Online dating and related services are booming globally, with demand increasing at a rapid pace. The market for online dating and apps was valued at $7.94 billion in...

According to the industry group PYMNTS, failed payments cost subscription merchants as much as 9% - 11% of their revenue. While some of that revenue loss represents ...

Companies that fall under the MCC category of “digital games” include the merchants that sell and distribute digital games or game-related products. More specificall...

A token requestor ID (TRID) is a unique identifier that allows merchants to request network tokens from token providers and is a prerequisite for enabling network to...

Negative option merchants are merchants that offer an enticing option for customers, like a free trial, that requires a credit card to sign up. The customer, in turn...

Like so many full-service payment providers, Stripe offers an apparently very simple proposition: run all your payment transactions through their system and pay a si...

Triangulation fraud is a complicated fraud scheme that occurs, predominantly in ecommerce, between three parties: an unsuspecting customer, a fraudulent seller, and ...

Tokens: What is a Token Vault? A token is a non-exploitable identifier that references sensitive data. Tokens can take any shape, are safe to expose, and are easy to...

Payments become delinquent when they are not made according to a pre-agreed schedule. Almost by definition, then, they are almost always associated with recurring pa...

What is Payments Vaulting? Merchants are said to be ‘vaulting payments’ when they contract with a partner, which stores sensitive cardholder data securely and provid...

What is a Universal Payment Vault? A payment vault is a storage facility where merchants securely manage customer payment details, and transmit them to payment partn...

Estimates suggest that somewhere between 36% and 50% of all transactions worldwide are now completed digitally. While this may not come as a surprise to many, what m...

Frictionless payments offer the least amount of effort to get a transaction closed. There is no universally accepted definition of a frictionless payment, it is more...

Why Does 3D-Secure Matter? 3D Secure (3DS) provides an additional layer of security for online transactions, adding an identity confirmation partner to the standard ...

In the first four posts of this five-part series, we covered the rules of payment processing for high risk merchants, what causes processors to shut down merchants, ...

Sophisticated high-risk merchants understand that de-risking their payments operations can truly be a game changer for their business. They see that not only is it i...

As a high-risk merchant, you know that hedging your risks can make it easier for your business to remain operational. One important way to achieve this when using a ...

Why it’s Crucial to Constantly Improve Payments Performance For any business, revenue growth is key to continued development and opportunity. And revenue growth can ...

Operating as a high-risk merchant, one of the most feared experiences is getting shut down. Even the looming threat of this happening is enough to keep many merchant...

This is blog post one of a five-part series on the ins and outs of high-risk merchants and high-risk payment processing.

The Basis Theory team joined a webinar hosted by the Merchant Risk Council (MRC) on November 1 titled “AI Solutions to Simplify Payment Management and Compliance”.

What many people miss about the payment process is that there are actually a series of steps - it’s not a one-stop shop! Merchants generally will run some amount of ...

Gift card authorization rates are estimated to be 5-10% lower than standard credit card authorization rates. While this can be frustrating for merchants and customer...

A risk assessment is a dedicated process evaluating the likelihood of a damaging event happening. In the medical environment, it is a statistical calculation of the ...

Why does Payment Efficiency Matter? Processing payments is a multi-partner, multi-step endeavor, and each partner expects to be compensated for their trouble. From t...

The annual Global Payments and Fraud report produced by the Merchant Risk Council, Cybersource, and Verifi surveyed 1,072 merchants who identified as being involved ...

Despite its name, the Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) defines not a discount offered to merchants, but a fee paid by the merchant to its payment processing service. On ...

Payment Gateway Providers: An Overview A payment gateway is a specialized payment processor that serves the unique needs of a specific merchant vertical group. Payme...

Uncovering the top resources to build your payment knowledge The payments industry and ecosystem can be daunting in its breadth and depth. Understanding not only the...

What is payments compliance? The pandemic years accelerated the growth of global e-commerce, catapulting the industry to over 26 million individual merchants doing b...

What is Payment Gateway Fraud? Payment gateway fraud occurs when a card-not-present transaction is completed using invalid card details. Fraudsters may use stolen cr...

Transferring money across borders seamlessly has opened up a realm of possibilities for businesses and individuals alike. However, many may find that cross-border pa...

In the fast-paced world of B2B software, prompt and efficient payment processing is on every vendor’s wish list. Getting paid in a timely fashion is essential for ma...

As the payments industry continues to evolve, staying on top of the latest trends is crucial for payments professionals looking to make informed decisions and drive ...

Electronic Benefits Transfer, or EBT, is a system that was created to allow recipients of federal support in the United States to make food purchases electronically....

Providing secure payment transactions is a shared responsibility, because so many entities are involved in an intricate chain of activities to complete a deal. Each ...

A payment aggregator is a service provider that shares their merchant account with their customers, allowing them to start accepting payments quickly and easily. Ins...

It’s easy to imagine the scariest risks of all: having your system taken over and sold back to you by ransomware, say, or a criminal ring intentionally buying all yo...

Whether you're a merchant looking to cut down on payment service fees, a startup aiming to provide solutions to an underserved region, or an online business battling...

What are Payment Analytics? Payment analytics are actionable trends organizations can identify and use to tune and accelerate their business growth. In today’s numbe...

What is Payment Automation? When we think about payment automation, the temptation is to think only about inbound payment - revenue, in other words. And, indeed, mak...

In today’s payment landscape, the emergence of new technologies gives consumers more payment options than ever before. As a merchant, it’s vital to accept the forms ...

Merchants have access to a wealth of data points to gauge the health and success of their business. From customer acquisition cost to profit margin, the array of ava...

Merchants who build any kind of payment system must manage payments securely for a range of reasons.

When a payment is ready to be processed, most merchants cannot simply send it to the card network - instead they must work with a Payment Service Provider (PSP). The...

Recently, I had the pleasure of joining Caleb Avery, CEO of Tilled, on a webinar to discuss the current state of payments and data ownership. Tilled is one of our am...

A card network token is a string of random numbers that is used to retrieve the real Primary Account Number (PAN) from a token value, where it is securely stored to ...

Why test credit and debit card transactions? When you build a payment transaction system, it’s important to ensure that it is working properly.

Payment network tokenization is a process of replacing sensitive payment information, such as a credit card number, with a unique identifier or token that can be use...

Payment service providers (PSPs) play a critical role in ensuring smooth and secure payment processing for a variety of merchants but they can pose a significant ris...