Ascend Pay - Deposits, Fees, and Report Definitions

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Written By Eddy Cevilla (Administrator)

Updated at June 15th, 2024

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Ascend HQ Reports What gets deposited to the bank? How can I see details about the fees I am being charged? Report Definitions Balance Platform Accounting Report Payment Accounting Report Record types Settlement Details Report Journal types

The devil is in the details. You can find all you need to know about the terms in Ascend Pay reporting below.

Once you're ready to reconcile your account with this information, click here.

Ascend HQ Reports

To access all available Ascend Pay reports:

Navigate to Ascend HQ (ascendrms.com).
Select you desired report by clicking on Payments > Ascend Pay.

To export Ascend Pay reports:

Navigate to your desired report.
Customize your data columns using the gear icon, if necessary.
Click Export.

What gets deposited to the bank?

HQ > Balance Platform Account
Click the gear icon and select the additional columns - Account Holder Description, Funds Available Date and Amount and Save
Export to Excel
Filter Account Holder Description to only the shop name
- Filter Funds Available Date (date things should show in bank)
- Sum Amount column

How can I see details about the fees I am being charged?

HQ > Balance Platform Account
Export to Excel
Filter Booking Date -OR- Funds Available Date (which ever you prefer)
Filter Status to only show Captured and Refunded
Filter Description to everything BUT Sellers Split
Determine the absolute sum of Amount column
Determine the sum of Platform Payment Markup column
Subtract the Payment Platform Markup from the Absolute Sum of Amount
The result of the above steps should match the amount of fees.

Report Definitions

Balance Platform Accounting Report

The Balance Platform Accounting Report is a daily report that tracks all balance changes on all balance accounts in your platform, including liable accounts. You can use the information from the Balance Platform Accounting Report to:

Confirm all processed payments
Confirm transfers between balance accounts
Confirm payouts to your bank accounts
Track payment fees, costs, and invoice deduction

The generated report includes the balance mutations with a Booking Date for all the accounts for your platform between opening (00:00 AM) and closing (00:00 AM the next day) for your selected day in Central European Time (CET).

The following table shows the standard columns that are included in the Accounting Report, in their default order:

