Region codes

In the tables you can find payment regions codes that are passed in callbacks in the payment.region parameter. The received code depends on the merchant's country and the card country. All codes, except domestic, imply that the merchant's country and the card country do not match.

Table 1. Mastercard and Maestro cards payments
Code Description
domestic the countries of the card and merchant are the same
intereuropean both countries are part of the European region, and one of the countries is a member of the SEPA, the other is not
interregional the merchant country is a member of the European Union (EU) and the card country is not
non-sepa both countries are part of the European region and are not part of the SEPA
sepa (eea) both countries are part of the EEA
sepa (non-eea) both countries are members of the SEPA, and one or both are not members of the EEA
Table 2. VISA cards payments
Code Description
domestic the countries of the card and merchant are the same
* if a payout (OCT) is processing:
  • the merchant's country is from the EEA region and matches the card country, as well as the country of the acquirer and Issuer from the EEA region
  • the merchant's country is not from the EEA and matches the card country, the issuer's country, and the acquirer's country
international both countries belong to different VISA regions, according to the distribution of countries by region by VISA
eea both countries belong to the EEA
non-eea isr, tur both countries are part of the European region, one of them is Israel or Turkey
non-eea che both countries are part of the European region, except Israel or Turkey, and one of them is Switzerland
non-eea other both countries are part of the European region, except Switzerland, Israel or Turkey, and one of them is Andorra, Monaco, San Marino or the Vatican