Pre-authorizations

An overview of Pre-authorizations offered by Smart Checkout.

Pre-authorization (pre-auth) transactions with a debit card or credit card hold the balance as unavailable either until the merchant ‘captures’ the transaction or the hold ‘falls off’. The latter is automatically done after a certain period, at which point the pre-authorization is ‘lost’ and can no longer be captured.

A pre-authorization is enabled if the following condition is met:

• The isPreAuth request body parameter within the create payment order API call is set to true

More information on handling pre-authorizations (including creating, capturing and cancelling) can be found on our tutorial page.

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