The card association makes a request for payment authorization from the issuing bank. The issuing bank validates the cardmember account and funds available. The issuing bank approves or declines the transaction and sends the decision to the card association and merchant bank.
During this process, the card issuer transmits the authorization to the payment processor. Then, your processor notifies either your point of sale system or your payment gateway of the authorization. In the event of card-present transactions, your POS receives the notification.
When a card payment is initiated, the merchant's bank (acquiring bank) sends the request to the payment processor for authorisation. Payment processor - This intermediary securely transmits the cardholder's data from the acquiring bank to the issuing bank to facilitate the authorisation process.
Card verification is the process of confirming the identity of the cardholder during a transaction. This is done using various methods such as PIN entry, signature, or biometric authentication to ensure that the person making the payment is authorized to use the card.
Card authorization is when an issuer runs several checks to see whether or not to approve a payment request. Authorization checks include: The credit or debit card details relate to a real bank account. The account contains sufficient funds to cover the payment.
The authorized user will likely not receive a monthly statement for the credit card. However, some credit cards can break out spending made by the authorized user within the balance statement so the cardholder can understand which charges were made by whom.
Potential drawbacks associated with authorized users include possible fees, unequal financial responsibility, credit score impact and more.
Authorized users on credit cards can make purchases, review their transaction history and dispute unauthorized charges. However, they don't have complete access to or control over the credit card account, and they aren't ultimately liable for the debt.
If you have an authorized user on your account, you may find their transactions listed on a separate line or section on the statement. It's important to read this section over to confirm that you authorized all of these transactions.
Your authorized user can see account activity and initiate transactions. You can also allow this user to see statements, view check images and/or approve transactions initiated by other users.