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by awill88 1358 days ago
No, it’s strategic. Feature not a bug. As someone who has integrated with Visa/MC/Amex using old school SOAP APIs, you will get higher quality context about what’s going on with the card when you hit it with a zero dollar transaction. Can’t say for sure if they are doing it primarily to avoid supporting this virtual card thing. But I found it conventional in my fintech stint
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ScoobleDoodle 1358 days ago
Parent is saying Revolut should handle both the 0 payment and the subsequent real payment without resetting the number so that this workflow succeeds. They’re not saying to fix the double charge attempt, which as you say gives more information.
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solumunus 1358 days ago
They're saying £0 isn't a payment and Revolut should ignore it. It's not a Revolut bug but it's missed functionality for sure.
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