E-commerce

Payment security

Terms

6 terms

  • Card testing

    Card testing is a fraud attack in which criminals run many small payments through a store to find out which stolen card numbers still work.

  • Card-not-present fraud CNP fraud

    Card-not-present fraud is the use of stolen or fabricated card details to pay online, by phone or by mail, where the physical card is never shown.

  • Chargeback · payments

    A chargeback is a forced reversal of a card payment that the cardholder's bank initiates through the card network after a dispute with the merchant.

  • Fraud screening

    Fraud screening is the automated and manual review of e-commerce orders and payments to detect likely fraud before an order is accepted or shipped.

  • Payment fraud

    Payment fraud is the unauthorized or deceptive use of payment methods in online stores, from stolen card data to false chargeback claims by real buyers.

  • PCI DSS

    PCI DSS is the card industry security standard that every e-commerce merchant accepting card payments must meet to protect cardholder data.