We want to inform you that the upcoming informational customer webinar on the Visa Consumer Authentication Service (VCAS) Data Center (DC) Migration) has been rescheduled. The updated dates and times for each region are listed below.
This webinar, hosted by Sandra Hullinger (Client Services) and Austin Poole (Product), will provide essential guidance to help you prepare for the upcoming migration and understand the actions required for a successful transition.
Receive key information about the VCAS DC Migration, including: • Required actions to prepare for the migration • The timeline of the migration and steps taken by our team • Steps needed to migrate successfully
Following the presentation, there will be a Q&A session to address additional questions you may have. We encourage your participation to ensure you are prepared for this transition. Your involvement is crucial for a successful migration.
CardinalCommerce will be performing database system improvements starting at 12:00 UTC on July 13, 2026, through 23:59 UTC on July 16th, 2026. During this time, we will apply the most recent network and database patches as well as targeted security enhancements to prevent new exploits from being used against our systems.
We perform monitoring and testing of the updates during Cardinal business hours, while we are fully staffed from a support and network operations standpoint.
This is being performed in a high availability mode and should have no impact to transaction processing. While no transaction impact is anticipated during this maintenance you may experience a few periods of network latency.
We appreciate your partnership as we continue improving the stability and security of our platform. If you have questions or would like support preparing for this change, our team is here to help.
CardinalCommerce will be performing network and database system maintenance starting at 12:00 UTC on July 16, 2026, through 12:00 UTC on July 20, 2026.
During this window we will apply the most recent network and database updates for optimal performance and to prevent new exploits from being used against our VCAS systems.
This is being performed in high availability mode and should have no impact to transaction processing. While no transaction impact is anticipated during this maintenance you may experience a few periods of network latency. During this time, we will be fully staffed from a support and network operations standpoint to perform monitoring and testing.
Please do not hesitate to contact your Local VISA support if you have any questions or concerns.
Investigating -
Cardinal is aware of an intermittent latency with the VCAS Rule Tester feature within the VCAS Portal Rules Management application.
We are investigating the cause and working urgently to resolve the issue.
We regret any inconvenience this may cause for our affected clients.
Reported Start Time: TBD
Impact: At this time, there is no impact to transaction processing. VCAS rule execution and live transaction decisioning continue to operate as expected. However, some users may experience delays or inconsistent results when running tests against rules configured in the VCAS UI. If a rule test does not return results, please rerun the test. In most cases, the test should complete successfully upon retry.
Next Update: When Status Changes
Jun 25, 18:32 EDT
Resolved -
The service disruption that caused issues processing Visa Consumer Authentication Services – VCAS (3DS) transactions has now been fully resolved.
Reported Start Time: 22:02 GMT, 29 June 2026 Reported End Time: 23:17 GMT, 29 June 2026
Impact: Issuers would have experienced degraded performance when attempting to complete VCAS authentication. Depending on merchant post-authentication logic, impacted transactions may not have been authorized, or may have been authorized as Attempts or Standard Electronic Commerce transactions.
Visa is conducting an internal review of the event to help mitigate against future occurrences. VISA will share a Root Cause Analysis (RCA) once it becomes available.
Please do not hesitate to contact the VISA support team if you have any questions or concerns. Thank you, Cardinal Support
Jun 29, 19:46 EDT
Monitoring -
This issue has now been mitigated. Cardinal is continuing to monitor the situation to ensure the issue is fully resolved.
Jun 29, 19:31 EDT
Investigating -
Cardinal monitoring has detected intermittent issues processing transactions. We are investigating the cause and working urgently to resolve the issue.
Reported Start Time: 29 June 2026, 22:21 GMT
Impact: Merchants and Partners may be experiencing downgraded performance when attempting to complete transactions.
Next Update: Within 60 minutes
We regret any inconvenience this may cause for our affected Merchants and Partners. We will provide regular updates until the issue is mitigated.
Please do not hesitate to contact the Cardinal support team if you have any questions or concerns: