About Sofort

General information about Sofort

Sofort is a method of bank transfers and is based on online banking. A big advantage is: The customer doesn’t need to register and does not need to create a virtual account, a so called wallet. As the name suggests it is an immediate bank transfer and thus a direct bank transfer. The customer selects Sofort as payment method for their online purchase and is then forwarded to the secure payment form. The bank transfer data is transferred automatically and the customer only has to select his or her bank and enter their login details for online banking. Finally he releases the bank transfer by means of an approval code. All data is send encrypted to the online banking account. The online merchant receives a real-time confirmation of the executed bank transfer. The merchant can execute and dispatch the order immediately delivering goods/services faster. There is no waiting time until the dispatch of the goods like it would be for example in the case of prepayment via bank transfer.

As usual with online banking, the data disclosed in Sofort are encrypted with SSL (Secure Sockets Layer).

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The international online bank transfer with PIN/TAN from Sofort GmbH is now available in 7 countries. As part of the Klarna Group Sofort offers the integration of payment in the webshop, so that a customer is forwarded to his/her bank and can make the transfer with input of PIN and TAN.

Type

Payments by Online Bank Transfer

Further information can be found on the webpage of Sofort (https://www.sofort.com/ger-DE/verkaeufer/su/e-payment-sofort-ueberweisung).

Process flow chart

Process flow for Sofort via PPRO

interface

Calling the interface

To carry out an online transfer with Sofort via PPRO, please use the following URL:

sofort.aspx

Key	REST	Format	CND	Description	Beschreibung
OrderDesc	"order": {"description[0]": "..."}	ans..384	M	Reason for payment on customer-account statement. Notice: Only the first 27 characters appear on the customer-account statement. You can view the full data in .	Verwendungstext auf dem Kontoauszug des Kunden. Hinweis: Nur die ersten 27 Zeichen erscheinen auf dem Kontoauszug des Kunden. In können Sie die Daten komplett einsehen.
AccOwner	"payment": {"sofort": {"account": {"accountHolder": "..."}}}	ans3..50	M	Name of account holder	Name des Kontoinhabers
IBAN	"payment": {"sofort": {"account": {"number": "..."}}}	an..34	O	IBAN of the user which appears predefined in the transfer window (only possible for DE)	IBAN des Nutzers, die voreingestellt im Überweisungsfenster erscheint (nur für DE möglich)
BIC	"payment": {"sofort": {"account": {"code": "..."}}}	an..11	O	BIC of the user which appears predefined in the transfer window	BIC des Nutzers, die voreingestellt im Überweisungsfenster erscheint
AddrCountryCode	"billing": {"addressInfo": {"country": {"A2": "..."}}}	a2	M	Two characters country code according to ISO 3166. Presently DE, AT, BE, NL, ES, CH, IT permitted.	Ländercode zweistellig gemäß ISO 3166. Derzeit DE, AT, BE, NL, ES, CH, IT zulässig.
Language	"language": "..."	a2	O	Language: de – German, en – English, fr – French, nl – Dutch, pl – Polish	Sprache: de – deutsch, en – Englisch, fr – Französisch, nl – Niederländisch, pl – Polnisch

Parameters for Sofort via PPRO

Key	Format	CND	Description	Beschreibung
TransactionID	an..20	O	Unique transaction number from PPRO	Eindeutige Transaktionsnummer bei PPRO
AccOwner	ans3..50	O	Name of account holder	Name des Kontoinhabers
AccBank	ans..50	O	Name of the account holder’s bank	Bezeichnung der Bank des Kontoinhabers
IBAN	an..34	O	International Bank Account Number	International Bank Account Number
BIC	an..11	O	Bank Identifier Code	Bank Identifier Code

Result parameters for URLNotify, URLSuccess and URLFailure in case of Sofort via PPRO

Credit with Sofort

credit.aspx

Parameters for credits via socket connections

Response parameters for credits with Sofort via socket connections

Batch processing via the interface

This section describes the parameters which must be transferred within the data set (Record) for executing a refund for Sofort and which information can be found within the response file about the payment status.

Following table gives an overview of all batch versions that are possible for a specific action an their specialities:

Action	Version	Description	Beschreibung
Credit	1.0 / 2.0	Standard version without return of parameter Code	Standardversion ohne Rückgabe von Parameter Code
	1.x / 2.x	with RefNr (valid for all versions other than 1.0)	mit RefNr (gilt für alle Versionen außer 1.0)

Description of the possible batch versions

The structure for Sofort within a Batch file to be submitted is the following:

HEAD,<MerchantID>,<Date>,<Version>
SOFORT,Credit,<Amount>,<Currency>,<TransID>,(<RefNr>,)<PayID>
FOOT,<CountRecords>,<SumAmount>

Example for Master MID function:

HEAD,[Master]MerchantID,Date,2.x
Type,Action,[Slave]MID,Amount,Currency,TransID,Data (depends on Action)
FOOT,CountRecords,SumAmount

Key	Format	CND	Description	Beschreibung
Type	a..11	M	HEAD for Header, FOOT for Footer, SOFORT for Sofort	HEAD für Header, FOOT für Footer, SOFORT für Sofort
Action	a..20	M	The parameter Action defines the type of transaction: Credit	Der Action-Parameter definiert die Art der Transaktion: Credit (Gutschrift)

Description of fields within the record for Batch files

The record area within the response file for Batch transactions looks the following way:

HEAD,<MerchantID>,<Date>,<Version> 
SOFORT,Credit,<Amount>,<Currency>,<TransID>,(<RefNr>,)<PayID>,<Status>,<Code>
FOOT,<CountRecords>,<SumAmount>

Key	Format	CND	Description	Beschreibung
Action	a..20	M	The parameter Action defines the type of transaction: Credit	Der Action-Parameter definiert die Art der Transaktion: Credit (Gutschrift)

Description of result parameters within the record for Batch files