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Customer-Initiated Transactions with Credentials on
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A customer-initiated transaction (CIT) is a transaction initiated by the customer. There
are two types of CIT transactions:
- Customer transactions where the credentials are stored for futuremerchantinitiated transactions
- Customer transactions where the credentials are stored for futurecustomerinitiated transactions
Customers can initiate a CIT at a merchant payment terminal, through an online purchase
transaction, or by making a purchase using a previously stored credential.
You can create a new customer-initiated transaction in the by
requesting a new authorization in the One-Time Payments section. Once you have
entered the customer's information, you will be given the opportunity to store the
customer's credentials with the customer's permission in the Payment Information
section. By doing so, you will now be able to perform merchant-initiated
transactions for payments the customer has pre-approved. For more information on how
to perform a MIT in the ,
see Merchant-Initiated No-Show Transactions.