Fintech · Recurring payments

Multi-Network Account Updater

One account-updater service spanning Visa, Mastercard, Discover and American Express, keeping stored cards current before they fail.

The challenge

Subscription and recurring-billing merchants see a steady stream of declines from cards that have been replaced, renewed or closed. Every network offers an updater service, each with different formats, schedules and response codes.

What we built

A unified account updater for a US payments-infrastructure company, integrating Visa Account Updater, Mastercard Automatic Billing Updater and Real-Time Account Updater, Discover Global Automatic Updater and American Express Cardrefresher behind one service.

How it works

  • Scheduled and on-demand update requests, timed ahead of billing runs
  • Network responses normalised into one result: new number, new expiry, closed account, contact cardholder
  • Updates applied to merchant records with a full history of what changed and why
  • Reporting on update rates and declines prevented, per merchant and per network

Key capabilities

  • Batch and real-time updates
  • One normalised response model
  • Pre-billing scheduling
  • Merchant-level reporting
  • Secure file and API integrations
TechnologyAWS, .NET and Python, secure file and API integrations, Redshift and Athena for reporting
Architecture

How the pieces fit together.

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