2009
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Moneris Receipts Specification  October 2009 11
Credit Card Transaction Record Formats
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4. Account type The type of Credit card:
VISA
MASTERCARD 
AMERICAN EXPRESS 
DINERS
While “AMEX” is the accepted abbreviation for “American 
Express,” it is preferable to use the full name of the card type for 
other Credit cards.
5. Amount Total amount being paid by Credit card.
6. Primary Account Number Cardholder’s card number (PAN) with masking.
7. Date/time of transaction The date may be in any format, but must show the day, month and 
year. The time must be in 24-hour format. Although not 
mandatory, the addition of seconds to the time is recommended to 
improve tracing of the transaction. Note that the date/time returned 
in the SPDH header (ISO P-48) of a response message is to be used 
for the CTR date/time stamp. The only exception to this rule is in 
the case of a timeout when the POS Terminal’s timestamp shall be 
used.
8. Unique transaction ID 66000135 = ECR number 
001 = shift
133 = batch number
001 = serial number
0 = control flag, may be either 0 or 1
9. Swipe/manual indicator Credit cards may be entered manually or swiped. If entered 
manually, must be “M”; if swiped, must be “S”; if tapped for 
paypass or paywave, must be “T.”
10. Authorization number The authorization number is to be printed if the transaction is 
approved. If the transaction is declined, print just the title and leave 
the actual number blank.
11. Invoice Number For Private Label cards only.
12. Promo Code For Private Label cards only.
13. Approval/decline See section entitled message “Approval/Decline Messages” on 
page 20.
14. Signature For Credit card transactions, the signature forms the cardholder’s 
authority for the transaction. Note that only the retailer’s copy 
requires the cardholder’s signature; the cardholder’s copy does not.
15. Notice This message must be included on all customer receipts.
16. Cardholder agreement message When the cardholder agreement is used it is printed for credit 
Purchase, Pre-Authorization, Pre-Authorization Completion. and 
Refund Correction transactions. This is optional on the receipts.
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