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CRIF

About CRIF

General information about CRIF

Popular with customers, risky for the merchant: Payment methods such as direct debit or purchase on account involve a high level of default risk. Computop Paycontrol, an automated credit rating with all standard credit agencies, combines flexibility and payment security for online business.

With Paycontrol you can, amongst other things, automatically obtain information from CRIF without having to connect your shop system to individual information interfaces.

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CRIF (formerly Deltavista) provides information on about 80 million individuals, 6 million companies, and 10 million payment, register, and address records from Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Type

Risk Management

Further information can be found on the webpage of CRIF (www.crif.de/).

Process flow chart

CRIF process flow

Paygate interface

Definitions
Data formats

Format

Description

a

alphabetical

as

alphabetical with special characters

n

numeric

an

alphanumeric

ans

alphanumeric with special characters

ns

numeric with special characters

bool

boolean expression (true or false)

3

fixed length with 3 digits/characters

..3

variable length with maximum 3 digits/characters

enum

enumeration of allowed values

dttm

ISODateTime (YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss)

Abbreviations

Abbreviation

Description

Comment

CND

condition

M

mandatory

If a parameter is mandatory, then it must be present

O

optional

If a parameter is optional, then it can be present, but it is not required

C

conditional

If a parameter is conditional, then there is a conditional rule which specifies whether it is mandatory or optional

Notice: Please note that the names of parameters can be returned in upper or lower case.

Calling the interface

To carry out a CRIF order check via a Server-to-Server connection, please use the following URL:

https://www.computop-paygate.com/deltavista.aspx

Notice: For security reasons, Computop Paygate rejects all payment requests with formatting errors. Therefore, please use the correct data type for each parameter.

The following table describes the encrypted payment request parameters:

KeyFormatCNDDescription

MerchantID

ans..30

M

MerchantID, assigned by Computop. Additionally this parameter has to be passed in plain language too.

TransID

ans..64

M

TransactionID provided by you which should be unique for each payment

refnr

ans..30

O

Merchant’s unique reference number

OrderDesc

ans..768

M

Description of goods and prices. Intended purpose on the statement of account.

Amount

n..10

M

Amount in the smallest currency unit (e.g. EUR Cent). Please contact the Computop Helpdesk, if you want to capture amounts <100 (smallest currency unit).

Currency

a3

M

Currency, three digits DIN / ISO 4217, e.g. EUR, USD, GBP. Please find an overview here: A1 Currency table

MAC

an64

M

Hash Message Authentication Code (HMAC) with SHA-256 algorithm. Details can be found here:

ProductName

a..24

M

Checking method:

<QuickCheckConsumer>, <CreditCheckConsumer>,

<QuickCheckBusiness>, <CreditCheckBusiness>,

<IdentCheckConsumer>

ProductCountry

a3

O

Three characters country code according to ISO 3166. Only AUT, DEU, CHE, NLD, POL permissible.

Language

a3

O

Country code for translatable values in the response, three characters in accordance to ISO 3166. Only AUT, DEU, CHE allowed.

CustomerID

ans..30

M

customer number/customer reference

LegalForm

a..10

O

Legal form of the person/company sought: PERSON, COMPANY, UNKNOWN

FirstName

ans..30

O

First name

LastName

ans..30

M

Company name or surname

MaidenName

ans..30

O

Maiden name

Gender

a1

O

Gender: <m> male, <f> female

DateOfBirth

dttm8

O

Date of birth in the format <YYYYMMDD>

AddrStreet

ans..50

M

Street name

AddrStreetNr

ans..15

O

Street number

AddrAddition

ans..60

O

Address c/o

AddrCity

ans..40

O

City

AddrZip

an..20

M

Postcode

AddrCountryCode

a3

O

Three characters country code according to ISO 3166. Only AUT, DEU, CHE, NLD, POL permissible.

sdLegalForm

a..10

O

Legal form of the person/company sought: PERSON, COMPANY, UNKNOWN

sdLastName

ans..30

O

Company name or surname

sdFirstName

ans..30

O

First name

sdMaidenName

ans..30

O

Maiden name

sdGender

a1

O

Gender: <m> male, <f> female

sdDateOfBirth

dttm8

O

Date of birth in the format <YYYYMMDD>

sdStreet

ans..50

O

Street name

sdStreetNr

ans..15

O

Street number

sdAddressAddition

ans..60

O

Address c/o

sdCity

ans..40

O

City

sdZip

an..20

O

Postcode

sdCountryCode

a3

O

Three characters country code according to ISO 3166. Only AUT, DEU, CHE, NLD, POL permissible.

