DOC 01 · CS Reference
Bank Returned Process
/returned-bank-process
If the partner bank encounters an issue while processing the transaction, or if the beneficiary bank returns the transaction, it moves to a Returned status and then changes to Bank Returned.
Once the transaction status changes to Bank Returned, an auto refund RFI is raised. A notification on the customer's app/web and an auto email will be sent to the customer's registered email address requesting them to upload refund details/documents (bank statement of the source bank).
If a customer contacts to check on the refund status
First, check the status of the transaction. If the transaction is in a returned status, check the RFI logs and the status of the RFI.
- If the RFI is NOT responded — request the customer to update the RFI, or request the customer to share the details/document while you are on the Chat/ticket and upload it on the RFI. No Zendesk ticket needs to be raised.
- If the RFI is responded but it is more than 24 hours — raise a Zendesk ticket to the Refunds team.
If the customer contacts to check the reason for the Return / Refund
- Click on the Response tab.
- Check the error description.
- To know the reason for the return, click on the Return Reason Description link.
- If you are unable to find the reason via the link, raise a Zendesk ticket to the Payops team.
VALIDATION_SERVICE_ERROR escalation: If the partner status description appears as VALIDATION_SERVICE_ERROR, escalate immediately to the Tech team. Transactions are not forwarded to the Partner Bank or the Beneficiary's Bank when this error occurs — this is an internal failure at Nium's end.