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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