Early Approval payment rule

Early Approval payment rule

The Early Approval payment rule triggers Approve actions at both order capture and release to fulfillment, and a Deposit action at fulfillment. Deposits can take place as they occur, or they can be accumulated for deposit in a single transaction when more than one release is involved.
Common usage: The payment method that is commonly associated with this rule is:

Credit card

Target states: This rule specifies that the following payment actions should take place for a mapped payment method:

Payment event Target state of payment Description
prime payment APPROVED The payment is approved when the order is captured.
reserve payment APPROVED The payment is approved when the order is released to fulfillment.
Specifically, ensure the payment is in the APPROVED state. If it is, take no action. If it is not, approve it. If it is only partially approved, ensure that the difference is approved.
finalize payment DEPOSITED The payment is deposited when the order is fulfilled.

Example: Credit card payment with multiple releases

A customer places an order for two items that total 300 Euro: item A costs 100 EUR and is in stock. Item B costs 200 EUR and is not in stock but will be available in two days. The customer uses credit card brand X to pay for the order.

Payment event Validation amount Reservation amount Finalization amount Back-end system
Amount approved Amount deposited
prime payment (order capture)
The initial amount is 100 EUR because only one item is available.
100 0 0 100 0
Release A
reserve payment (release to fulfillment)
The total amount of this part of the order is 100 EUR.
100 100 0 100 0
finalize payment (shipping) 100 100 100 100 100
Release B
reserve payment (release to fulfillment) 0
The validation amount is zero at this stage because no validation activity is occurring.
200 0 200 0
finalize payment (shipping) 0
The validation amount is zero at this stage because no validation activity is occurring.
200 200 200

Payment event	Target state of payment	Description
prime payment	APPROVED	The payment is approved when the order is captured.
reserve payment	APPROVED	The payment is approved when the order is released to fulfillment. Specifically, ensure the payment is in the APPROVED state. If it is, take no action. If it is not, approve it. If it is only partially approved, ensure that the difference is approved.
finalize payment	DEPOSITED	The payment is deposited when the order is fulfilled.

Payment event	Validation amount	Reservation amount	Finalization amount	Back-end system
Payment event	Validation amount	Reservation amount	Finalization amount	Amount approved	Amount deposited
prime payment (order capture) The initial amount is 100 EUR because only one item is available.	100	0	0	100	0
Release A
reserve payment (release to fulfillment) The total amount of this part of the order is 100 EUR.	100	100	0	100	0
finalize payment (shipping)	100	100	100	100	100
Release B
reserve payment (release to fulfillment)	0 The validation amount is zero at this stage because no validation activity is occurring.	200	0	200	0
finalize payment (shipping)	0 The validation amount is zero at this stage because no validation activity is occurring.	200	200		200