Resources
Payments, explained by the people who route them.
Guides on payment orchestration, high-risk merchant accounts and card scheme programs, plus a glossary of the terms you will meet along the way.
High-risk payments
Merchant accounts, acquirers and staying boarded in regulated verticals.
Glossary
The terms behind card payments.
Short, plain definitions of the acronyms acquirers, issuers and card schemes use.
BIN (Bank Identification Number)The first 6 to 8 digits of a card number, which identify the card's brand, type, issuing bank and country.ReadMATCH listMastercard's database of merchants whose accounts were terminated by an acquirer for specific reasons, checked by acquirers during underwriting.ReadNetwork tokenA card-network issued replacement for a card number, stored by the merchant and updated by the network when the underlying card changes.ReadVAMP (Visa Acquirer Monitoring Program)Visa's program that monitors fraud and dispute levels against card-not-present volume, for acquirers and the merchants they board.Read
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