Create a Refund for a PayIn

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 was made less than 11 months ago.
The initial transaction status is SUCCEEDED.
The initial transaction hasn’t been disputed.

Path parameters

PayInId

string

required

The unique identifier of the pay-in.

Body parameters

Tag

string

Max. length: 255 characters

Custom 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.

AuthorId

string

required

The unique identifier of the user at the source of the initial transaction.

DebitedFunds

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.

Fees

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.

StatementDescriptor

string

Max. length: 10 characters; only alphanumeric and spaces

Custom 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

The unique identifier of the object.

Tag

string

Max. length: 255 characters

CreationDate

timestamp

The date and time at which the object was created.

AuthorId

string

The unique identifier of the user at the source of the initial transaction.

CreditedUserId

string

Default value: The unique identifier of the owner of the credited wallet.

The unique identifier of the user whose wallet is credited.

DebitedFunds

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.

CreditedFunds

object

Information about the funds being credited to the target of the transaction (CreditedFunds = DebitedFunds - Fees).

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.

Status

string

Returned values: CREATED, SUCCEEDED, FAILED

The status of the transaction.

ResultCode

string

The code indicating the result of the operation. This information is mostly used to handle errors or for filtering purposes.

ResultMessage

string

The explanation of the result code.

ExecutionDate

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.

Type

string

Returned values: PAYIN, TRANSFER, CONVERSION, PAYOUT

The type of the transaction.

Nature

string

Returned values: REGULAR, REPUDIATION, REFUND, SETTLEMENT

The 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.

InitialTransactionId

string

The unique identifier of the initial transaction being refunded.

InitialTransactionType

string

Returned values: PAYIN, TRANSFER, PAYOUT

The type of the initial transaction being refunded.

InitialTransactionNature

string

Returned values: REGULAR, REPUDIATION, REFUND, SETTLEMENT

The 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.

DebitedWalletId

string

The unique identifier of the debited wallet.

CreditedWalletId

string

The unique identifier of the credited wallet.

RefundReason

object

Information about the reasons for the refund.

StatementDescriptor

string

Max. length: 10 characters; only alphanumeric and spaces

Note: On refunds, the StatementDescriptor is only available for SEPA and BACS direct debit pay-ins (no other payment methods nor transfers).

{
    "Message":"One or several required parameters are missing or incorrect. An incorrect resource ID also raises this kind of error.",
    "Type":"param_error",
    "Id":"9712a945-c96a-4e70-b3de-06529534a9de#1667200884",
    "Date":1667200885.0,
    "errors":{
        "Fees":"if DebitedFunds are defined, Fees must be defined"
    }
}

{
    "Message":"One or several required parameters are missing or incorrect. An incorrect resource ID also raises this kind of error.",
    "Type":"param_error",
    "Id":"a2af2b8b-506c-4b5b-b607-7441a58c0a66#1667201846",
    "Date":1667201847.0,
    "errors":{
        "AuthorId":"Author of the refund is not the author of the initial payin"
    }
}

{
    "Message":"One or several required parameters are missing or incorrect. An incorrect resource ID also raises this kind of error.",
    "Type":"param_error",
    "Id":"5eebf638-efd9-4a02-9854-f476c16c0262#1667809509",
    "Date":1667809510.0,
    "errors":{
        "DebitedFunds":"DebitedFunds cannot be superior the CreditedFunds of the initial PayIn"
    }
}

{
    "Message": "One or several required parameters are missing or incorrect. An incorrect resource ID also raises this kind of error.",
    "Type": "param_error",
    "Id": "34989f04-25db-4246-a926-6fadbf1d53e1#1673521386",
    "Date": 1673521387.0,
    "errors": {
        "DebitedFunds": "Due to repudiations against this transaction, you can not refund this amount"
    }
}

Overview

User management

User verification

Wallets

Cards

Card pay-ins

Banking pay-ins

APM pay-ins

Transfers

Refunds

Disputes

Payouts

FX conversions

Transactions

Helpers

Platform account

Create a Refund for a PayIn

Path parameters

Body parameters

Responses

Overview

User management

User verification

Wallets

Cards

Card pay-ins

Banking pay-ins

APM pay-ins

Transfers

Refunds

Disputes

Payouts

FX conversions

Transactions

Helpers

Platform account

​Path parameters

​Body parameters

​Responses

Path parameters

Body parameters

Responses