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The pay-in refund is a request to reimburse a pay-in and is supported for most payment methods. You can make partial refunds by providing a debited funds Amount value lower than the initial transaction amount.
Note – Conditions for pay-in refund
  • The amount value is 1 or above, regardless of the currency.
  • The initial transaction status is SUCCEEDED.
  • The initial transaction hasn’t been disputed.
  • The initial transaction was made within the time window specified for the payment method.
Read more about pay-in refunds

Path parameters

string
required
The unique identifier of the pay-in.

Body parameters

string
Max. length: 255 charactersCustom data that you can add to this object.
For transactions (pay-in, transfer, payout), you can use this parameter to identify corresponding information regarding the user, transaction, or payment methods on your platform.
string
required
The unique identifier of the user at the source of the initial transaction.
object
Default value: The amount and currency values of the debited funds of the initial transaction.Required if the Fees parameter is included in the call.Information about the debited funds. Debited funds:
  • Takes by default the amount and currency values of the initial transaction when left empty.
  • Must be entered manually to perform a partial refund.
  • Cannot exceed the initial transaction CreditedFunds value when entered manually. This also applies to the sum of debited funds when making multiple partial refunds.
object
Default value: The amount and currency values of the fees of the initial transaction.Required if the DebitedFunds parameter is included in the call.Information about the fees. This value:
  • Should be preceded by a minus sign (-) to refund the fees, otherwise more fees will be taken.
  • Takes by default the amount and currency values of the fees of the initial transaction when left empty (preceded by a -).
  • Cannot exceed the initial transaction fees amount when entered manually. This also applies to the sum of the amount of the fees when making multiple partial refunds.
string
Max. length: 10 characters; only alphanumeric and spacesCustom description to appear on the user’s bank statement along with the platform name. Different banks may show more or less information. See the Customizing bank statement references article for details.Note: On refunds, the StatementDescriptor is only available for SEPA and BACS direct debit pay-ins (no other payment methods nor transfers).

Responses

string
Max length: 128 characters (see data formats for details)The unique identifier of the object.
string
Max. length: 255 charactersCustom data that you can add to this object.
For transactions (pay-in, transfer, payout), you can use this parameter to identify corresponding information regarding the user, transaction, or payment methods on your platform.
Unix timestamp
The date and time at which the object was created.
string
The unique identifier of the user at the source of the initial transaction.
string
Default value: The unique identifier of the owner of the credited wallet.The unique identifier of the user whose wallet is credited.
object
Default value: The amount and currency values of the debited funds of the initial transaction.Information about the debited funds. Debited funds:
  • Takes by default the amount and currency values of the initial transaction when left empty.
  • Must be entered manually to perform a partial refund.
  • Cannot exceed the initial transaction CreditedFunds value when entered manually. This also applies to the sum of debited funds when making multiple partial refunds.
object
Information about the funds being credited to the target of the transaction (CreditedFunds = DebitedFunds - Fees).
object
Default value: The amount and currency values of the fees of the initial transaction.Information about the fees. This value:
  • Should be preceded by a minus sign (-) to refund the fees, otherwise more fees will be taken.
  • Takes by default the amount and currency values of the fees of the initial transaction when left empty (preceded by a -).
  • Cannot exceed the initial transaction fees amount when entered manually. This also applies to the sum of the amount of the fees when making multiple partial refunds.
string
Returned values: CREATED, SUCCEEDED, FAILEDThe status of the transaction.
string
The code indicating the result of the operation. This information is mostly used to handle errors or for filtering purposes.
string
The explanation of the result code.
Unix timestamp
The date and time at which the status changed to SUCCEEDED, indicating that the transaction occurred. The statuses CREATED and FAILED return an ExecutionDate of null.
string
Returned values: PAYIN, TRANSFER, CONVERSION, PAYOUTThe type of the transaction.
string
Returned values: REGULAR, REPUDIATION, REFUND, SETTLEMENTThe nature of the transaction, providing more information about the context in which the transaction occurred:
  • REGULAR – Relative to most of the transactions (pay-ins, payouts, and transfers) in a usual workflow.
  • REPUDIATION – Automatic withdrawal of funds from the platform’s repudiation wallet as part of the dispute process (when the user has requested a chargeback).
  • REFUND – Reimbursement of a transaction to the user (pay-in refund), to a wallet (transfer refund), or of a payout (payout refund, only initiated by Mangopay).
  • SETTLEMENT – Transfer made to the repudiation wallet by the platform to settle a lost dispute.
string
The unique identifier of the initial transaction being refunded.
string
Returned values: PAYIN, TRANSFER, PAYOUTThe type of the initial transaction being refunded.
string
Returned values: REGULAR, REPUDIATION, REFUND, SETTLEMENTThe nature of the initial transaction being refunded, providing more information about the context in which the transaction occurred:
  • REGULAR – Relative to most of the transactions (pay-ins, payouts, and transfers) in a usual workflow.
  • REPUDIATION – Automatic withdrawal of funds from the platform’s repudiation wallet as part of the dispute process (when the user requested a chargeback).
  • REFUND – Reimbursement of a transaction to the user (pay-in refund), to a wallet (transfer refund), or of a payout (payout refund, only initiated by Mangopay).
  • SETTLEMENT – Transfer made to the repudiation wallet by the platform to settle the credit from a repudiation following a lost dispute.
string
The unique identifier of the debited wallet.
string
The unique identifier of the credited wallet.
object
Information about the reasons for the refund.
string
Max. length: 10 characters; only alphanumeric and spacesCustom description to appear on the user’s bank statement along with the platform name. Different banks may show more or less information. See the Customizing bank statement references article for details.Note: On refunds, the StatementDescriptor is only available for SEPA and BACS direct debit pay-ins (no other payment methods nor transfers).
A 404 is returned if the initial transaction has been archived after 13 months and no longer available via the API (see data availability for details). Note that for many payment methods, the period during which a refund is allowed is shorter than 13 months.