Reducing Fraudulent Transactions in ECommerce with the Quantum Gateway

As I was looking back at a few of the posts on here, I noticed that in

January 2006 and

January 2007, posts were made regarding fraudulent transactions (Some
Ways to Help Internet Merchants Reduce Fraud and Chargebacks and

Fighting Fraud…

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Vetting the Transaction - More Options

While you have done quite a bit to ensure the electronic transaction is not fraudulent,
you can still do even more.  If you are using

MaxMind GeoIP - you should take advantage of the other features it offers. 
You can purchase the…

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Vetting the Transaction - Verified by Visa and MasterCard Secure Code

Personally, we were never supportive of this feature from Visa and MasterCard,
known as Verified by Visa (VBV) and
MasterCard Secure Code (MSC) -

Verified By Visa - MasterCard Secure Code: Things You Should Know. 
One of the bigger reasons…

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Vetting the Transaction - Card Verification Value or Card Identification Number

Card Verification Value (CVV / CVV2), Card Verification Code (CVC / CVC2) and Card Identification Number (CID)
(Card Verification Value - Card Verification Code - Card Identification Number) is / was
a way the card associations (Visa / MasterCard…

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Card Verification Value - Card Verification Code - Card Identification Number

So what’’s the difference between Card Verification Value (CVV),
Card Verification Value 2 (CVV2),
Card Verification Code (CVC),
Card Verification Code 2 (CVC2),
and Card Identification Number (CID)? 
To one extent, nothing - especially…

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Vetting the Transaction - GeoIP

One of the better known services is
MaxMind. 
They offer Geographical IP address location checking.  This service looks
at the IP address of the transaction to see if it matches the billing ZIP code
(or how far away it might be). …

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Vetting the Transaction - GeoIP

One of the better known services is
MaxMind. 
They offer Geographical IP address location checking.  This service looks
at the IP address of the transaction to see if it matches the billing ZIP code
(or how far away it might be). …

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Vetting the Transaction - Calling Your Customer

Calling your customer to verify the transaction is another way to help prevent
fraudulent transactions:
Reducing Fraudulent Transactions in ECommerce with the Quantum Gateway,

Some Ways to Help Internet Merchants Reduce Fraud and Chargebacks,…

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Vetting the Transaction - Calling Your Customer

Calling your customer to verify the transaction is another way to help prevent
fraudulent transactions:
Reducing Fraudulent Transactions in ECommerce with the Quantum Gateway,

Some Ways to Help Internet Merchants Reduce Fraud and Chargebacks,…

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Vetting the Transaction - Address Verification Service

Address Verification Service, also known as AVS, is one of the primary tools
used to help verify the identity of the cardholder.  The

electronic payment gateway will usually do this vetting process itself - and
some

electronic payment…

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