Example: Credit card payment with single release
A customer places an order for three items that total 300 U.S. dollars. All items are available for shipment. The customer uses a credit card (brand X) to pay for the whole order.
The merchant uses the No Validation with Approval on Reservation payment rule (DNE, Approved, Deposited).
At primePayment (order capture): The Payment Rules order amount is 300 USD and the initial amount is 300 USD. The payment instruction is to use the payment method of credit card brand X and amount of 300 USD. The validation, reservation, and finalization amounts are as shown:
Validation amount Reservation amount Finalization amount 300 0 0 Back-end system: At the payment back-end system, there is no amount approved or deposited for this payment:
Amount approved Amount deposited - - At ReservePayment (release to fulfillment): A release has been created (release A). The payment instruction is to use the payment method of credit card brand X and amount of 300 USD. The validation, reservation, and finalization amounts are as shown:
Validation amount Reservation amount Finalization amount 300 300 0 Back-end system: The amount approved is 300 and the amount deposited is 0.
Amount approved Amount deposited 300 0 At finalizePayment (shipping): The payment instruction is to use the payment method of credit card brand X and amount of 300 USD.
Validation amount Reservation amount Finalization amount 300 300 300 Back-end system: The amount deposited is 300.
Amount approved Amount deposited 300 300 (C) Copyright IBM Corporation 1996, 2006. All Rights Reserved.