Terminology Differences

If you’re coming from a local PayU platform and starting to work on the PayU HUB, then you’ll notice some differences in payment processing terminology.

We’ve listed the main differences for each PayU provider in the sections below.

PayU Africa

The following tables lists the differences in terminology between PayU Africa and the PayU HUB.

Requests

Request Name in PayU Africa Request Name on the PayU HUB
PAYMENT Charge
RESERVE Authorize
FINALIZE Capture
RESERVE_CANCEL Void
CREDIT Refund

Statuses

Status in PayU Africa Status on the PayU HUB
NEW Pending
PROCESSING Pending
SUCCESSFUL Succeed
FAILED Failed
TIMEOUT Failed
EXPIRED Failed
AWAITING_PAYMENT Pending
Last modified April 11, 2022