Why was my credit card declined when I tried to pay my AWS bill?

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If your payment method is declined when you try to pay your AWS bill, check the following:

Account information associated with your payment method

• Check Payment Methods in the Billing and Cost Management console to confirm that your credit card number, expiration date, billing address, and phone number are correct. Important: Confirm that the billing address and phone number match the information on file with the institution that issued your credit card.
• Confirm that your credit card is accepted by the AWS seller providing services to you. The name of the AWS seller is noted on your invoice.

Transaction and balance limits on your payment method

If the information associated with your payment method is correct, contact your bank and check the following:

• Confirm that your credit card has enough available credit to pay your AWS invoice. If not, ask your bank to adjust your withdrawal or purchase limits.
• Confirm that you authorize the charge for AWS services. The charge descriptor ends in aws.amazon.com for AWS Inc. and AWS Europe accounts.

Payment issuer verification or authentication

If your card issuer requires payment verification or authentication, review the following:

• AWS doesn’t support card verification value (CVV). If your card issuer requires the use of CVV, then check with the card issuer to waive the requirement.
• AWS doesn't support 3D Secure authentication. If you're an Amazon Web Services India Private Limited (AWS India) customer, and your card issuer requires 3D Secure authentication, then check with the card issuer to waive the requirement.
• If you're an AWS Europe customer, you might need to verify your credit card payment with the card issuer. For more information, see Managing your AWS Europe credit card payment verification.

Retry the payment

If the issue is resolved retry the charges.

If you're in the process of purchasing a subscription and the payment is declined, create a case with AWS Support and then select Account and billing support.

When creating a case with AWS Support to retry your payment, keep the following in mind:

• AWS Support can retry the charges for a Reserved Instance or Savings Plans only during the month of purchase.
• AWS Support can't retry payments for Amazon Route 53 domain registration, renewal, or transfer. To resubmit the domain registration, renewal, or transfer, see Transferring registration for a domain to Amazon Route 53.

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