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What Merchants Should Do To Ensure They Don’t Miss the SCA Deadline
Tuesday, March 23, 2021 Amanda Mickleburgh to Fraud Management, Secure eCommerceJust as we emerge from one of the most turbulent years most businesses have ever experienced, the enforcement of strong customer authentication (SCA) under the PSD2 directive has hit for merchants across the EU, with the U.K. set to follow in September 2021.
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Assessing the Acronyms: Without PSD2, Is 3DS for SCA Relevant for U.S. Merchants?
Tuesday, March 02, 2021 Amanda Mickleburgh to Fraud Management, Secure eCommercePSD2 has been the “talk of the town” in European payments for the last few years—and the final piece of the puzzle, strong customer authentication (SCA), has certainly been a source of spirited conversation across the payments ecosystem.
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SCA: How PSPs Can Help Merchants Stay One Step Ahead
Tuesday, June 23, 2020 Amanda Mickleburgh to Fraud ManagementThe main objective of PSD2’s Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) is to protect customers and reduce fraud by introducing new measures that ensure that customer-initiated transactions are being made by the genuine cardholder.
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Merchant Fraud in the Age of COVID-19: We Need to Prepare Ourselves for a “Tidal Wave” of Attacks
Thursday, April 30, 2020 Amanda Mickleburgh to Fraud Management, Secure eCommerceWith millions of consumers around the world self-quarantining at home, online shopping for goods, services and entertainment has become the new normal for many. A recent analysis of our own data has shown that average transaction volumes in the retail sector in March rose 74 percent compared to the same period last year.
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Positive Profiling Makes Everyone a Winner in Gaming
Tuesday, August 14, 2018 Amanda Mickleburgh to Fraud Management, Secure eCommerceOnline gaming is one of the fastest-growing segments within the broader entertainment industry. With 2 billion active gamers worldwide and 200 million people playing games on social networking sites at least once a day, it is no surprise that the market is now worth well over USD $100 billion per year.