Authorization verifies that a customer’s payment method is valid.
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Payment authorization is the process of checking with a customer’s bank or payment provider to confirm that a payment can be approved.
During authorization, the provider typically verifies that:
If approved, the funds are usually held or reserved for the transaction, but the payment hasn’t necessarily been captured yet. Capture is the next step that actually collects the authorized payment.