There is one thing you can expect from online fraudsters, and that is to expect the unexpected. Fraudsters waste no time in changing their approach and appearance in hopes of attacking businesses and their customers. This season, the threat to worry about is account takeover. Account Takeover Fraud What is account takeover fraud? Far from
To keep a healthy, open merchant account, merchants must prevent and fight chargebacks. Merchants that don’t take chargebacks, which are when credit card providers force merchants to repay the loss of fraudulent or disputed charges, seriously can lose their merchant accounts. If merchants don’t keep chargeback ratios below 2%, providers can terminate merchant accounts. Without
The changes are here. With a deadline of April 2018, Visa’s dispute platform Visa Claims Resolution (VCR) is now in effect. What is VCR? If you haven’t heard of it yet, the aim of VCR is to simplify the dispute resolution process and improve the efficiency of the chargeback process. According to Visa, the new
Transaction laundering is one of the recent and highly dangerous scams in the payments industry. Are you a merchant trying to protect yourself from transaction laundering? Are you interested in chargeback protection? This article will help you get answers to your questions. What Is Transaction Laundering? Transaction laundering is also called credit card laundering or
Though 82% of the 1,000 online, multi-channel and mobile commerce merchant surveyed dispute chargebacks, many indicated that they lack the necessary expertise to get them reversed, according to Kount’s State of Chargebacks 2018. The long, tedious process surrounding the dispute process, as well as merchants’ lack of skills and knowledge to get chargebacks reversed, are
Chargebacks will not only cause you huge losses but also ruin your firm’s reputation among credit card processors. So when trading goods or service through the internet, always make sure you watch out for chargebacks. Because operating a business profitably also means taking measures to ensure you have the fewest chargebacks, here’s a guide through
Online chargeback is a thing that business owners should be wary of when selling services or products online. Are you dealing with chargebacks? What are the reasons? How can you prevent chargebacks? This article will give answers to your questions. What Is a Chargeback? The groundwork for credit card chargebacks is associated with The Truth
An electronic contract, or as a millennial would call it, eContract is a contract a merchant sends to a buyer electronically, more like AdobeSign. You don’t want to miss out on the many benefits of this service. Having a shopper sign an eContract before releasing a product or offering a service can help explain the
Identity theft and fraud cost consumers more than $16 billion per year. A large chunk of this is due to credit card fraud and right in the middle is the business owner. Angry customers tend to vent their frustrations at the merchant, and high-risk merchants experience this more often than others. In order to prevent
Are you bail bonds merchant? Do you deal with higher rates of chargebacks? Are you looking for ways to prevent credit card chargebacks? Just read this article and you’ll learn about several important steps that can help you fight chargebacks. Also, you’ll get to know how to open a bail bonds merchant account fast and
