Enabling Merchants for Recurring transactions

Merchants that process recurring transactions need to be enabled as such via the Admin Portal.
In the authorization message that is sent to the Acquirer, as part of the transaction process, there is specific data that indicates that a transaction is recurring, and the merchant has been enabled for recurring transactions.
We will have a look at how to enable a merchant for recurring transactions via the Admin Portal.

Navigation Path to this screen:
Applications > Update > Provider Specific.

Navigate and expand on the ‘Processing’ parameter.

Scroll down to the ‘Cardholder Presence default’ parameter.
The parameter is defaulted to ‘no’

Untick the default value. From the dropdown menu, select ‘Recurring transaction’

The next parameter that needs to be update is the ‘Recurring Indicator allowed’.
The parameter is defaulted to ‘No’

Untick the default value. From the dropdown menu, select ‘Yes’.

Lastly, navigate to the ‘Update Parameters’ tab to save changes.