessage>Not Permitted</errorMessage>
</txn>