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12

Varies by brand. Elo: card error. Visa: message format error. Mastercard: invalid installment amount.

Cielo saysSoft decline
12

Varies by brand. Elo: card error. Visa: message format error. Mastercard: invalid installment amount.

What it means

Declined by the issuer

The issuing bank refused the payment for a reason specific to the card or account.

What to do

Ask the shopper to use another method or contact their bank. A single later retry is reasonable.

Worth retryingWho can fix it: The card issuer

Other Cielo codes with the same meaning

Reference only. Codes and descriptions come from each provider's public documentation. The Yuno response code is a reference mapping and does not guarantee how a specific transaction is processed.