# Product Update - May 2022

May 31, 2022

Eduardo Lopez  
Product Marketing Lead

Welcome to our monthly product update, where you can learn about new features, company highlights, and upcoming releases.

**In this update:** Python client library launched, preview of upcoming releases, and Startup Search featured us on their list of Top 30 Fintechs 😎.

We’re working on several guides to help you build better card programs. Our latest guide dives deep into [Chargebacks](/content/blog/chargebacks/index.html). If you have any topics you’d like us to tackle, [send us a note](/content/about/contact/index.html)!

## Product Highlights

**New Python client library:** Launched our second [client library in Python](/content/blog/lithic-python-sdk/index.html) to help more developers build quickly on our platform.

## Company Highlights

**Startup Search Fintech List:** Lithic was featured on Startup Search’s fintech list of “ [next generation of financial trailblazers](https://startupsearch.com/fintech-startups-2022).” Based on interviews with industry experts, the list features the top thirty fintechs are likely to be the “cream of the crop.”

## Upcoming Releases

**Decisioning on credit authorizations:** We will be adding refund authorizations to ASA for customers who want to be able to approve or decline refund requests or display pending refunds in customer statements before they clear.

**ASA flag for digital wallets:** We will be adding an indicator to ASA and Transactions to indicate when a transaction was processed via a tokenized (digital wallet or merchant tokenized) PAN.

**Partial Approvals:** We will be adding the ability to partially approve authorizations for customers using [Auth Stream Access](https://docs.lithic.com/docs/auth-stream-access-asa) in Q2. This will allow cards with fixed balances (such as gift cards) to be applied to purchases when the purchase amount is greater than the balance on the card.

**September API Changes:** Reminder that we are releasing two changes on September 20 that may require integration updates. These impact the transaction schema and the transaction simulation endpoint.

Refer to the [Guide to Lithic API Changes](https://docs.lithic.com/docs/guide-to-lithic-api-changes-march-2022) for more details and contact us for any support needed.