ProPay Production Environment Scheduled Release Update 26.PI18.R3 (September Release)
Scheduled for Sep 24, 00:00 - 05:00 MDT
Scheduled
On Thursday, September 24th, between 00:00 and 05:00 (MT), ProPay will perform an upgrade to the production environment 26.PI18.R3 (September Release)
*** All services and sites may be unavailable during this time frame. ***
* The TransType 01 and TransType 42 calls have been updated to include mandatory validation of values passed in the merchant firstName and lastName fields, to prevent unauthorized values from being passed in those fields:
Allowed Characters:
-Letters (A-Z, a-z) -Accented characters / international letters (e.g., é, ü, ñ, ø, ł) -Spaces -Hyphens (-) -Apostrophes (')
Not Allowed:
-Periods (.) -Numbers -Asterisks (*) -Other special symbols -Emojis -Any character outside the approved character set
* The TransType 01 and TransType 42 calls have been updated to include mandatory validation of values passed in the merchant AuthorizedSignerFirstName and AuthorizedSignerLastName fields, to prevent unauthorized values from being passed in those fields:
Allowed Characters:
-Letters (A-Z, a-z) -Accented characters / international letters (e.g., é, ü, ñ, ø, ł) -Spaces -Hyphens (-) -Apostrophes (')
Not Allowed:
-Periods (.) -Numbers -Asterisks (*) -Other special symbols -Emojis -Any character outside the approved character set
* The TransType 01 and TransType 42 calls have been updated to include mandatory validation of values passed in the merchant DoingBusinessAs and BusinessAddress fields, to prevent unauthorized values from being passed in those fields:
*Seller DBA Name must not contain an asterisk (*). *Seller City must not contain Numeric characters (0-9) .
This validation will extend to updates in the ProPay Partner Portal. You will see this validation message for Partner Portal when attempting to pass unapproved values:
*For seller DBA - This field cannot contain asterisks (*). *For seller city - Please enter characters only
Posted Sep 17, 2026 - 11:29 MDT
This scheduled maintenance affects: Testing Environments (Integration TEST Environment), Production Processing Solutions (Direct Credit Card and ACH Processing, Websites, Mobile, and Card Readers, Payment Facilitation - Heartland, Portico, Payment Facilitation - Global Payments API (GP API), Payment Facilitation - Cayan Genius), Production Supporting Solutions (xfer.propay.com - SFTP Reports, Bank Transfers, Phones, Regulatory Updates), and Integrated Gateways (3rd Party Providers).