Mastercard

MastercardPayment Account Reference Inquiry

The Payment Account Reference (PAR) is a value linked to the Primary Account Number (PAN) of a Mastercard-branded cardholder account. EMVCo introduced the industry-wide solution to address merchant and acquirer challenges resulting from tokenization. PAR links tokenized and PAN-based transactions without the need for a PAN as the linkage mechanism (1:1 PAR to PAN). PAR enables merchants.

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Documentation

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GettingStarted
https://developer.mastercard.com/payment-account-reference-inquiry/documentation/getting-started/
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Authentication
https://developer.mastercard.com/payment-account-reference-inquiry/documentation/api-basics/#authentication
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Documentation
https://developer.mastercard.com/payment-account-reference-inquiry/documentation/api-reference/

Other Resources

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ChangeLog
https://developer.mastercard.com/payment-account-reference-inquiry/documentation/pre-release-notes/
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Security
https://developer.mastercard.com/payment-account-reference-inquiry/documentation/api-basics/#encryption
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Sandbox
https://developer.mastercard.com/payment-account-reference-inquiry/documentation/api-basics/#environments-and-key-usage
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UseCases
https://developer.mastercard.com/payment-account-reference-inquiry/documentation/use-cases/
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Tutorials
https://developer.mastercard.com/payment-account-reference-inquiry/documentation/tutorials/
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Sandbox
https://developer.mastercard.com/payment-account-reference-inquiry/documentation/env-domains/
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ErrorCodes
https://developer.mastercard.com/payment-account-reference-inquiry/documentation/code-and-formats/error-codes/
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FAQ
https://developer.mastercard.com/payment-account-reference-inquiry/documentation/support/#faq
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Support
https://developer.mastercard.com/payment-account-reference-inquiry/documentation/support/#get-help

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API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: mastercard:mastercardpayment-account-reference-inquiry
name: MastercardPayment Account Reference Inquiry
tags:
- Card Linking
- Payment Account Reference
- Tokenization
humanURL: https://developer.mastercard.com/payment-account-reference-inquiry/documentation/
properties:
- url: https://developer.mastercard.com/payment-account-reference-inquiry/documentation/pre-release-notes/
  name: Release History | Payment Account Reference Inquiry | Mastercard Developers
  type: ChangeLog
- url: https://developer.mastercard.com/payment-account-reference-inquiry/documentation/getting-started/
  name: Get Started | Payment Account Reference Inquiry | Mastercard Developers
  type: GettingStarted
- url: https://developer.mastercard.com/payment-account-reference-inquiry/documentation/api-basics/#authentication
  name: API Basics | Payment Account Reference Inquiry | Mastercard Developers
  type: Authentication
- url: https://developer.mastercard.com/payment-account-reference-inquiry/documentation/api-basics/#encryption
  name: API Basics | Payment Account Reference Inquiry | Mastercard Developers
  type: Security
- url: https://developer.mastercard.com/payment-account-reference-inquiry/documentation/api-basics/#environments-and-key-usage
  name: API Basics | Payment Account Reference Inquiry | Mastercard Developers
  type: Sandbox
- url: https://developer.mastercard.com/payment-account-reference-inquiry/documentation/use-cases/
  name: Use Cases | Payment Account Reference Inquiry | Mastercard Developers
  type: UseCases
- url: https://developer.mastercard.com/payment-account-reference-inquiry/documentation/tutorials/
  name: Tutorials | Payment Account Reference Inquiry | Mastercard Developers
  type: Tutorials
- url: https://developer.mastercard.com/payment-account-reference-inquiry/documentation/api-reference/
  name: API Reference | Payment Account Reference Inquiry | Mastercard Developers
  type: Documentation
- url: https://developer.mastercard.com/payment-account-reference-inquiry/documentation/env-domains/
  name: Environment Domains | Payment Account Reference Inquiry | Mastercard Developers
  type: Sandbox
- url: https://developer.mastercard.com/payment-account-reference-inquiry/documentation/code-and-formats/error-codes/
  name: Code and Formats | Payment Account Reference Inquiry | Mastercard Developers
  type: ErrorCodes
- url: https://developer.mastercard.com/payment-account-reference-inquiry/documentation/support/#faq
  name: Support | Payment Account Reference Inquiry | Mastercard Developers
  type: FAQ
- url: https://developer.mastercard.com/payment-account-reference-inquiry/documentation/support/#get-help
  name: Support | Payment Account Reference Inquiry | Mastercard Developers
  type: Support
description: The Payment Account Reference (PAR) is a value linked to the Primary Account Number (PAN)
  of a Mastercard-branded cardholder account. EMVCo introduced the industry-wide solution to address merchant
  and acquirer challenges resulting from tokenization. PAR links tokenized and PAN-based transactions
  without the need for a PAN as the linkage mechanism (1:1 PAR to PAN). PAR enables merchants.