As an online merchant, you sometimes have to focus your efforts on avoid fraud. Here is what you can do to stay safe.

There are some type of online scams which have been developed years ago. If you know the secrets behind them, you will be able to avoid them easily.

Just because you are not internet savvy, you shouldn’t be afraid to shop online. Online credit card fraud can be avoided if you pay attention to these tips.

Finding the best online payment service is not about figuring out which are the lowest fees or who has the best customer service: it is all about safety.

Online fraud is a popular creation of this very era. You confront numerous situations online where you are on the verge of being struck with any of similar fraud situations. It’s really hard to distinguish a genuine email and a scam. The tips and tricks that they use is probably more sophisticated and sound then a genuine email in itself. They seem to be from reputed sources and ultimately setting you in great problem.

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Fraud Exposing tips:
There are certain tips that you can always follow to see if the source …

The physical markets have turned into online markets lately and people have started adopting the online methods for purchasing a lot of their goods. This does help for most of the time as you need not to go to the provider for the goods or services rather you just place an order and you get the goods or services dropped right away. The online mode is safe and reliable but there are instances where people do fall victims to fraudsters. There are some symptoms as well as there are some …

We have already given 10 tips on minimizing eCommerce Fraud Exposure. But it’s not just about spending money on fraud detection/prevention systems. You first need to understand the kinds of fraud you can be exposed to. Only then can you figure out the ways to save yourself from them.
Detect the type of fraud

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The most advanced criminals will give you a fake card or a card obtained via skimming. There is little you can do in such cases since the criminals themselves practice fraud as a means of earning a …

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Beware Visa’s warnings
Visa Inc. last week sent a fraud alert to banks and payment processors warning them to look out for a “large batch settlement fraud scheme” involving a merchant account in East Europe. That alert is focusing renewed attention on a longstanding need for banks to tighten up the standards for authorizing merchants who accept credit and debit card payments.
Batch settlement fraud schemes – What are they?
Batch settlements refer to the common practice where merchants store all authorized payment card transactions that occur during a day …

We’ve gotten some emails about our post yesterday and we thought it’d be great to offer our readers even more methods to prevent credit card fraud for online merchants. Some friends who are seasoned online merchants have even stepped forward to let us in on common sense techniques to stop fraudulent transactions from hurting their business. Here are 5 effective tips that can help you prevent credit card fraud.
Tip 1: It pays to be suspicious
Be vigilant is scanning each order and watch out for information that may raise warning bells. …

As an online merchant accepting credit card payments, you have numerous security issues that you must be aware of for the safety of your business and your consumers. At this time, there are two main aspects of credit card security for credit card processing, including “AVS” and “CVV”. Both allow credit card transactions to be completed anonymously over the internet, and any merchant accepting credit cards online should require both forms of information of your customers.
Address Verification Service (AVS)
The “AVS”, or address verification service, is used to determine that the …