#	Column	Financial service	Description
1	Balance Platform	issuing payouts platform payments	Name of your Balance Platform account.
2	Account Holder	issuing payouts platform payments	Unique identifier of the account holder that owns the balance account.
3	Balance Account	issuing payouts platform payments	The unique identifier of the balance account.
4	Transfer Id	issuing payouts platform payments	The unique identifier of a pending debit or credit.
5	Transaction Id	issuing payouts platform payments	The unique identifier of a transaction, reflects a completed debit or credit.
6	Category	issuing payouts platform payments	The category of the transaction. Possible values: platformPayment internal bank issuedCard
7	Status	issuing payouts platform payments	The status of the event. Example values: authorised, chargeback.
8	Type	issuing payouts platform payments	The type of transfer or transaction. Example values: refund, chargeback.
9	Booking Date	issuing payouts platform payments	Date of the booking.
10	Value Date	issuing payouts platform payments	The date when the funds are available.
11	Value Date Time Zone	issuing payouts platform payments	The time zone of the location where the funds are available.
12	Currency	issuing payouts platform payments	The three-character ISO currency code for the balance account.
	Amount	issuing payouts platform payments	The amount of the transfer or transaction.
13	Original Currency	issuing	The three-character ISO currency code of the payment amount as reported by the acquirer.
14	Original Amount	issuing	The payment amount in the currency defined in Original Currency.
15	Payment Currency	issuing payouts platform payments	The currency of the payment.
	Received (PC)	issuing payouts platform payments	The amount (in Payment Currency) debited or credited on the Received accounting register.
16	Reserved (PC)	issuing payouts platform payments	The amount (in Payment Currency) debited or credited on the Reserved accounting register.
17	Balance (PC)	issuing payouts platform payments	The amount (in Payment Currency) debited or credited on the Balance accounting register.
18	Reference	issuing payouts platform payments	The unique identifier of a pending debit or credit.
19	Description	issuing payouts platform payments	The unique identifier of a pending debit or credit. When the transfer is a fee, the fee type is added before the description of the original payment. Possible fee type indications: Payment Fee for Chargeback Fee for SecondChargeback Fee for ChargebackReversal Fee for If the original payment did not contain a description, possible fee type indications are: Payment Fee Chargeback Fee SecondChargeback Fee ChargebackReversal Fee
20	Counterparty Balance Account Id	issuing payouts platform payments	The unique identifier of the destination of the transfer.
21	Psp Payment Merchant Reference	platform payments	The PSP merchant reference of a payment.
22	Psp Payment Psp Reference	platform payments	The PSP reference of a payment.
23	Psp Modification Psp Reference	platform payments	The PSP modification reference of a payment.
24	Psp Modification Merchant Reference	platform payments	The PSP modification reference of a payment.
25	Payment Instrument Type	issuing	The type of the payment instrument used in the payment.
26	Payment Instrument Id	issuing	The unique identifier of the payment instrument.
27	Entrymode	issuing	The point-of-sale entry mode as reported by the acquirer. Possible values: manual chip magstripe magstripe_fallback contactless contactless_magstripe cof token e_commerce server barcode ocr unknown
28	Auth Code	issuing	A unique authorization code generated for the payment. This code should be included when canceling or refunding a payment.
29	Shopper Interaction	issuing	Transaction type. Possible values: Ecommerce ContAuth POS Moto
30	MCC	issuing	The merchant category code of the merchant that initiated the payment.
31	Counterparty Name	issuing	The name of the merchant that initiated the payment.
32	Counterparty Address	issuing	The address of the merchant that initiated the payment.
33	Counterparty City	issuing	The city of the merchant that initiated the payment.
34	Counterparty Country	issuing	The ISO country code of the merchant that initiated the payment.
35	Counterparty iban	payouts	The IBAN of the merchant that initiated the payment.
36	Counterparty bic	payouts	The BIC of the bank of the merchant that initiated the payment.
37	Counterparty Account Number	payouts	The account number of the merchant that initiated the payment.
38	Counterparty Postal Code	issuing payouts	The postal code of the merchant that initiated the payment.
39	Interchange Currency	issuing	The currency of the interchange.
	Interchange	issuing	The amount of interchange.
40	Beneficiary Balance Account	issuing	The unique identifier of the beneficiary balance account associated with your platform.
41	Brand variant	issuing	The brand variant for the payment instrument. For example: mcdebit, visaprepaid.
42	Reference for Beneficiary	payouts	Your reference for the beneficiary.
43	Platform Payment Interchange	platform payments	Fee charged by the Issuing bank. If the acquirer does not provide the transaction information at the interchange level, this field is empty.
44	Platform Payment Scheme Fee	platform payments	Fee which is charged by Visa or Mastercard. If the acquirer does not provide the transaction information at the interchange level, this field is empty.
45	Platform Payment Markup	platform payments	Fee charged by the acquiring bank. If the acquirer does not provide the transaction information at the interchange level, this field is empty.
46	Platform Payment Commission	platform payments	Blend fee charged by the acquiring bank. If the acquirer does not provide the transaction information at the payment level, this field is empty.
	Platform Payment Cost Currency	platform payments	The currency of the Platform Payment Cost fields.
47	Account Holder Description	issuing payouts platform payments	Your description for the account holder.
48	Account Holder Reference	issuing payouts platform payments	Your reference for the account holder.
49	Balance Account Description	issuing payouts platform payments	Your description for the balance account.
50	Balance Account Reference	issuing payouts platform payments	Your reference for the balance account.

Payment Accounting Report

The Payment Accounting Report includes Payments lifecycle status changes, events, and modifications for all transactions. You can use this report to see the costs associated with different statuses and perform invoice reconciliation.

Under the header line, each line in the report is a separate entry.

