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Fraud Reference

TL;DR
  • Technical reference material for fraud operations
  • EMV Liability is the page that lives here: who pays for card-present fraud, and how chip, swipe and contactless change the answer
  • The reference pages you'll reach for most often sit in other sections. The table below points at them

Technical reference materials for fraud operations.

In This Section​

  • EMV Liability - Chip card liability shift rules: who pays for fraud at the terminal, and how chip vs. swipe vs. contactless affects your liability

Also Useful​

These reference pages live in other sections but are frequently used for fraud work:

NeedPage
Why a transaction was declinedDecline Codes
Why a chargeback was filedReason Codes
Industry fraud rate benchmarksBenchmarks
Network monitoring thresholdsNetwork Programs
Processor-specific fraud rulesProcessor Rules Configuration