Email

ans..100

O

Email address of the customer

Phone

ans..30

O

Customer’s phone number

Channel

ans..64

O

sales channel

IPAddr

ans..15

O

IP address

CustomerCardNr

ans..32

O

Customer card number

SocialSecurityNumber

an..20

C

National identification number. It is used in Poland since 1979. Mandatory if ProductCountry = POL and LegalForm = PERSON

DateOfRegistration

dttm8

C

Authorization date in the format <YYYYMMDD>, if ProductCountry = POL and LegalForm = PERSON

Service

boolean

O

Flag consenting/approving the search of KBIG database. ProductCountry = POL and LegalForm = PERSON

Values: true/false

IBAN

an..24

O

International Bank Account Number

CCBIN

n6

O

Credit Card BIN (Bank Identification Number)

CC_Hash

an..128

O

SHA-256-Algorithmus hashed using these characters "0123456789abcdefABCDEF"

CreditCardHolder

ans..255

O

Name of the card holder

DeviceID

ans..128

O

Indicates the unique DeviceID for operation

Name

ans..32

O

First name and surname joined

BuyerEmail

ans..100

O

Email address of the purchaser’s PayPal account

PayerID

ans..13

O

Indicates the unique identification number of the customer’s PayPal account

CustomerStatus

ans..32

O

Indicates the purchaser’s security status for a PayPal operation

CountryCode

an2

O

Indicates the purchaser’s country for a PayPal operation

ArticleList

ans..1024

O

Article list with description of items and prices:

<Price>;<Quantity>;<TotalPrice>;<Number>;<Group>;<Name>;<Client>

Price (n..12), in smallest currency unit

Quantity (n..8)

PriceTotal (n..12), in smallest currency unit

Number (ans..50)

Group (ans..100)

Name (ans..100)

Client (ans..50)

<;> separates the fields of an article data set

<+> separates the article data sets

Each article is transferred as a complete article data set:

Price;Quantity;TotalPrice;Number;Group;Name;Client+Price;Quantity…

Parameters for CRIF OrderCheck

The following table describes the result parameters with which the Computop Paygate responds to your system

pls. be prepared to receive additional parameters at any time and do not check the order of parameters

the key (e.g. MerchantId, RefNr) should not be checked case-sentive

KeyFormatCNDDescription

mid

ans..30

M

MerchantID, assigned by Computop

PayID

an32

M

ID assigned by Paygate for the payment, e.g. for referencing in batch files as well as for capture or credit request.

XID

an32

M

ID for all single transactions (authorisation, capture, credit note) for one payment assigned by Paygate

TransID

ans..64

M

TransactionID provided by you which should be unique for each payment

refnr

ans..30

O

Merchant’s unique reference number

Status

a..50

M

OK (URLSuccess) or FAILED (URLFailure)

Description

ans..1024

M

Further details in the event that payment is rejected. Please do not use the Description but the Code parameter for the transaction status analysis!

Code

an8

M

Error code according to Paygate Response Codes (A4 Error codes)

Result

a..10

M

Recommended action (traffic light): GREEN, YELLOW, RED, NO RESULT

PartialResults

a..2000

M

Individual detailed partial checks (e.g. Score) with traffic light result and value listed in XML, which return the overall result on the basis of an evaluation matrix with CRIF. Configurable with Computop.

Limit

n..12

O

Max. credit limit

LimitCurrency

a3

O

Currency of the limit, three digits DIN / ISO 4217

AddrStreet

ans..50

M

Street name

AddrStreetNr

ans..15

O

Street number

AddrCity

ans..40

O

City

AddrZip

an..20

M

Postcode

AddrCountryCode

a3

O

Three characters country code according to ISO 3166. Only AUT, DEU, CHE, NLD, POL permissible.

FirstName

ans..30

O

First name

LastName

ans..30

M

Company name or surname

MaidenName

ans..30

O

Maiden name

Gender

a1

O

Gender: <m> male, <f> female

DateOfBirth

dttm8

O

Date of birth in the format <YYYYMMDD>

ArchiveID

n..64

M

Unique ID for related report, for investigation or for processing purposes

UnidID

n..64

O

CRIF-ID of requested person

Instruction

a..2000

O

Payment method control as XML, configurable with Computop.

<instruction>

<type>PAYMENT_METHOD</type>

<name>CASH_ON_DELIVERY</name>…

Values for <name>:

- „INVOICE“ (for invoice)

- „BANK_DEBIT“ (for direct debit)

- „PAYPAL“ (for PayPal)

- „CREDIT_CARD“ (for credit card without 3D Secure))

- „CREDIT_CARD_3DS“ (for credit card with 3D Secure)

- „DIRECT_DEBIT“ (SOFORT Banking)

- „CASH_ON_DELIVERY“ (for cash on delivery)

- „PREPAYMENT“ (for prepayment)

Result parameters for CRIF OrderCheck

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