Each column shows specific information about the entries. By default, the report includes these standard columns in this order:

#	Column	Data type	Description
1	Company Account	Unicode Text (80-character)	The name of your company account as registered in the Adyen payments platform.
2	Merchant Account	Unicode Text (80-character)	The name of the merchant account that was used to process the original payment request. The report may contain line items for multiple merchant accounts.
3	Psp Reference	Unicode Text (16-character)	Adyen's 16-character unique reference associated with the transaction/the request. This value is globally unique; quote it when communicating with us about this request.
4	Merchant Reference	Unicode Text (80-character)	The reference that was specified in the payment request.
5	Payment Method	Unicode Text (50-character)	The payment method used for the transaction. For example: visa, mc, amex.
6	Booking Date	Date field + Time field	The timestamp indicating when the event was entered into Adyen's accounting system. The format is `YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS`. For example: 2021-07-26 19:58:55.
	TimeZone	Alpha Text (4-character limit)	The time zone of the Booking Date column. This is the ISO code for your time zone setting.
7	Main Currency	Alpha Text (3-character limit)	The three-character ISO code for the currency of the main amount.
	Main Amount	Text field Numeric (16-Character limit)	The amount recorded when the transaction reaches the Record Type. For example, the main amount of a `Settled` transaction is the amount after deducting payment processing fees.
8	Record Type	Unicode Text (50-character)	The accounting record type. For a list of record types, see below.
9	Payment Currency	Alpha Text (3-character limit)	The three-character ISO code for the currency that was used to process the payment.
10	Received (PC)	Fixed point number	The amount (in Payment Currency) debited or credited on the Received accounting register.
11	Authorised (PC)	Fixed point number	The amount (in Payment Currency) debited or credited on the Authorised accounting register.
12	Captured (PC)	Fixed point number	The amount (in Payment Currency) debited or credited on the Captured accounting register.
13	Settlement Currency	Alpha Text (3-character limit)	The three-character ISO code for the currency that was used when settling the payment.
14	Payable (SC)	Fixed point number	The amount (in Settlement Currency) debited or credited on the Payable accounting register. This will be paid out to your bank account.
15	Commission (SC)	Fixed point number	The commission fee that was withheld by the acquirer (in Settlement Currency) If the acquirer provides the transaction information at the interchange level, Adyen will split the commission into the Markup, Scheme Fees and Interchange registers instead.
16	Markup (SC)	Fixed point number	The fee charged by the acquiring bank (in Settlement Currency).
17	Scheme Fees (SC)	Fixed point number	The fee charged by, for example, Visa or Mastercard (in Settlement Currency).
18	Interchange (SC)	Fixed point number	The fee charged by the issuing bank (in Settlement Currency).
19	Processing Fee Currency	Alpha Text (3-character limit)	The three-character ISO code for the currency in which the processing (or gateway) fee is charged.
20	Processing Fee (FC)	Fixed point number	The amount (in Processing Fee Currency) charged on the Processing Fee accounting register.
21	User Name	Unicode Text (80-character)	The user (interactive or webservice user) who performed the action resulting in the accounting record. If the record was created by an automated internal process, the value will be system.
22	Payment Method Variant	Unicode Text (50-character)	The sub-brand of the payment method (if applicable). For example: visaclassic, visadebit, mccorporate.
23	Modification Merchant Reference	Unicode Text (80-character)	The optional modification reference for modifications, if specified in the transaction.

