Cardholder Account Information Source is a one-character, alphanumeric field indicating the source of cardholder account information for the transaction. This field is generated by the terminal.
Possible Cause |
Solution |
A transaction has an incorrect or invalid account source code. |
If the Delete feature is not available, delete the batch, offline the corrected transactions, and re-transmit. |
The system validates that the cardholder account information source (source indicating whether card data was read electronically or entered manually) corresponds with the codes noted in the following table.
Code |
Source |
H |
Data was read at a magnetic stripe reader (track 1) |
D |
Data was read at a magnetic stripe reader (track 2) |
X |
Data was manually entered at a magnetic stripe reader (track 1) |
T |
Data was manually entered at a magnetic stripe reader (track 2) |
@ |
Data was manually entered; terminal does not have electronic card-reading capability |