Fraud Screening Services

This page enables you to quickly determine which fraud screening mechanisms are available for each of the Payment Services provided by DataCash.

To learn more about either a Payment or a Fraud Service, please click on the name of the service in question in the table below.

When a particular Payment Service has restricted use of a Fraud Screening Service, additional information is available by following the link within the table itself.

The URU Fraud Screening Service is available as a separate transaction type. This enables the service to be used before the transaction payment is attempted. This means the URU Service can be used before any of the Services listed.

Service Fraud Screening Payer Authentication
ReD URU AVSCV2 3-D Secure
Bank Card yes yes yes yes
Corporate Purchasing Cards yes yes yes yes
Airlines yes yes yes yes
Pre-Registered Cards yes yes n/a n/a
Capture Method with limitations yes with limitations with limitations
Historic with limitations yes with limitations n/a
Fire and Forget not recommended yes n/a n/a
Batch Input not recommended yes AVS only n/a

ReD

The ReD Fraud Screening Service is available for e-Commerce or MoTo transactions. As it requires additional information to be presented about the customer and transaction, it may be unsuitable for use with some services.

With Historic Recurring Transactions

As the ReD check may only be performed on e-Commerce or MoTo transaction, it is not available for the recurring transactions.

With Fire and Forget Recurring Payments

The combination of ReD and Fire&Forget Payments is not recommended, as the extended data-set cannot be provided for the initial e-Commerce or MoTo transaction. The ReD check cannot be performed on the recurring payments.

With Batch Input Transactions

The combination of ReD and Batch Input Transactions is not recommended, as the extended data-set cannot be provided.

AVSCV2

AVSCV2 can be used with any Card Payment Service transaction, provided:

  • The card number is provided with the transaction
  • The CV2 number is not stored

Due to these two limiting factors, the AVSCV2 Service is not available in the following situations:

With Pre-Registered Cards Service

For merchants using the Pre-Registered Service, the AVSCV2 check can only be performed on the initial transaction, as this check cannot be performed with a Pre-Registered transaction. Providing you have performed the AVSCV2 check with the initial transaction, this does not impact the security of the transactions.

The CV2 number for a particular card will only change if the card is re-issued. When a card is re-issued, the validity (ie the expiry date and start date) of the card would also change. This means the card details stored by the DPG are no longer correct and a new transaction will need to be performed to use as the basis for future pre-registered transactions - the new CV2 number can be checked at this stage.

With Capture Method Recurring Transactions

As the CV2 number cannot be stored, the cv2 check should only performed if the customer is able to re-enter the details at the time of the transaction. This means there is limited scope to perform a cv2 check with a cont_auth transaction.

With Historic Recurring Service

Merchants using the Historic Recurring Service should perform the AVSCV2 check with the initial setup transaction.

With Fire and Forget

With the Fire and Forget Service, neither the initial setup or the repeat payments can be performed with AVSCV2 checking, as the initial authorisation request is not processed immediately, but at a later date.

If you wish perform an AVSCV2 check, this can be done by performing a normal Bank Card transaction with AVSCV2 first, and then set up the Fire and Forget Service to take a payment fewer.

With Batch Input Services

The AVS check can be performed - where appropriate - for Batch Input transactions if these details are provided along with the card number. If your Acquiring Bank supports the Extended AVS check, this can be used if you are using the XML format for the batch. A list of the Acquiring Banks, their Extended Policy status and the card schemes are available here. The Standard AVS check is available to all Acquiring Banks.

Please Note - as the Card Scheme Rules state that the CV2 should not be stored, this information cannot be accepted when using the Batch Input Service.

3-D Secure

3-D Secure can be used with any Card Payment Service transaction, provided:

  • The card number is provided with the transaction
  • The transaction is an e-Commerce transaction
  • The authorisation is carried out immediately

Due to these limiting factors, the 3-D Secure Service is not available in the following situations:

With Pre-Registered Cards Service

For merchants using the Pre-Registered Service, the 3-D Secure check can only be performed on the initial transaction, as this check cannot be performed with a Pre-Registered transaction. Providing you have performed the 3-D Secure check with the initial transaction, this does not impact the security of the transactions.

With Capture Method Service

MasterCard and Visa do not currently support 3-D Secure checking for recurring transactions. However the check can still be performed on the initial e-Commerce transaction.

With Historic Recurring Service

It is not currently possible to perform a 3-D Secure check with this service.

With Fire and Forget

With the Fire and Forget Service, neither the initial setup or the repeat payments can be performed with 3-D Secure checking, as the initial authorisation request is not processed immediately, but at a later date.

If you wish perform a 3-D Secure check, this can be done by performing a normal Bank Card transaction with 3-D Secure first, and then set up the Fire and Forget Service to take a payment fewer.

With Batch Input Services

The 3D Secure service enables your customer to authenticate themselves directly their Issuing Bank in real time. This means the service cannot is not available in conjunction with batched transactions.