Record types

Record Type	Description
Authorised	Payment approved by the financial institution.
AuthorisedPending	Payment authorisation is pending acceptance from the issuer.
Cancelled	Transaction cancelled.
CaptureFailed	Capture of a payment failed. For more information, refer to Failed capture.
Chargeback	Payment reversed by the bank/scheme/consumer.
SecondChargeback	Unsuccessful defense of first chargeback.
ChargebackExternally	Payment booked as a chargeback with external acquirer.
ChargebackExternallyWithInfo	Payment booked as a chargeback with external acquirer.
ChargebackReversed	Chargeback defended successfully, or the shopper re-paid the funds.
ChargebackReversedExternallyWithInfo	Chargeback defended successfully, or the shopper re-paid the funds.
Error	Transaction error.
Expired	Payment not captured within time limits.
PaidOut	Payout successfully completed.
PaidOutExternally	Payout successfully completed with external acquirer.
PaidOutExternallyWithInfo	Payout successfully completed with external acquirer.
PaidOutReversed	Payout returned to Adyen's account as it could not be credited to the shopper.
PayoutAuthorised	Payout successfully authorised.
PayoutError	Payout that resulted in an error.
PayoutFailed	Payout request was returned by the acquirer.
Received	Registration of a validated payment attempt.
ReceivedPayout	Payout received by the Adyen payments platform.
RefundAuthorised	Refund successfully authorised.
Refunded	Payment successfully refunded.
RefundedBulk	Payment successfully refunded through Adyen Acquiring. This journal type will be deprecated.
RefundedExternally	Payment successfully refunded through an external acquirer.
RefundedExternallyWithInfo	Payment successfully refunded through an external acquirer.
RefundFailed	The refund failed. For more information, refer to Failed refund.
RefundedInInstallments	Payment has been fully refunded in installments.
RefundedInstallment	Payment installment has been refunded.
RefundedReversed	Refund returned to Adyen's account as it could not be credited to the shopper.
RefundNotProcessed	Refund has not been settled because the acquirer has not process the refund 30 days after initiation; however, the customer has received the funds. If the refund is processed after 30 days, you will see an additional Refunded record.
Refused	Payment was refused, either by the acquirer or by the Adyen fraud tool.
RefusedPayout	Payout was refused, either by the Adyen fraud tool or by the acquirer.
Retried	Payment request was retried.
SentForPayout	Payment sent for payout by the acquirer.
SentForRefund	Payment sent for refund by the acquirer.
SentForSettle	Request to transfer the payment sent to the financial institution.
Settled	Payment has been settled, and the funds have been received by Adyen.
SettledBulk	Payment has been settled through Adyen Acquiring. This journal type will be deprecated.
SettledExternally	Payment has been settled with an external acquirer.
SettledExternallyWithInfo	Payment has been settled with an external acquirer.
SettledInInstallments	Payment has been fully captured in installments.
SettledInstallmentSuspendInstallment	Payment installment has been settled.
SettledReversed	Payment has not been settled because Adyen has not received the funds 30 days after capture. If Adyen receives the funds more than 30 days after capture, then you will see a Settled record.
SuspendInstallment	The installment will no longer be sent to the scheme due to a dispute in the transaction.
AdvancedInstallment	The installment was advanced.
AdvancedInstallmentCancelled	The advancement of the installment was cancelled.
OpenInstallment	An installment is still open. There are 4 possible states of an OpenInstallment: Initial: A transaction was captured. Representment: You successfully defended a dispute, and we have resumed suspended installments. Retry: A capture failed, and is being retried. Acceleration: The shopper requested a refund, but the amount in the refund request is greater than the amount received, so future installments are accelerated and the installment is closed. See CloseInstallment.
CloseInstallment	The installment will no longer be sent to the scheme and the OpenInstallment is closed.

Settlement Details Report

The Settlement Details Report is used to reconcile settlements on a transaction level. It includes the details of payments that have been settled and paid out to you in one batch by Ascend Pay. You can use this report to see the costs of each transaction and perform reconciliation on a transaction level.

Under the header line, each line in the report is a separate entry. The types of entries include: Transactions, Transaction fees, Deposit corrections, Invoice deductions, and Payouts.

Each column shows specific information about the entries. The table below reflects the standard columns that are included in the report, and the default order:

