Payment Fail Codes

List of values used by parameter FailCode. This parameter is used when viewing or searching payment records.

FailCode

Indicates reason for payment failure. See attached description for appropriate actions to take if this code is appended to a payment record.

Fail Code

Type

Response

invalid_bsb

Bank Account Payment

Industry Code: 1
Request correct BSB number from the customer.

payment_stopped

Bank Account Payment

Industry Code: 2
Customer must tell their bank to allow debits on their account from Pay Advantage (ABN 38 749 739 150, User Id 378093).

account_closed

Bank Account Payment

Industry Code: 3
Contact customer for new account details.

customer_deceased

Bank Account Payment

Industry Code: 4

bad_account

Bank Account Payment

Industry Code: 5
Contact customer for correct account details.

refer_to_customer

Bank Account Payment

Industry Code: 6
Typically insufficient funds. Contact customer and try again later.

deleted

Bank Account Payment

Industry Code: 7
Contact customer for new account details.

invalid_userid

Bank Account Payment

Industry Code: 8
Contact support.

techincally_invalid

Bank Account Payment

Industry Code: 9
Customers bank account does not allow debits. Change the payment account being user.

bpay_made_in_error

BPAY Payment

Contact support.

bpay_unauthorised

BPAY Payment

Contact support.

undetermined

Card Payment

Will attempt to resolve automatically.

declined

Card Payment

Charge declined. Confirm card details are correct and retry. If declined error persists, they will need to contact their card-issuing bank for more details.

insufficient_funds

Card Payment

Advise customer to check correct funds are in the account and try again later, otherwise can use a different card/account.

processing_error

Card Payment

Charge failed due to network issue. Re-attempt the payment or try again later. If problem persists contact support.

suspected_fraud

Card Payment

Card may be lost or stolen. Advise customer of error and try another card/account to process payment.

expired

Card Payment

Contact customer for new card details.

refunded

All

See details attached to refund payment record.

invalid_authority

Chargeback

Please contact support.

cancelled_authority

Chargeback

Please contact support.

unauthorised

Chargeback

Please contact support.