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Decline code · 57

Decline code 57: Transaction Not Permitted

The card isn't allowed to make this type of purchase.

unlimitedprocessing.com · decline check
ISO 57
Transaction Not Permitted
Permanent (hard)
Save on another gateway?
To be confirmed by the Unlimited team
What to do now
  • Ask the buyer for a different card.
  • They can ask their bank to enable this kind of payment.
The same decline elsewhere
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Whether a cascade helps here depends on Unlimited’s routing rules, which the team is confirming.

Soft declines move on. Fraud and stolen cards never do. At most 10 declines per card every 24 hours.
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Source: official card-network / ISO 8583 response codes and each processor’s documentation. Routing rules: Unlimited Processing. Updated 2026-11-09.