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Field notes: I

IATA/ARC: International Air Transport Association/Airline Reporting Corporation.  An  identifier issued to merchants providing travel services.

ICA Number: The MasterCard ICA number of the client.

ID: Indicates that the terminal will prompt for ID at the point of sale for POS Check transactions. This is not currently supported by TSYS Acquiring Solutions.

Idle Prompt: The text that will display on the terminal when it is not in use. The terminal will display the current date and time when this field is left blank.

IIID/RIID: A transaction router. On a check service, it changes the processing sequence for authorization and/or capture.

Imprint Card Message: Indicates that the terminal will prompt the merchant to imprint the card on manually-keyed transactions.

In Person: If selected, the payment service can not be used for transactions over the phone or the internet.

Inactive: Immediately renders the terminal inactive and unable to authorize cards and transmit batches.

Inactive From: The first date on which a terminal is inactive.

Inactive To: The last date on which a terminal is inactive.

INC: Calculates the client's expense base.

Incorporation(VI)

Include with AP: This field will determine if the merchant should be rolled up into the Aggregated Payee level 1099-K volume. If enabled, the merchant will be rolled into either their Association or their Association's First-Level Group.

Incomplete Application: Indicates that a completed application has been requested or has been received before credit can be approved.

Incorporation: Indicates the merchant's incorporation status with one of these values:

Indicator: Identifies the image indicator for retrieval requests used as a routing option.

Individual Plans: Indicates that the account is an individual plan. This affects the type of billing element tables that are applied to the account.

Industry Type: The Merchant Category Code. This field indicates the merchants industry. TSYS Acquiring Solutions Class A applications do not support AMEX Corporate Purchasing Card II, Format Code 20.

Industry SE Number: An identification number required for authorization, settlement, and reporting. A single Participant CAP number is assigned 10 unique Industry SE numbers. Every Industry SE number correlates with a Merchant Category Code (MCC) to represent the business type. Merchants with the same MCC are assigned to the same Industry SE number.

Initialize Key: The terminal will require a password whenever this key is selected from the terminal.

Inquiry: The MATCH Inquiry type. Selecting Request IMR Response requests to see if the merchant has been terminated. Selecting Terminate Merchant adds the merchant to the Terminated Merchant list.

Inquiry Code

Inquiry Type: Indicates a description of the request made on the Request page. Inquiry types are as follows:

Inside Building Percentage: The average percentage of wireless coverage area inside buildings.

Installation Date and Time: The terminal's installation date and time.

Interchange (Visa, MasterCard, or Diners Club): A billing element table category where funds and fees are exchanged for services.

Interchange Category Description: A text description of the interchange category.

Interchange Category Last Maintained: The date the interchange name or number was last changed.

Interchange Category Number: The category number to which the interchange level is assigned.

Interchange Dollar: Indicates that the system uses the dollar option to accumulate qualified interchange volume. Acceptable values for this field are:

Interchange Number: Indicates that the system uses the number option to accumulate qualified interchange volume. Acceptable values for this field are:

Internet Merchant: The merchant's business includes Internet-based sales.

Investigating: Indicates that an investigation has been requested or has been completed before credit can be approved.

Invoices - Customer Sale: Indicates that customer sale invoices have been requested or have been received before credit can be approved.

Invoices - Store Inventory: Indicates that a store inventory has been requested or has been received before credit can be approved.

P/LLI Number: Identification number for Motient terminals.

IP/MAN Number: Identification number for Mobitex terminals.

IP/IMEI Number: The identification number for a wireless terminal.

IRS 1099-K: Identifier that the card plan for the merchant is participating in Merchant Tax reporting as part of the 6050W mandate.

1099-K Merchant Copy: If available, from the drop-down list, select the appropriate option to specify whether the merchant will receive a paper or electronic 1099-K form.

IRS 1099-K Reporting: Identifier that merchant is participating in Merchant Tax reporting as part of the 6050W mandate.

IRS Bank Level Filer fields: IRS 1099-K Filer information needed on the 1099-K Form. The following fields appear on the Bank System Options screen:

IRS Signature Line: When selected, this check box enables a signature line on the IRS Tip Report.

IRS Usage Code: At the Bank level, this field sets the default address assignment of the IRS Usage Code for new Merchant adds.

ISO Registration Number: This number identifies the individual ISOs under an acquirer (Participant Sales Entity - PSE) and is assigned by TSYS during the ISO registration process. The number is linked to a specific Participant CAP number. ISOs will register their merchants under their ISO Registration number. If the sales channel is an ISO, wholesale ISO, or retail ISO, then this field will automatically populate.

ISP/Controller Speed: ISP controller speed is 9600.

Item in Use: Indicates that the billing item is in use.