Protecting revenue is vital to your business. The increase in fraudulent payment activity is one of the most critical issues facing business owners today.

There are general methods to help you prevent fraud as well as more specific tips based on how and where you accept credit card payments.

In addition to our own tips, the individual payment brands may have best practices and guidelines that may benefit your business.

Tips to Avoid Fraud in Online Transactions

Keep your transactions flowing smoothly and assist in protecting against card-not-present fraud with the help of the following products and services:

Address Verification Service (AVS)

Reduces the risk of accepting fraudulent transactions by verifying the cardholder's billing address, which is on file with the card issuer.

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Card Security Verification (CSV) 

Compares the card security value, non-embossed 3- or 4-digit numeric code on the credit card, with the issuer's value on file. Credit card verification programs are offered by the major payment brands and known as CVV2 (Visa), CVC2 (MasterCard), CID (American Express) and CID (Discover Card).

Payment Brand Data Security (PBDS)

Support for your business to assist you in complying with Visa® and MasterCard® data security programs (CISP and SDP).

Learn more about Payment Brand Data Security (PBDS)