What is the transaction description?

Transaction description

The transaction description or else shopper statement, is what your customers see on their account statement after completing a purchase.

For Adyen Acquiring it’s possible to send the transaction description within the payment request, whereas for other acquiring connections or local payment methods, a static statement is required. 

What’s written in the transaction description?

For cards, we send by default the following to the schemes: Merchant name / City / Country Code. 
For example: Adyen Tech Support / Amsterdam / NLD
Tip: Learn how to change the transaction description.
Tip: Learn how to use dynamic values in your transaction description.

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