How merchant can be connected to Visa Account Updater?

[LoretaKouyiali]

Hello.

How merchant can be connected to Visa Account Updater?

Can merchant connect to VAU without his acquirer? Or connection is possible only via acquirer?

Thank you.

[API_Products]

Hi @LoretaKouyiali,

Visa Account Updater API is for issuers to query merchants that have requested updates on the issuer’s cards, not for merchants to submit inquiries to VAU.  Are you a user that intends to use the API on behalf of issuers or merchants?

[LoretaKouyiali]

Hello @DianaTran-Yee,

On behalf of merchant.

[LoretaKouyiali]

Hello @DianaTran-Yee,

I'm still not really sure if I receive essential response - so my question is - can merchant connect to VAU API by himself - with no acquirer participation or not? Or merchant can be connected to VAU only if merchant's bank-acquirer is connected to VAU API?

On your website I see that Visa Account Updater is "AVAILABLE FOR USE BY: Issuer Banks, Independent Developers".

Thanks.

[API_Products]

Hi @LoretaKouyiali,

The current VAU API is only for issuers and we do not have an VAU API for merchants.

[jerrywaugh]

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[API_Products]

Hello @jerrywaugh,

You've reached the Visa Developer Platform. This platform is for the developer community, banks and merchants to build solutions with our APIs to market to their customers. It's not a solution for end users, though you are free to create an account and experiment in our sandbox.

If I've misunderstood, and you are a developer looking to build a solution for your customers, please visit this link to "Get Started" and find an API that meets your use case.  https://developer.visa.com/pages/working-with-visa-apis