Having issues authorizing payment for Apple Developer Program

Make sure your birthday info in the Apple account is same as the one you left in the bank.

Hi all, Here's my solution, try it for yourselves:

• check the E-mail address and phone number on the payment page (should be the same as the one recorded in your bank)
• check your card details (card number, CVV, expiry date)
• check your billing address (same as the one recorded in your bank)

In my case, I typed in my Apple account email address on the payment page instead of my personal email that I gave to my banks, which caused the payment failure.

Hope that helps some of you.

Apple has the worst support in the world. They always have 2 options - "You can't enroll" (I see that I can't enroll), or they ignore you. You are the most technological company in the world, and you use an ancient payment service. What should take minutes, stretches out for months. You have thousands of professionals, but no one can look at the logs and say what the problem is. Why do you need support if it does nothing? You have Apple Pay, why we can't use it? Any small company can configure payments, but you can't!!

Did anyone get the solution ?

As in 2024 I am also facing this error in India and its already 2 months connecting with every support of apple with no luck.

I am not option to enroll from web and in App I am getting this error which is completely ridiculous.

Apple and the terrible payment system

I've also been facing this problem for several days and I haven't received any feedback from Apple about failure or success, I just keep trying to pay again every week that passes.

After multiple attempts with 4 different cards from 3 banks, I kept getting an "Authorization failed" error. However, when I carefully corrected the billing address details and tried again with a previously unsuccessful card, the payment finally went through.

It's worth noting that in a previous attempt, the money was deducted from my card, but Apple claimed they didn't receive it. They then refunded the amount.

At this point, I'm still uncertain if my Apple Developer account will be approved. I'll update once I have more information. For now, my advice is to double-check every detail of your billing address and ensure it matches exactly with your card information. This seems to be crucial for successful payment processing.

I'm experiencing the same issue. I paid $99 for the Apple Developer Program on October 9, 2024, and the payment was debited, but my account hasn’t been activated, and I haven’t received a refund. I’ve reached out to support multiple times, but have only received delayed responses with no clear resolution. It's disappointing to encounter this level of service from Apple. I hope Apple takes these concerns seriously, as it's clear many developers are facing similar frustrations.

Can confirm the solution to the initial payment failure: the email/adress/phone.. in the checkout MUST be the same as in your bank account. After looking it up and correcting, it worked.