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Payments glossary

Definitions for the terms you'll hear when boarding a merchant account, routing payments, or fighting a chargeback. Written by the Cardflo team.

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3-D SecureAuthentication

A card-network authentication protocol that shifts fraud liability from the merchant to the issuer when a cardholder is verified.

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