Possible solutions
4. Velocity Checks
• Velocity checks are efficient at stopping fraudulent transactions as if a
fraudster is successful in one transaction through a merchant they will
usually try and repeat the procee. For some merchant's, velocity
checks would not be suitable as legitimate transactions may be
stopped (this would occur when shoppers frequently buy items or
subscriptions through a merchant each day). However, when
shopper's would only usually buy goods throug a merchant very
infrequently then they are very helpful in stopping fraudulent
transactions. If for example a merchant would only usually buy goods
once a day or once a week then Adyen advises strengthening the
velocity checks. If you don't understand what a velocity check is then
a merchant's Adyen representative can explain it and work with them
to perfect these settings.
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