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7 Tips to Avoid Chargebacks & Payment Disputes This Holiday Season

Synapse Payment Systems

While more customers and revenue are certainly a plus, this can also be a season of increased chargebacks and payment disputes. Keep reading to learn how to avoid chargebacks and payment disputes during the holiday season. So how do you avoid chargebacks and payment disputes this holiday season? Here are our best tips.

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Chargeback Rules: What Laws & Regulations Govern the Dispute Process?

Fi911

We will provide insight into how these regulations differ between card schemes, and help financial institutions to better understand the dispute process from all sides. It mandated the creation of the chargeback process, limiting customer liability in fraud cases and allowing cardholders to dispute deceptive merchant practices.

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What is a Payment Processing System and How Does It Work?

Stax

A typical payment processing procedure involves multiple parties, including the merchant, customer, payment processor, payment gateway, issuing bank, acquiring bank, and card networks. Also, evaluate the providers dispute and chargeback resolution speed. Ideally, you want instant or same-day fund settlement.

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Fraud unveiled: Key takeaways from merchant roundtable discussion

The Payments Association

Katherine Bailey (Valor Hospitality Europe Limited) explained how customers manipulate chargeback systems to claim refunds for services theyve already consumed: The guests enjoy a stay or experience and then dispute the charges. The card issuers often side with the customer without consulting us, which is unfair and costly.

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AI’s Historic Role in Fighting ‘Friendly Fraud’

Fintech Finance

Experts at leading chargeback technology platform Chargebacks911 report that AI is one of the key drivers to combat emerging payment threats and prevent disputed transactions. This dispute process is an act of parliament entitled to cardholders and is designed as a safety net to help consumers in cases of fraud or unfair merchant practices.

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Over Half of Consumers Find Billing Statement Descriptions Confusing—Costing UK Merchants Millions in Chargebacks

Fintech Finance

Research from Chargebacks911 , the global chargeback technology leader, shows that unrecognised transactions are the leading reason for customers to dispute a transaction, causing a significant headache for merchants, draining resources and impacting their bottom line. merchants more than £128 million each year.

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What are Chargeback Alerts?

Fi911

And, by responding swiftly to chargeback alerts, merchants can potentially resolve disputes directly with the customer, possibly preventing the chargeback from being officially filed. First, they offer an opportunity to proactively manage potential chargebacks, allowing merchants to resolve disputes before they escalate.