A token allows to save payment information. It is practically a number (token reference) that represents this information and that the merchant can store. The token is initialized at the customer’s first payment and for the following ones an interaction is not necessary. A token is used for recurring payments. The set up of a token depends if the connector allows it. If the stored payment information is not valid anymore we ask the customer automatically.
A token can have the following states:
When the state is set to Active
this token is going to be used during the transaction.
When the state is set to Inactive
this token is not going to be used. However, all the information is not deleted and you can reactivate the token at any moment.
The token is in the process of deletion. This may take some time until the token is marked as Deleting
before being marked as Deleted
.
The token is deleted. Since the token is linked with data which cannot be deleted immediately, we need to keep it until all the data can be removed.