WE POWER TRAVEL Risk Management…Credit Card Acceptance and Best Practicess Jennifer Watkins Senior Manager, Credit Card Services & Fraud Prevention ARC

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Risk Management…Credit Card Acceptance and Best PracticessRisk Management…Credit Card Acceptance and Best Practicess

Jennifer WatkinsSenior Manager, Credit Card Services & Fraud [email protected]

Jennifer WatkinsSenior Manager, Credit Card Services & Fraud [email protected]


Our Focus for Today

• Credit Card Acceptance in the Card Not Present World

• Red Flags

• High Risk Cities

• Current trends in Fraud Schemes

• Tips for winning Chargebacks

• Dealing with “Friendly” Fraud

• Law Enforcement and Advocacy

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Evaluating The Risk Of Fraud

Risk Strategy – evaluate risk tolerance and put in place the tools to manage to it.

Keep in mind:

• In a non face-to-face, soft goods, environment, if a transaction is charged back for fraud, the merchant takes the liability for the transaction.

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Evaluating The Risk Of Fraud – Best Practices

Risk Management tools:

• Address Verification (AVS) – Billing address match.

• CID, CVC2 and CVV2 – Validation that the 3 or 4 digit unembossed number.

• 3D Secure – Verified by Visa and MasterCard SecureCode – Validates a cardholder PIN.

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Card Not Present – Red Flags

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High Risk City Pairs

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• ABJ – Abidjan – Ivory Coast

• BGF – Bangui, Central African Republic

• BKO – Bamako, Mali

• COO – Cotonou, Benin

• LFW – Lome, Togo

• OUA – Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

• CKY – Conokary, Guinea

• CGK – Jakarta, Indonesia

• DLA – Douala, Cameroon

• KUL – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

• ACC – Accra, Ghana

• CMN - Casablanca

• CPT - Cape Town

• JNB - Johannesburg

• LOS – Lagos, Nigeria

• DKR – Dakar, Senegal

• TUN – Tunis, Tunisia

• FNA – Freetown, Sierra Leone

• CAN – Guangzhou, China


Credit Card Acceptance Topics


• Red Flags






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Phishing/Unauthorized Ticketing Scheme

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Unauthorized/Stolen Tickets

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“Accra Pipeline” Website

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“Accra Pipeline”

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“Accra Pipeline”

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Corporate Booking Scheme

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Other schemes

• Relationship building – straw purchase

• 24/7 after hours support scheme

• Independent Contractor fraud

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• Red Flags






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Credit Card Acceptance And Chargeback Rules—Merchant Responsibility

• Validate the identity of the cardholder at the point of sale and that they have authorized the purchase of the goods or services.

• Prove that the card and the cardholder were present at the point of sale.

• How?

• Obtain a magnetic stripe read, or imprint of the card and a signature from the cardholder.

• Ship the goods to the address of the cardholder and provide proof of delivery - Not applicable to electronic tickets.

• For internet transactions use 3D Secure.

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Chargeback Management – Best Practices

Responding to a Chargeback:

• Contact the customer to explain the charge.

• Provide detailed, organized documentation:

• Copy of the ticket

• Details of the itinerary,

• Copies of invoices provided to the customer

• Signed acknowledgement of the terms and conditions

• Letter detailing the experience with the customer.

• Respond as quickly as possible and within 5 days.

• If you believe this is a "friendly fraud", contact the customer.

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• Red Flags






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Friendly Fraud

Definition:

• Buyers remorse

• A dispute over terms and conditions

• Financial difficulty

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• iQor has more than 50+ years in the debt resolution business

• Top 10 worldwide - Strength and Financial Stability • 16+ years of average employee experience in

collections• Bonded, Insured & Licensed In every jurisdiction

requiring licensing• Dedicated team members who understand ‘The Airline

Industry’; Global pool of 31,000+ associates• PCI complaint - secure environment with controlled

access

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iQor’s Contact Information

• Collect on amounts as small as $200 and as old as 2 years

• For more information or to get started contact iQor:

www.iqor.com

Darrel Hewson

VP, Sales

[email protected]

484-242-6685

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• Red Flags






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Fraud Campaign - Education

• Phishing e-mails

• Social Engineering

• Independent Contractor Scheme

• Working with law enforcement

• Deeper look into managing chargebacks

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What Can Be Done To Work With The Credit Card Companies?

Advocacy

Join payment industry groups:

• Merchant Risk Council (MRC) – www.merchantriskcouncil.org

• Airline Information - Airline/Travel Payment Summit(ATPS) – www.airlineinformation.org/events

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http://www.airlineinformation.org/events

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If you experience fraud or have questions, please contact the ARC

Fraud Prevention team at: [email protected]

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WE POWER TRAVEL Risk Management…Credit Card Acceptance and Best Practicess Jennifer Watkins Senior Manager, Credit Card Services & Fraud Prevention ARC