### Error Code

Transaction Failed: Card was declined

### Issue

The card issuer declined the transaction. The payer must contact their bank for further assistance.

### Resolution

There are two ways to resolve the declined payments. The first step would be to retry the payment method as follows:

- Add a new payment method [How to tokenize a payment method for Autopay](https://support.paystand.com/hc/en-us/articles/11269679677211)
- Retry the existing payment method [How to reprocesses Autopay failures](https://support.paystand.com/hc/en-us/articles/11273157564315)

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#### Table of contents

Transaction Failed: Card was declined

- [Transaction Failed: Card was declined](https://support.paystand.com/hc/en-us/articles/10842221475227-Transaction-Failed-Card-was-declined#transaction-failed-card-was-declined-0-0)
- [Error Code](https://support.paystand.com/hc/en-us/articles/10842221475227-Transaction-Failed-Card-was-declined#error-code-0-1)
- [Issue](https://support.paystand.com/hc/en-us/articles/10842221475227-Transaction-Failed-Card-was-declined#issue-0-2)
- [Resolution](https://support.paystand.com/hc/en-us/articles/10842221475227-Transaction-Failed-Card-was-declined#resolution-0-3)