Electronic Dynamic Currency Conversion
Introduction
Our Electronic Dynamic Currency Conversion (eDCC) solution converts your currency transaction amount into the currency of your customers’ card's country of issue.
Using eDCC, you and your customers will benefit from:
- Transparency - Your customers get a real-time view of their transaction amount in the currency they are familiar with, enabling them to make an informed purchase decision
- Compliance – Implement automatically local regulations imposed by payment networks and local governments
- Coverage - Follow-up on eDCC details via our API, Webhooks and Merchant Portal
We will be happy to help you get started!
eDCC is available for the following payment methods:
MasterCard
Visa
via integration methods Hosted Checkout Page/Server-to-server/Integration für Mobilgeräte
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The following properties enable eDCC for your order in a CreateHostedCheckout/CreatePayment request for Hosted Checkout Page/Server-to-server/Integration für Mobilgeräte integration methods:
Properties | Remarks |
---|---|
cardPaymentMethodSpecificInput. |
dccEnabled: Set to "true" to enable eDCC Mandatory for Hosted Checkout Page integration method |
transaction.amount |
amount: The gross amount you want to charge for this order in your currency currency: The ISO 4217 currency code for this amount for your currency Mandatory for Server-to-server / Integration für Mobilgeräte integration method |
cardPaymentMethodSpecificInput |
acceptedByUser: Set to "true"/"false" respectively to indicate which currency your customers opt for the actual purchase dccSessionId: The session ID as received as received in your GetDccRateInquiry request Mandatory for Server-to-server / Integration für Mobilgeräte integration method |
Depending on the integration method, differences apply:
Hosted Checkout Page
This is a high-level payment flow covering only the mandatory steps for this feature. Read our dedicated chapter in our Hosted Checkout Page guide for detailed information, code samples and optional steps in the flow
Follow these steps to create a request for this order:
- Your customers go to your check-out page and finalise the order
- You send this CreateHostedCheckout request to our platform, including property dccenabled to indicate you want to use this feature. Our platform will then automatically enable eDCC on that order:
{
"order":{
"amountOfMoney":{
"currencyCode":"AUD",
"amount":2980
}
},
"cardPaymentMethodSpecificInput":{
"currencyConversionSpecificInput":{
"dccEnabled":true
}
}
} - You redirect the customers in the browser to the redirectUrl. Once your customers enter their card number on the payment page, our platform automatically fetches the eDCC rate quote and displays the amount option for both your customers' local currency and your local currency
- Your customers select their desired currency and confirms the payment
- We process the transaction and you receive the settlement in your local currency
Server-to-server
This is a high-level payment flow covering only the mandatory steps for this feature. Read our dedicated chapter in our Server-to-server guide for detailed information, code samples and optional steps in the flow
Follow these steps to create a request for this order:
- Your customers go to your check-out page and enters their credit card data to finalise the purchase
- You send this GetDccRateInquiry request to our platform with the following properties to receive DCC information. You can provide the customer's card details using
cardNumber
token
hostedTokenizationId
encryptedCustomerInput
cardNumber
{ "cardSource": { "card": { "paymentProductId": 1, "cardNumber": "4450896052107792" } }, "transaction": { "amount": { "amount": 3000, "currencyCode": "EUR" } } }
token
{ "cardSource":{ "token":"b2076d9f-b2ce-4488-95aa-25ba8aa1c7ce" }, "transaction":{ "amount":{ "amount":1300, "currencyCode":"AUD" } } }
hostedTokenizationId{ "cardSource":{ "hostedTokenizationId":"d153e6ea6a024613ad6bfeff15210f6c" }, "transaction":{ "amount":{ "amount":1300, "currencyCode":"AUD" } } }
encryptedCustomerInput{ "cardSource":{ "encryptedCustomerInput":"b2076d9f-b2ce-4488-95aa-25ba8aa1c7ce" }, "transaction":{ "amount":{ "amount":1300, "currencyCode":"AUD" } } }
- Our platform returns the base amount in your currency in properties proposal.baseAmount.currencyCode / currency and your customers’ local currency in properties targetAmount.amount / currency. Property rate includes further DCC details (i.e. dccSessionId) about the exchange. Make sure to display both the proposal.baseAmount, the targetAmount.amount and the disclosure guidelines in real time for maximum transparency to your customers before the actual payment
