PostFinance Card & eFinance
Via the Saferpay JSON API, payments can be handled through PostFinance Card and eFinance.
Acceptance of PostFinance Card & eFinance requires:
- A corresponding licence and thus the existence of a valid identification with a username and password for the Saferpay system.
- A valid contract with PostFinance.
Feature | Support |
✅ | |
❌ | |
✅ | |
Secure Card Data | |
Recurring Payments | |
3D Secure | ❌ |
Dynamic Currency Conversion (DCC) | ❌ |
Mail Phone Order | ❌ |
✅ | |
Omni-Channel | ❌ |
The general integration of PostFinance eFinance/Card can be done via the Payment Page -However, other features require a different path. See further down in this chapter- and requires the following things to be noted:
PostFinance transactions are only valid for 30 days and must be captured in this time frame. After 30 days, the reservation will void and the authorized amount can no longer be transferred! However you have a guaranteed payout, within these 30 days!
If you intend on saving PostFinance Card-data for later use, Saferpay provides the possibility of storing PostFinance’s Postcard inside the Saferpay Secure Card store. For this, the following requirements must be met:
- Activation of Saferpay Secure Card Data in the Saferpay merchant account.
- The feature must also be activated on PostFinance side.
- Only the PostFinance Card is supported, not eFinance!
The registration is done via the Saferpay Alias Store. Within the Alias Insert Request, you need to specify the parameter Type with the value POSTFINANCE, which signals, that you want to save Postcard payment means.
Request
Response
{
"RegisterAlias": {
"IdGenerator": "RANDOM_UNIQUE"
},
"Type": "POSTFINANCE",
"LanguageCode": "en",
"RequestHeader": {
"SpecVersion": "1.14",
"CustomerId": "242225",
"RequestId": "5f543be575b3f3ecff3214257ac6978a",
"RetryIndicator": 0,
"ClientInfo": {
"ShopInfo": "My Shop",
"OsInfo": "Windows Server 2013"
}
},
"ReturnUrls": {
"Success": "https://www.myshop.com/success",
"Fail": "https://www.myshop.com/fail",
"Abort": "https://www.myshop.com/abort"
}
}
{
"ResponseHeader": {
"SpecVersion": "1.14",
"RequestId": "5f543be575b3f3ecff3214257ac6978a"
},
"Token": "y6678qfw3dm9pule1inqkpr1o",
"Expiration": "2019-11-15T14:39:16.642+01:00",
"RedirectUrl": "https://test.saferpay.com/vt2/api/register/twint/242225/y6678qfw3dm9pule1inqkpr1o"
}
The RedirectUrl then needs to be opened inside an iFrame, as a redirect, or lightbox.
Unlike with credit cards, PostFinance requires the card holder to agree to registration on its site, so a redirect will be done!
1 - Confirmation dialogue on PostFinance:
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2 - After clicking on Next, card holders are asked to enter their card ID:
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3 - Card holders must then confirm registration by entering a TAN. This is created using a card reader:
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4 - After registration, the result is displayed to the customer, who is then returned to the shop:
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Once this process is done, the user gets redirected towards one of the previously defined ReturnUrls, depending on the outcome.
The merchant system then needs to execute the Alias Assert Insert Request, in order to gather the alias and other important payment mean details.
Request
Response
{
"Token": "67tdpr8keb3ky3y6728kqv4gk",
"RequestHeader": {
"SpecVersion": "1.14",
"CustomerId": "242225",
"RequestId": "22c449e9cb06a227491c0f18532d9ef1",
"RetryIndicator": 0,
"ClientInfo": {
"ShopInfo": "My Shop",
"OsInfo": "Windows Server 2013"
}
}
}
{
"ResponseHeader": {
"SpecVersion": "1.14",
"RequestId": "22c449e9cb06a227491c0f18532d9ef1"
},
"Alias": {
"Id": "a2f4d6390bdf5ba4ed9d0c0f2318bc2b",
"Lifetime": 1000
},
"PaymentMeans": {
"Brand": {
"PaymentMethod": "POSTCARD",
"Name": "Postcard"
},
"DisplayText": "xxxxxxxx123",
"Card": {
"MaskedNumber": "xxxxxxxx123",
"ExpYear": 2021,
"ExpMonth": 7
}
}
}
Once you have obtained the alias, you can go ahead and execute your recurring/subsequent transaction using the Transaction AuthorizeDirect request. The alias is set within the
PaymentMeans.Alias container, but remember, that this transaction, like all PostFinance transactions, also must be captured for the money to flow.If you are integrating PostFinance inisde a web-view, you may have to specifically configure your view, in order for the PostFinance app to open.
Here is example-code on how this is achieved.
This code has been directly provided by PostFinance. If you have any questions, please ask PostFinance for help.
Android
private fun setUpWebViewClient() {
binding.webView.webViewClient = object : WebViewClient() {
override fun shouldOverrideUrlLoading(view: WebView?, url: String?): Boolean {
Log.d(this@WebViewActivity::class.java.simpleName, "shouldOverrideUrlLoading: $url")
if(url?.contains("universal.postfinance.ch/") == true) {
startActivity(Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse(url)))
return true
}
return false
}
override fun onPageFinished(view: WebView?, url: String?) = onLoadingFinished()
override fun onReceivedError(
view: WebView?,
request: WebResourceRequest?,
error: WebResourceError?
) = onLoadingFinished()
}
}
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