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Card Payment Declined

There may be occasions when your card payment is declined during the payment process.  In most instances, the reason for the decline is not obvious.

To protect your confidentially, the card issuer will not divulge to University of Nottingham the reason why your payment was declined and you (the card holder) will need to contact your card issuer directly to ascertain the reason if it is not apparent from the reasons below.

The most common reasons for a card payment to be declined are as follows: -

Incorrect details entered: the majority of declined cards are due to a difference between the billing name and address entered and the name and address on file with your card issuer.

Other details may be entered wrongly too – such as an incorrect security code (this is the 3-digit code on the back of the card)

Insufficient funds: for a debit card, lack of funds in the bank account related to the card or for credit card, not enough credit available to cover payment.

Expired card: the card being used has expired. Please ensure that the card that is to be used is valid.

Cancelled card: the card being used has been cancelled by the card issuer.

Blocked card: the card being used has been blocked by the card issuer.

Fraud watch: because the payment transaction appears to be out of the ordinary – either due to the time of day or the type or size of payment; the payment may be declined to protect you from what appears to the card issuer a fraudulent transaction.

Daily purchase limit exceeded: to protect you from fraudulent charges, almost every credit card has a limit on how much can be spent in a single transaction or on a daily basis.

Communication Failure: A possible network failure, communication failure or timeout has occurred while processing the card payment. 

If your card has been declined you may try again, but please be aware that the majority of card issuers only allow 3 consecutive attempts before the card is blocked.