Payment Fraud Prevention

Smarter Transaction Monitoring, Safer Payments

Detect and stop fraudulent payments from end to end. Real-time, all-round risk analysis blocks CNP fraud, malicious refund, and other suspicious activities, delivering your customers a secure, seamless checkout experience.
01
Prevention

Detect Fraud Before Payment Authorization

Stop chargeback fraud, enumeration attacks, telecom fraud, and refund abuse before authorization. Our AI engine inspects every payment request instantly, analyzing device signals, behavioral patterns, velocity anomalies, and telecom data to stop high-risk transactions before authorization.

02
Conversion

Boost Approvals with Optimized 3DS Strategy

Improve conversion and reduce costs by routing transactions smartly. High-risk transactions are rejected before reaching the issuer, mid-risk ones get stepped up, and good transactions skip 3DS for a smoother checkout.

03
Compliance

Avoid Chargebacks, Stay Compliant

Stay aligned with Visa’s VAMP and Mastercard’s ECM programs while minimizing chargebacks through pre-emptive, AI-driven decisioning and optimized dispute-handling rules. Maintain network compliance and reduce penalties across all regions.

04
Oversight

Monitor Payment Traffic with 360° Visibility

Get a unified, real-time view of both online and in-store payment activity. Our dashboard helps you monitor and investigate fraud signals across all channels — from device fingerprints and transaction metadata to visual graph analysis that uncovers hidden risk patterns.

90%
Lesser false positive
60%
Reduction in manual reviews
99%
Reduction in chargeback rates

How We Support Risk Throughout Payment Lifecycle

Transaction
Request

Enumeration attacks, stolen cards, velocity anomalies
Real-time device fingerprinting, behavior AI, telecom signal checks

Pre-Payment
Check

Card testing, proxy risk, bot checkout behavior
Dynamic scoring, velocity triggers, adaptive rule engine

Channel
Authorization

3DS routing

During
Payment

Malicious refunds, mule activity, georisk mismatch
Continuous monitoring, pattern recognition, smart alerts

Post-Payment

Chargebacks, refund abuse, delayed fraud
Early warning via Ethoca & Verifi, auto-alerts, case management

Dive into Case Studies and Its Real Impact

Case Study: How a Global Fast Fashion Platform Fought Back Against Payment Fraud and Won

When payment fraud surged alongside hypergrowth, a fast-fashion leader turned to risk-based AI to selectively apply 3DS, detect fraud rings, and protect conversions without breaking user experience.
Challenges
  • Chargeback surge
  • CNP fraud
  • Conversion risk

Chargeback Guarantee Model: Is It a Good Risk Management Strategy?

Relying solely on chargeback guarantees may seem convenient, but their coverage is limited and often comes with high costs, dependency issues, and blind spots that weaken long-term payment security.
Challenges
  • In-app purchase
  • 3DS exclusions
  • Risk misalignment

Keep Your Holiday Sales Safe from the Top 3 Fraud Risks

As holiday sales soar, so do fraud risks. Discover the top 3 threats to e-commerce and how TrustDecision’s solutions can protect your business this season.
Challenges
  • Promo abuse/coupon farming
  • SMS channel exploitation
  • Chargeback fraud

FAQs about TrustDecision’s Payment Fraud Prevention

How can TrustDecision help us if we already use our payment gateway’s fraud tools?

Gateway fraud tools only analyze what happens during the payment step, and their visibility is limited to card data and gateway-side signals.TrustDecision adds richer context like identity, device, behavior, and cross-merchant intelligence to catch fraud earlier, reduce false declines more accurately, and give you a consistent fraud strategy across all your payment methods and regions.


In short, gateway tools stop some fraud at checkout — we help you build a complete fraud ecosystem that improves both protection and approval rates.

If we already enforce 3DS for all transactions, why do we need an additional solution?

3DS is onlyone layerof protection and comes with higher friction and lower conversion. Relying solely on 3DS means:

  • inconsistent user experience
  • high authentication costs
  • unnecessary step-up for low-risk customers
  • missed fraud patterns that 3DS cannot detect


A multi-layered fraud solution ensures better security and higher approval rates, while minimizing reliance on 3DS.

What is the ideal balance between approval rate and fraud rate?

There’s no universal number — it varies by industry, country, product type, and risk appetite.


The key is to maintain a safe fraud rate while pushing approval rates as high as possible.


Our platform analyzes your traffic and historical performance to help you find the optimal balance and build data-backed strategies.

Do you offer a chargeback-guarantee (liability shift) service?

Yes. For credit card payment scenarios, we can provide a chargeback guarantee model, where TrustDecision takes on the fraud risk and financial losses. This allows your team to focus on growth while we ensure your chargeback rate stays within safe thresholds.

How do you handle data compliance for cross-border operations?

We follow a data-localization-first approach. TrustDecision operates multiple global nodes so clients can choose a region that meets local regulatory requirements.


We also:

  • Work with clients to determine compliant data fields for transmission
  • Hold global certifications including SOC 2, ISO 27701, and PCI DSS
  • Fully support compliance audits and documentation for client due diligence

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