Contact Braintree to confirm your merchant account is eligible and to enable network tokens; the feature is available for US merchants and select North American, South American, and European regions processing full-stack with Braintree.
No code changes are required: once enabled, Braintree automatically enrolls existing and newly vaulted Visa and Mastercard credit cards as promptly as possible by submitting them to the card networks for tokenization.
Card networks may run a $0 verification before issuing a network token to confirm the card is active; this is handled transparently by Braintree.
On each transaction, inspect the response field `is_network_tokenized?` to confirm a network token exists for the payment method, and `processed_with_network_token?` to confirm a network token was actually used for that specific transaction.
Braintree manages the token lifecycle automatically: issuer updates are passed from the card network to Braintree and the vault is updated without merchant action.
If you already hold network tokens from another PSP, use the Bring Your Own Token feature to submit transactions on Braintree using your existing tokens without re-provisioning.
Known gotchas
A network token may not always be used for a given transaction even if one exists; inspect `processed_with_network_token?` rather than relying solely on `is_network_tokenized?` for accurate per-transaction reporting.
Network tokens are provisioned for Visa and Mastercard vaulted credit cards only; other card brands are not currently supported.
Merchants using outdated stored credentials when an updated credential was available for ten or more days may incur higher fees; network tokenization helps avoid this by keeping credentials current automatically.
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