❌ Processing Error Codes
Card processing error codes
Errors related to credit or debit card transactions only
All of the codes listed below come from the customers bank. These codes do NOT come from Coinflow.
| Code | Message | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Call Issuer | Cardholder's credit card company has blocked the transaction. Have the client call the 800 number on the back of the card and find out why. |
| 2 | Call Issuer | Cardholder's credit card company has blocked the transaction. Have the client call the 800 number on the back of the card and find out why. |
| 4 | Pick Up Card | “Pick Up Card” is an electronic payment code from the card’s issuer declining the transaction and instructing the merchant to retain the card. The main reasons why a bank might refuse to authorize a transaction are: - The card was reported lost - The card was reported stolen - The transaction was flagged as fraudulent The first thing the customer should do when encountering a “pick up card” code is call their issuer to resolve the problem. If they cannot clarify the situation, they might need to use an alternate payment method. |
| 5 | Do Not Honor | There are a few main reasons that a Do Not Honor code is fired, some offering a bit more clarity than others: - Customer has a hold on their card. - Customer has multiple denied payments on their card in a row, so it has been locked until the customer contacts the bank. - You are operating in a different country than the customer’s bank is. - Transaction was caught in the issuing bank’s anti-fraud system for any reason. This could be an unusually large purchase or a purchase placed with a combination of odd factors (late at night, multiple orders within close proximity, etc.). - Customer did not have enough funds. Sometimes when a bank doesn’t have a clear reason why a charge is denied, it will opt for “Do Not Honor” as a sort of catch-all denial. This is especially true in older systems that aren’t as up to date as they should be. It’s basically a default bucket that issuing banks punt to when they can’t be more specific. |
| 6 | Error | The card-issuing bank detected an error but can’t specify what it is. You can try the card again or call the bank directly for further instructions. |
| 7 | Pick Up Card (Fraud) | There is a problem with the card, and it should not be re-tried. It has been marked for fraud. Call the 800 number on the back of the card to determine the issue. |
| 10 | Partial Approval | A partial authorization occurs when a payment card authorization is attempted for a transaction and there are not enough funds available in the account to cover the full amount. The issuer returns an authorization for the amount available in the account, leaving you to obtain an additional form of payment from the customer for the balance. |
| 12 | Invalid Transaction | Issuing bank will not accept the transaction. The decline reason code 12 comes straight from the issuing bank or the bank associated with the customer’s credit card. This means for some reason, the issuer is declining the payment transaction attempt invalid, resulting in an error code. There are many reasons you may get an invalid transaction message. Some possible causes for the error: - Incorrect card number. The most common reason for a decline reason code 12 is simply due to keying in the credit card number wrong. - Card itself is invalid. The card may have been flagged or canceled for suspicious activity. - Expiration date issues. It is possible that the cashier accidentally mistyped the expiration date when keying in the card information. Another common cause is that the card has expired. Strange activity. Depending on the POS System, if the merchant tries a unique request like refunding a refund, the system may not know how to handle it and show error code 12. - Multiple transactions in a row. If you try to run a card various times in quick succession, safety measures will kick in. These are in place to prevent fraud or multiple charges and will decline the transaction after a few attempts. - Address verification service error. If the customer accidentally keyed in the wrong zip code, the system will see that it’s different from their address. If the information doesn’t match, the terminal will return error code 12. |
| 13 | Card Amount Invalid | A customer or employee enters an invalid purchase amount. This happens when a negative or illegible symbol is entered by accident or because of another typo. |
| 14 | Card Number Invalid | Customer entered an invalid card number. |
| 15 | No Such Issuer | Card number was entered incorrectly. More specifically: the first number is incorrect. Each major credit card provider has its own number that every card they issue must start with. Here is a list of each credit card carrier and their first numbers: 3 – American Express 4 – Visa 5 – Mastercard 6 – Discover |
