Charge description (Payment Pages)
The charge description is a field that we provide to the acquiring bank during a transaction. It is a basic description of the transaction that is shown on the customer’s bank statement.

This page explains how to include a charge description in your requests.
Process overview
There are two methods that can be used to include chargedescription in requests submitted to the acquiring bank:
- Method 1: By assigning a default charge description to your account:
Using this method, the charge description is automatically included in transactions processed on your account, with no additional configuration required. To configure your account to use this method, contact our Support Team, requesting to configure a default charge description.
- Method 2: By manually including a charge description in your requests:
Using this method allows you to specify a different charge description on a request-by-request basis.
Submitting charge description in a request
The chargedescription field can be included in the POST to Payment Pages, as shown in the following example:

<form method="POST" action="<DOMAIN>/process/payments/choice"> <input type="hidden" name="sitereference" value="test_site12345"> <input type="hidden" name="currencyiso3a" value="USD"> <input type="hidden" name="mainamount" value="100.00"> <input type="hidden" name="version" value="2"> <input type="hidden" name="stprofile" value="default"> <input type="hidden" name="chargedescription" value="TEST DESCRIPTOR"> <input type="submit" value="Pay"> </form>
Replace <DOMAIN> with a supported domain. Click here for a full list.
Field specification
Field | Format | Description | |
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chargedescription | Alphanumeric including spaces and special characters (25) | The charge description is a field that we provide to the acquiring bank during a transaction. It is a basic description of the transaction that is shown on the customer’s bank statement. |