A Declined - Do not honour notification is a request status associated with the 20005 response code, and it means that the customer's bank has declined the payment. This is the most common message provided by banks when a payment fails their authorization process.

What does decline code do not honor mean?

201. Do not honor. Hard Decline. The DO NOT HONOR or Invalid Service Code messages indicate that the customer card's issuing bank will not validate the transaction and provide an authorization code. Essentially, it mans that the credit card being used for the transaction has been completely rejected by the issuing bank ...

Why does my debit card say do not honor?

Do not Honor (05) is the most common and general message for card transactions that are declined by the Bank. It indicates that the Issuing Bank will not validate the transaction. It is caused by many factors such as mistyping, insufficient funds, etc.