Split Tender
Recovery Pop-Up

Recover failed transactions by offering split payments when a customer’s payment is declined due to insufficient funds.

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Hands In — Decline Recovery
Hands In
Decline recovery

One decline shouldn't mean one lost sale.

Travel payments fail at the most critical point in the customer journey: checkout.

It isn't fraud. It's insufficient funds.

Declined — insufficient funds
Mastercard puts insufficient funds among the most common reasons for a decline — more than a third of declines in some markets.

And the booking goes elsewhere.

5%
of total online sales put at risk for travel merchants.
Revenue leakage — and an abandoned booking a competitor is happy to take.

It doesn't mean they can't pay. It means they can't pay with that one card.

So it doesn't have to be the end of the sale.

Split tender recovers the payment.

Hands In — complete your booking
Madrid — 2 passengers €842.00
€842.00 remaining
Visa ·· 4417€500.00
Mastercard ·· 8032€342.00
Booking confirmed ✓

The merchant or PSP sends the decline code. Hands In presents the recovery pop-up — and the traveller pays across more than one card.

Air Europa, first year live.

€10m+
recovered from soft declines caused by insufficient funds.

A declined card doesn't always mean a lost customer.

With Hands In, it can mean another chance to convert.

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Hands In — split payments and decline recovery for travel

How We're Solving It

Recover transactions from failed payments
How We're Solving It — Hands In
Phone showing an insufficient funds decline with the option to split the payment across multiple cards

Provide Hands In web hook on insufficient funds decline

The acquirer returns an insufficient-funds decline. That webhook fires to Hands In, and instead of a dead-end error, the customer sees the option to split the payment without a redirection or the creation of a second checkout session.

Phone showing the payment amount split across three cards

The traveller splits the amount across different payment methods

The customer chooses which payments to use and how much goes on each. Hands In authorises them together, so the full amount is covered even when a single payment method can't cover it alone.

Phone showing a payment completed confirmation with a receipt sent by email

Payment clears and the sale is saved

The full amount settles, the traveller gets one receipt, and the booking is confirmed. Revenue that would have been written off as a failed transaction instead lands in your account.

Key Features

Recover transactions declined due to insufficient funds or card limits by giving customers another way to complete their purchase, without changing your existing payment infrastructure.

Recover Eligible Payment Declines

When a payment is declined at checkout due to:

  • Insufficient funds (NSF)
  • Do Not Honour / reason not specified

Hands In presents a recovery pop-up, allowing the customer to select Split Payments and complete the purchase without restarting checkout.

Simple Set Up

Integrate Hands In via a lightweight API or SDK with minimal changes to your existing checkout and payment stack. Add split payment recovery without a major overhaul.

Phone showing a payment failed message for insufficient funds, with an option to split the payment across multiple cards.

Connected With Your Pre-Existing Payment Infrastructure

Hands In integrates with a variety of payment gateways and acquirers so your business can operate as usual.

Payment Methods

Expand the payment options you offer to include other forms of payment.

Payment methods including cards, wallets and buy now pay later.

How much are you losing?

$
%
Insufficient Funds Declines Roughly a third of all declines. Source: Mastercard $16,650
Recovered Revenue (Up to 20%) $3,330
New Sales Growth (Up to 1%) $5,000
Total Monthly Impact $8,330

Book a call to learn more on how Hands-In can recover these failed transactions for you.

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Figures are estimates based on a 33.3% insufficient funds decline rate per data received from Mastercard.

Testimonial — Air Europa

Testimonial

Air Europa

$10m+

In soft declines and insufficient funds recovered in the first 12 months

“We’re thrilled to offer split payments as part of our online purchasing process. It aligns perfectly with our ‘Tú Decides’ (You Decide)’ campaign, giving users more control over how they book and pay. By reducing barriers to flying, we’re making travel even more accessible.”

Yago Cassonovas

Yago Cassonovas

Payments, Fraud Prevention, Distribution Airlines & Travel | Air Europa

Data sourced: 2025 - 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about our Decline Recovery product.

Can’t find the answer you’re looking for? Please chat with our team.
Can the pop-up solution be dynamically configured to transaction amounts of a certain level?

Yes, within the webhook notification, you could share with us from your acquirers' data of transaction values of above a certain amount, for example, in excess of $500, for which this solution can be presented. The benefit of working with HandsIn is that we can A/B test this with you alongside our launch of our other services

Do we need to integrate the Hands In split payment SDK in order for the pop-up solution to work?

No, it isn't a mandatory requirement, but it is a quicker path to integration. It means Hands In can control the popup shown to customers without you having to further develop your own integration and your checkout around this solution.

How does the Hands In Decline Recovery pop-up solution work?

When an NSF (insufficient funds) decline is detected, the merchant can display a dedicated recovery page triggered by a webhook notification from the acquirer as part of the Hands In integration. This page presents the customer with a split payment option, allowing them to use multiple cards to complete the transaction and recover a payment that would otherwise have been lost.