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recipientInformation. firstName {#recipient-info-first-name}
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First name of the recipient.  
The value for this field corresponds to this data in the TC 33 capture file:

* Record: CP09 TCR4

* Position: 5-39

* Field: Account Owner Name-Given  
  The TC 33 capture file contains information about the payments and credits that a merchant submits to `Visa Acceptance Solutions`. The processor creates the TC 33 capture file at the end of the day and sends it to the merchant's acquirer. The acquirer uses this information to facilitate end-of-day clearing processing with payment networks.  
  This field is available only on these processors:

* `Barclays`

* `FDC Nashville Global`

* `First Data Merchant Solutions`

* `LloydsTSB Cardnet International`

* , `Streamline`

* `Visa Platform Connect`
  {#recipient-info-first-name_ul_urz_gwk_hdc}

`Barclays`
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For Mastercard Payment of Winnings (indicated when you set the processingInformation.refundOptions.reason field to `pow`), the value in the orderInformation.billTo.firstName field is used by default as the first name of the Mastercard Payment of Winnings credit recipient. You can use this field to override the default setting.
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For an Account Funding Transaction (AFT), this field must be alphanumeric and special characters must be in ASCII format. The value must the concatenated value of fields recipientInformation.firstName, recipientInformation.middleName, and recipientInformation.lastName, and must not exceed 30 characters for Visa transactions and 35 characters for Mastercard.

`FDC Nashville Global`
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Required with Mastercard for AFTs. Required with Visa for intra-European Economic Area (EEA), including UK and Gibraltar, and EU international transactions. Optional with Visa for domestic EU AFTs.
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The only special characters allowed in the value are `'``,` and `space`.

`First Data Merchant Solutions` and `LloydsTSB Cardnet International`
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For a Visa AFT, this field must be alpha characters only. You must not exceed 30 characters for the concatenated value of senderInformation.firstName, senderInformation.middleName, and senderInformation.lastName fields.

Specifications {#recipient-info-first-name_Specifications}
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* **Data Type:** String
* **Data Length:** 35
  * `Barclays`: See field description.
  * `First Data Merchant Solutions`: See field description.
  * `LloydsTSB Cardnet International`: See field description.
    {#recipient-info-first-name_ul_pwr_fwg_fdc}

Mapping Information {#recipient-info-first-name_Mapping}
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* REST API Field: recipientInformation.firstName
* SCMP API Field: recipient_firstname
* Simple Order API Field: recipient_firstName  
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