#	Column	Description
1	Company Account	The name of your company account as registered in the Adyen payments platform.
2	Merchant Account	The name of the merchant account that was used to process the original payment request.
3	Psp Reference	Adyen's 16-character unique reference associated with the transaction/the request. This value is globally unique; quote it when communicating with us about this request.
4	Merchant Reference	The reference that was specified in the payment request.
5	Payment Method	The payment method used for the transaction. For example: visa, mc, amex.
6	Creation Date	The timestamp indicating when the payment was created on the Adyen payments platform. Format: `YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS`. For example: 2012-07-26 19:58:55.
	TimeZone	The time zone of the Creation Date. This is the ISO code for your time zone setting.
7	Type*	The Journal type of the entry.
8	Modification Reference*	For entries of Type `Settled`, `Refunded`, `Chargeback`, this is the modification PSP reference, a unique ID that identifies the modification request. Maximum length: 16 characters. In some cases, the modification reference returned for entries of Type `Chargeback` is the same as the reference returned when the payment was captured. This is expected behavior. For records of Type `MerchantPayout`, this is a description containing Account code, batch number, and the unique payout reference (TX...XT), which can also be found on the bank statement. Maximum length: 256 characters.
9	Gross Currency*	The three-character ISO currency code for the transaction currency.
	Gross Debit (GC)*	The amount submitted in the transaction request. For example, 100.00.
	Gross Credit (GC)*	The amount submitted in the transaction request. For example, 100.00.
	Exchange Rate	The exchange rate used for converting the gross amount into the net amount. This will be 1 if you process and settle in the same currency. For externally settled payments, the listed exchange rate is Adyen's reference exchange rate, not the actual rate applied by the external acquirer.
10	Net Currency	The three-character ISO currency code for the settlement currency.
	Net Debit (NC)	The net amount debited from the Payable batch. For example, for a Refunded booking, this is the amount sent as part of the refund request plus any additional costs withheld.
	Net Credit (NC)	The amount submitted in the transaction request minus transaction costs and fees. For example, 98.26.
11	Commission (NC)	The commission fee that was withheld by the acquirer. This should be the difference between the gross and net amounts. If the acquirer provides the transaction information at interchange level, Adyen splits the commission into: Markup Scheme Fees Interchange In this case, the Commission column is empty and columns Markup (12), Scheme Fees (13), and Interchange (14) are populated. If the acquirer does not provide the transaction information at interchange level, Adyen populates the total commission in the column Commission (11). In this case, columns Markup, Scheme Fees, and Interchange are empty. For externally settled refunds (for example, American Express refunds), this amount will be negative. If you are automating your reconciliation, make sure your system can handle negative values.
12	Markup (NC)	The fee charged by the acquiring bank. If the acquirer does not provide the transaction information at the interchange level, this field is empty.
13	Scheme Fees (NC)	The fee charged by, for example, Visa or Mastercard. If the acquirer does not provide the transaction information at the interchange level, this field is empty.
14	Interchange (NC)	The fee charged by the issuing bank. If the acquirer doesn't provide the transaction information at the interchange level, this field is empty.
15	Payment Method Variant	The sub-brand of the payment method (if applicable). For example: visaclassic, visadebit, mccorporate.
16	Modification Merchant Reference	The optional modification reference for modifications, if specified in the transaction.
17	Batch Number	The sequence number of the settlement.

Journal types

The journal types listed below correspond to the Type field.

