In plain English
This means changing from one payment option to another while keeping the purchase or bill the same. It is used when the payment option already being tried cannot be used.
In context
Here, it prompts the person paying to select a different way to pay for the same purchase or bill because the current payment method cannot be used.
- Situation
- Reading card, bank, wallet, authorization, decline, pending, and settlement states
- What it communicates
- prompts the user to switch to another available payment method.
Meaning limits
The term itself does not say why the current payment method cannot be used.
Examples
“When his current payment method could not be used, he chose another payment method for the same bill.”
“The clerk asked her to choose another payment method for the purchase because the one she was trying could not be used.”