| 19 | Re-Enter | Re-enter the data. You might call error code 19 a mystery code, as the credit card terminal is telling you it does not understand or know why the transaction has failed. An error code may pop up because the: - Credit card is not active - Customer reached their spending limit - Cardholder is behind on payments - Purchaser is not the owner of the card - Retailer entered the data for the card incorrectly - Wrong credit card type for reader |
| 25 | POS Condition Code Invalid Value | Cardholder's card information may be invalid. |
| 28 | No Reply | Cardholder's bank is not replying to the credit card transaction. Try waiting and then re-run the transaction. |
| 41 | Pick Up Card (Lost) | Lost card. Fraud has been reported on the account, and it should not be re-tried. |
| 43 | Pick Up Card (Stolen) | Stolen card. Fraud has been reported on the account, and it should not be re-tried. |
| 46 | Account is closed or needs to be re-validated | Customer's issuing bank is declining transactions due to account closure or a validation issue. Do not attempt to re-process. Cardholder must contact the card-issuing bank to correct the validation issue. |
| 51 | Insufficient Funds | This is not a general error: Cardholder does not have the funds to complete the transaction. Credit cards have a credit limit that purchases cannot exceed. For example, a customer has a credit card with a limit of $1,000 and they’ve used $975 of that. If the customer uses their card to pay for a $50 transaction at your business, you’ll receive the decline code 51 response. The same is true for debit cards and the balance in a customer’s bank account. If the purchase amount exceeds a checking account balance you will be presented with a decline code 51 message. |
| 54 | Card Expired | Credit card being processed is expired and no longer valid to use. |
| 57 | Service Not Allowed | Bank that has issued this card does not allow this type of purchase. Attempt a transaction with a card incompatible with our networks. Often, the card issuer will not allow the transaction, as the customer cannot use that specific card for the payment transaction. |
| 59 | Suspected Fraud | Transaction declined by the issuer because it appears fraudulent. |
| 61 | Customer Exceeds Withdrawal Limit | Cardholder does not have enough credit to pay the specified amount. Ask the cardholder for another card to use for the payment. |
| 62 | Restricted SIC Code | Invalid service code, appears for one of two reasons: - You’re trying to process an American Express or Discover card and the merchant account you have cannot accept these types of payment - A customer attempted to make an online payment using a credit card that does not allow online payments |
| 63 | Restricted | Security code on the back of the credit card was not correct. |
| 65 | Customer Exceeds Activity Limit | Customer exceeded their credit limit. Or, they have reached the maximum number of permitted transactions for a given period. Payment processor may confuse a declined 65 code with code 51, which means the card has insufficient funds. In either case – whether the code is 65 or 51 – the cardholder’s card has reached or exceeded the amount they can use for credit. |
| 78 | No Account | Issuing bank is declining the transactions, and there may be a problem at the issuing bank's end. Clients should contact corresponding institutions. |
| 91 | Issuer unavailable or switch inoperative | Cardholder's bank is not replying to the credit card transaction. Try waiting and then re-run the transaction. |
| 93 | Legal Violation | The card-issuing bank has frozen the customer’s account (for any number of reasons). Call the bank directly for next steps. |
| 96 | System Malfunction | Card-issuing bank is having a system malfunction and is declining the transaction attempt. |
| 97 | CVV Mismatch | CVV entered does not match the back of the card. |
| 999 | Rejected by Fraud Monitor | If you have chargeback protection services enabled, error code 999 means the payment was rejected due to high fraud or chargeback risk associated with the customer |
ACH processing error codes
Errors related to bank account transfers only
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| R01 | Insufficient Funds |
| R02 | Account Closed |
| R03 | No Account/Unable to Locate Account |
| R04 | Invalid Account Number |
| R05 | Unauthorized Debit Entry |
| R06 | Returned per ODFI’s Request |
| R07 | Authorization Revoked by Customer (adjustment entries) |
| R08 | Payment Stopped or Stop Payment on Item |
| R09 | Uncollected Funds |
| R10 | Customer Advises Not Authorized; Item Is Ineligible, Notice Not Provided, Signatures Not Genuine, or Item Altered (adjustment entries) |
| R11 | Customer Advises Entry Not in Accordance with the Terms of the Authorization |
| R12 | Branch Sold to Another DFI |
| R13 | RDFI not qualified to participate |
| R14 | Representative Payee Deceased or Unable to Continue in that Capacity |
| R15 | Beneficiary or Account Holder (Other Than a Representative Payee) Deceased |
| R16 | Account Frozen |
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