# Release History source: https://developer.mastercard.com/business-payment-controls/documentation/release-history/index.md Mastercard provides release notes as well as updated documentation to help customers understand the content of each major release. These release notes provide details about the application changes in production releases. The list of contents is not exhaustive and only includes changes approved for this communication. This page contains the history of what has been implemented into the Business Payment Controls API service from March 2023. | **Enhancement release dates** | **Enhancement Description** | |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | [October 2025](https://developer.mastercard.com/business-payment-controls/documentation/announcements/index.md#October-2025) | Enabled publication of BPC CDF (Custom Data Fields) data to the Global Data Repository (GDR). | | [September 2025](https://developer.mastercard.com/business-payment-controls/documentation/announcements/index.md#september-2025) | Authorization and clearing reports now include values for BPC Virtual Cards with tokenized VCNs. For details, refer to the `tokenFields` object in the [API reference](https://developer.mastercard.com/business-payment-controls/documentation/api-reference/index.md) for both report responses. | | [August 2025](https://developer.mastercard.com/business-payment-controls/documentation/announcements/index.md#august-2025) | Added [Postman Collection](https://developer.mastercard.com/business-payment-controls/documentation/postman-collection/index.md) for easy API exploration. | | [July 2025](https://developer.mastercard.com/business-payment-controls/documentation/announcements/index.md#jly-2025) | Enabled Entity APIs to support Company Number. | | [June 2025](https://developer.mastercard.com/business-payment-controls/documentation/announcements/index.md#june-2025) | Customers can now update spend controls sets without having to ensure that a validity period start date is not in the past. | | [May 2025](https://developer.mastercard.com/business-payment-controls/documentation/announcements/index.md#may-2025) | Clearing Notifications are now available for BPC cards through [Commercial Event Notifications](https://developer.mastercard.com/commercial-event-notifications/documentation) | | [February 2025](https://developer.mastercard.com/business-payment-controls/documentation/announcements/index.md#february-2025) | - Enable [Idempotency](https://developer.mastercard.com/business-payment-controls/documentation/tutorial-guides/index.md#idempotency) for all Business Controls endpoints - Added [Merchant Amount Control](https://developer.mastercard.com/business-payment-controls/documentation/use-cases/spend-controls/incontrol-spend-controls/index.md#merchantamount-control) | | [January 2025](https://developer.mastercard.com/business-payment-controls/documentation/announcements/index.md#january-2025) | - Full [Payload Encryption](https://developer.mastercard.com/business-payment-controls/documentation/tutorial-guides/index.md#payload-encryption) for all sensitive data processed by Business Payment Controls is now available - Enable [Idempotency](https://developer.mastercard.com/business-payment-controls/documentation/tutorial-guides/index.md#idempotency) for all non-reporting Business Controls endpoints | | [November 2024](https://developer.mastercard.com/business-payment-controls/documentation/announcements/index.md#announcements-november-2024) | Enabled testing of encryption for sensitive data processed by Business Payment Controls. | | [October 2024](https://developer.mastercard.com/business-payment-controls/documentation/announcements/index.md#announcements-october-2024) | Changes to the Real Card (RCN) made by the issuer will be updated automatically in Business Payment Controls through Mastercard's Automatic Billing Updater (ABU) feed. | | [September 2024](https://developer.mastercard.com/business-payment-controls/documentation/announcements/index.md#announcements-september-2024) | Enabled customers to view the details associated with their organization identifier (`entityGUID`) and the identifier of their descendants, so that cards can be registered at the correct level. | | [August 2024](https://developer.mastercard.com/business-payment-controls/documentation/announcements/index.md#announcements-august-2024) | - Enabled return of numerical currency code details for all controls when the `currencyType` selected is `BASE`. - Updated swagger file. | | [June 2024](https://developer.mastercard.com/business-payment-controls/documentation/announcements/index.md#announcements-june-2024) | Enabled event notification for authorization events for Business Payment Controls issued virtual cards. | | [May 2024](https://developer.mastercard.com/business-payment-controls/documentation/announcements/index.md#announcements-may-2024) | - `WARN`, `PROMOTIONAL_RULE`, and `FORCE_APPROVE` are removed from the valid values for inControl rule actions. - Reference application has migrated from Maven to Gradle. | | [March 2024](https://developer.mastercard.com/business-payment-controls/documentation/announcements/index.md#announcements-march-2024) | - New endpoint captures end-user details to allow Business Payment Control users to tokenize VCNs. - New alphabetic currency code field introduced in real card response. | | [January 2024](https://developer.mastercard.com/business-payment-controls/documentation/announcements/index.md#announcements-january-2024) | - Retail API migration endpoint is now available. - Updated reference application and swagger file. | | [November 2023](https://developer.mastercard.com/business-payment-controls/documentation/announcements/index.md#announcements-november-2023) | - Updated reference application and swagger file. - New endpoints for custom data fields. | | [September 2023](https://developer.mastercard.com/business-payment-controls/documentation/announcements/index.md#announcements-september-2023) | Updated reference application, swagger file, and clearing summary report. | | [June 2023](https://developer.mastercard.com/business-payment-controls/documentation/announcements/index.md#announcements-june-2023) | - Enabled blocking and unblocking of funding sources and virtual cards - Enhanced Authorization Reports to report on blocked and deleted virtual cards - Updated card expiry format - Support for negate capabilities added to accountControl spend controls - Support for additional controls in InControl rules for real and virtual cards | | March 2023 | First release of the Business Payment Controls API. |