Journal Type	Occurrence	Description
Fee*	Debit	The Adyen transaction fees for Received and SentForRefund transactions booked during the specified batch period.
MiscCosts*	Debit/Credit	The costs from externally settled payments that could not be matched with any specific transactions.
MerchantPayout*	Debit	The amount that is paid for a settlement currency from the payout batch to your bank account.
Refunded	Debit	A debit for a payment that was SentForRefund.
Settled	Credit	A credit for a payment that was SentForSettle.
Chargeback	Debit	A debit for a payment that is reversed by the bank/scheme/consumer.
SecondChargeback	A debit	Debit for an unsuccessful defense of a first chargeback.
ChargebackReversed	Credit	A previous chargeback that is credited to you after a payment is successfully defended, or after the shopper re-pays the funds.
RefundedReversed	Credit	A refund that is returned to our account because it cannot be credited to the shopper by the scheme/bank or is returned by the shopper.
DepositCorrection*	Debit/Credit	The funds being withheld from/released to the account due to a change in the required security deposit (coverage of the exposure on the account).
InvoiceDeduction*	Debit/Credit	A payment processing invoice that is credited/deducted from the account.If an invoice includes VAT/GST charges, you will see two separate bookings: costs/discounts and taxes. Details are specified in the Modification Reference column.
MatchedStatement	Debit/Credit	A wire transfer from merchant booked in the account.
ManualCorrected	Debit/Credit	A manual booking/adjustment by Adyen.
BankInstructionReturned	Credit	A credit for previous merchant payouts that were not processed successfully or that were returned to Adyen.
EpaPaid	Debit/Credit	An Electronic Payment Advice (EPA) from an external acquirer that was confirmed by the acquirer but not settled through Adyen.
Balancetransfer	Debit/Credit	A balance transfer to or from subsequent payout batches in order to process negative payable/capture balances or for batches that could not be paid out.
PaymentCost	Debit/Credit	Used only in the following scenarios: For Klarna payments, deductions such as dispute fees are booked using the PaymentCost journal type, referencing the PSP reference of the original payment. For ELO payments, financial adjustments and arbitration costs are booked using the PaymentCost journal type. For MasterCardPersonalPayments, when the transaction fee for the payout is booked. For Visa disputes, financial adjustments will be booked on the corresponding transaction using the PaymentCost journal type. For Mastercard disputes, the issuer can collect a dispute administration fee for disputes where a (pre-)arbitration case is filed, and the issuer wins. This fee will be booked using the PaymentCost journal type.
PaidOut	Debit	The net debit for a payout that was SentForPayout.
PaidOutReversed	Credit	A payout returned to Adyen's account because it could not be credited to the shopper by the scheme/bank or is returned by the shopper.
RefundedInstallment	Debit	The debit amount for a payment that was SentForRefund. This journal is used for credit transactions using an Adyen installments-capable acquirer (like Brazil and Mexico), regardless of whether the transaction is one-off or an installment.
SettledInstallment	Credit	The credit amount being settled for a credit card transaction created in installments. For installment-based transactions, the settled credit amount does not equal the whole amount that was SentForSettle. When it is a one-off transaction, then the credit amount that will be settled for this payment will equal the whole amount that was SentForSettle. If you have made an advancement, then the credit amount for this journal SettledInstallment will be zero.
SuspendInstallment	Debit	Indicates that submitting subsequent installments to the scheme has been suspended due to a chargeback requested by the issuing bank. If you have made an advancement of the installment settlement, then this journal will appear in the Settlement details report to indicate the debit to compensate the advanced amount.
CaptureFailed (Sales Day payout)	Debit	Capturing funds has failed for a transaction. In other words, these funds will not be received yet from the card scheme or payment method. A debit booking will be made to the next payout, because Adyen doesn't receive the pre-financed transaction amount from the card scheme or payment method.
RefundFailed (Sales Day payout)	Credit	A refund to a card or payment method has failed. If your account has already been debited for the refund, a credit booking is made to the next merchant payout (because Adyen will not have to pay for the refunded amount).
RefundNotCleared (Sales Day payout)	Credit	A refund hasn't been settled because the acquirer hasn't processed the refund 30 days after initiation. However, the customer has received the funds. No action is needed; adjustments to your balance happen automatically. If the refund is processed after 30 days, you will see an additional Refunded booking. This journal type was formerly called RefundNotProcessed.
SettledReversed (Sales Day payout)	Debit	A debit that reverses a Settled transaction for which Adyen hasn't received the funds from the card scheme or payment method within 30 days of capture. No action is needed; adjustments to your balance happen automatically. If Adyen receives the funds after 30 days, you will see an additional Settled booking.
MerchantPayin	Credit	A credit transfer or direct debit booked in the account to fund the Reserve.
ReserveAdjustment	Debit/Credit	The funds being withheld from or released to the account due to funding or for using the Reserve register.
MerchantPayinReversed	Debit	A payment that was meant to top up or fund an account, goes through a chargeback.
XASTransfer	Debit	The funds debited to your platform's liable account. Used in classic Adyen for Platforms integrations. For more information, refer to Reconcile your platform's accounts receivable.

^*The data type for these fields is Unicode Text (80-character) instead of Alpha Text (50-character).

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