- Your customers select any of the two currencies on your check-out page
- You send this CreatePayment to our platform, including properties acceptedByUser to indicate your customers’ choice of currency and the dccSessionId you have received in step 2
{ "cardPaymentMethodSpecificInput": { "currencyConversion": { "acceptedByUser": true, "dccSessionId": "44b1ea32125b4cb5a99e15641859dc8d" }, "card": { "cardNumber": "4450896052107792", "cvv": "123", "expiryDate": "1225", "cardholderName": "Wile E. Coyote" }, "paymentProductId": 1, "skipAuthentication": true, "transactionChannel": "ECOMMERCE", "authorizationMode": "SALE", "returnUrl": "test" }, "order": { "amountOfMoney": { "amount": 3000, "currencyCode": "AUD" }, "customer": { "billingAddress": { "AdditionalInfo": "b", "city": "Paris", "countryCode": "BE", "houseNumber": "13", "state": "Utah", "street": "Desertroad", "zip": "84536" }, "locale": "fr_FR", "merchantCustomerId": "1234", "personalInformation": { "dateOfBirth": "19490917", "gender": "male", "name": { "firstName": "Wile", "surname": "Coyote", "surnamePrefix": "E.", "title": "Mr." } } }, "references": { "merchantReference": "{{TIMESTAMP}}" } } }
- We process the transaction and you receive the settlement in your local currency
- Cardholder must be clearly advised of the option to choose from two currencies
- Cardholder must actively choose the DCC option prior to the merchant processing the transaction. A merchant may not proceed with a DCC transaction without explicit cardholder consent
- No opt-out, default option, no steering or pre-selection is allowed
- Cardholder must not be asked to select "yes" or "no", "accept" or "decline" or similar pairs
- All DCC disclosures below are mandatory and must be the same size, color and font types on screens, quote sheets or receipts
- If the cardholder declines the DCC offer, the transaction must be completed in the merchant's local currency
- A cardholder must not be re-prompted to accept DCC after rejecting the offer. Cardholder's choice must be honored
- Currency symbol or code (e.g., AUD or SGD) of the merchant’s local currency.
- Exchange rate used to determine the DCC transaction amount
- Any additional exchange rate mark-up over the wholesale or government-mandated rate
- Total transaction amount in the DCC currency
- Currency symbol or code (e.g., AUD or SGD) of the offered DCC transaction amount
Transactions
Capture / Refund eDCC transactions
To capture/refund an eDCC transaction, send a standard capture/refund request to our platform.
Get feedback on eDCC transactions
Use our webhooks or any GET request as defined in our API reference to receive detailed information about eDCC transactions in property currencyConversion.
A typical webhook/GET response contains the following properties:
Properties | Remarks |
---|---|
acceptedByUser |
Indiciates which currency your customers opted for the actual purchase true: Your customers opted to pay in their local currency (the proposal.targetAmount) false: Your customers opted to pay in your currency (the proposal.baseAmount) |
proposal.baseAmount |
amount: The gross amount you charged for this order in your currency currencyCode: The ISO 4217 currency code for this amount for your currency |
proposal.targetAmount |
amount: The gross amount you charged for this order in your customers' local currency currencyCode: The ISO 4217 currency code for this amount your customers' local currency |
proposal.rate exchangeRate invertedExchangeRate markUpRate quotationDateTime source |
exchangeRate: The quotient to convert the proposal.baseAmount to the proposal.targetAmount invertedExchangeRate: The quotient to convert the proposal.targetAmount to the proposal.baseAmount markUpRate: Potential additional fees charged by the payment processor or financial institution offering the DCC service. This value is not part of the targetAmount calculation and only provided for transparency quotationDateTime: Timestamp of your eDCC request source: Source of the exchange rate used to calculate the targetAmount |
Check processed transactions in Merchant Portal
You can look up DCC details for any transaction via the Merchant Portal. To do so, follow these steps
- Login to the Merchant Portal and look up the transaction as described in our Merchant Portal guide
- Find detailed DCC information in the "History" section, including
Customer currency amount
Exchange rate
Markup rate
Exchange provider
Exchange source
Quotation date