thread Re: How can I do a manual charge without the CVV code? in Payments Troubleshooting

How can I do a manual charge without the CVV code?

nsorathia — Sat, 20 Sep 2025 19:47:37 GMT

Hello,

Per PCI compliance, we can not save the CVV code in the database, so how can I run a manual charge without the CVV code?

On the following pop-up that get displayed for a manual charge, the CVV seems to be a required field. Based on other posts, it seems like CVV is required. I don't think it's possible to call the customer each time we want to run a charge. Any solutions?

Thanks

Re: How can I do a manual charge without the CVV code?

Candlestore — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 16:08:57 GMT

@nsorathia ;

Welcome to the Square users forum as I see this is your first post.

The issue is you are doing a Manual Entry of the CC which as you are aware of requires you to enter the CVV code. Since this is a Manual entry the card was not saved.

You can use Square to Save a Card on file, which I believe then does save the CVV but you can not see it or other information about the card.

Here is a link to saving a customers card.

5770-use-card-on-file-with-the-square-app

Hope this helps you.

Re: How can I do a manual charge without the CVV code?

nsorathia — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 17:30:00 GMT

Thank you, Keith! This is helpful! I will send this to my developer to implement.