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How are Interchange Fees Calculated?

Stax

Transactions at points-of-sale where a customer physically swipes or inserts their card have lower interchange fees. Security technology Additional security measures like EMV chip cards and contactless payments can both influence interchange fees. Card networks typically use a combination of both when setting interchange fees.

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The Credit Card Chargeback Process Explained: What Merchants Need to Know

Stax

Chargeback Process When a cardholder disputes a credit card payment, the chargeback process is set in motion. The cardholder contacts their credit card issuer, providing details of the disputed transaction and the reason for the dispute. Credit card issuers must comply with the FCBA guidelines when processing chargebacks.

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12 Years Ago: The First nexo Standards Transaction, a Milestone for European Payments

Finextra

Interoperability across multiple domestic and international card schemes without cobadging constraints. 21 November EMV® 3DS: what do domestic schemes need to know? Significant simplification of the technical architecture for merchants. no mandatory cobadging). It expresses the views and opinions of the author.

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Too many missteps undermine the EMV migration

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While card issuers took a step in the right direction by replacing the fraud-prone magnetic stripe cards of the past, they made many missteps that complicated and weakened the EMV transition.

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EMV's Prepaid Problem: Issuers Aren't Interested in the Security

Payments Source

New Orleans--As credit and debit card issuers start to see the benefits of EMV-chip card security, prepaid would seem to be the logical next step. But prepaid issuers remain unconvinced of the security benefits of EMV.

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EMVCo Releases EMV Secure Remote Commerce Specifications Draft

PYMNTS

To open its EMV® Secure Remote Commerce (SRC) specification for public comment for a 45-day period, secure payments enabler EMVCo has issued a draft version of the specification called version 0.9. The news comes a few months after EMVCo announced the launch of the full EMV 3-D Secure (EMV 3DS) test platform in August.

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WaveCrest adds EMV for prepaid debit cards

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Certain prepaid debit card issuers who didn’t initially adopt EMV technology — because of a lower perceived security threat for these limited-use cards — are now going the EMV route.