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Release Notes

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Documentation Section / Topic Change Description
Portico Developer Guide

Updated release version number from 3.31 to 3.37.

Updated release date from June 2023 to March 2024.

Various Updated links to transaction types for consistency
Overview Minor text clarifications
Encryption Added a note about using Encryption with EMV transaction requests
Transaction Amounts Added a note about maximum size of informational amount fields for GSAP-NA
Authorization Platform Added a section for Exchange.  Removed Planet Payment from this section.
Transactions Added Surcharge Eligibility Lookup & Token Updater History.  Updated links for CreditOfflineAuth, ManageTokens, and Tokenize responses
Credit Card Transactions Updated links for CreditOfflineAuth response
Utility Transactions Added Surcharge Eligibility Lookup & Token Updater History.  Updated links for ManageTokens and Tokenize responses
Amount Indicator and Estimated Authorization New section.
Address Verification Service Updated text.  Removed codes no longer supported by Visa.
Corporate Data Added clarification for Level II and Level III 
Level II Added details for Canadian merchants
Credit Return Added a note box to indicate that all new integrations should support Online Return
Dynamic Currency Conversion Added sections for Currency Processor and Batch Management for DCC
Interac Reversals and Incrementing POSSequenceNbr Added additional information about Reversal Reason Code and Sequence Number
Interac MessageAuthenticationCode Added note that MAC is not required when card encryption is in place
Optional POS Data New section
Payment Facilitators

Section renamed from "Heartland Platforms / Payment Facilitators" to "Payment Facilitators".

In Payment Facilitator Transaction Elements section, added link to the SubmerchantData block.

Quasi Cash New section
Store and Forward Updated section for clarity
Surcharge Eligibility Lookup New section
Token Updater History New section
Union Pay

Added a note that Union Pay does not allow keyed card present transactions

Added header field name in United Kingdom section.

Gateway Response Codes Added new response code 56.
Issuer Response Codes

Updated text for 65

Updated text for PR; this is no longer just for Union Pay. 

Glossary Updated the definition for CAB Program Code
Schema Updated schema for v3.37