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5 ways to Prevent Fraud against CNP Transactions

What is CNP, and how does it work?

Digitalization has catapulted customer purchasing transactions to an unprecedented level. Online transaction payment methods have become so convenient that they have led to an unstoppable buying spree by consumers. These days there is nothing that can stop a desirous buyer from purchasing, probably not even when ‘he is not carrying plastic money or cash, as he has the option to pay using card data.

When a buyer is not physically using the card at the point of sale, it is known as Card-Not-Present (CNP). In CNP transactions, the magnetic stripe in the card is not swiped, the EMV chip isn’t inserted, or a mobile wallet isn’t tapped. Therefore, any payment made using card data over the phone, online, through fax, or even the retail shop is Card-Not-Present.

Types of Card-Not-Present transactions

Online Purchases: When a customer buys goods online or does an e-commerce transaction.

Phone orders: Customer provides the credit card information over the phone.

Recurring payments: These are set up to automatically pay monthly or regular bills.

Other Card-Not-Present transactions of this nature are Online Invoices, Website payments, and Mail orders.

The merchants or sellers collecting payments through CNP must be cautious of fraud. They must identify the pattern of fraudsters and take timely actions to prevent it.

How CNP is affecting the economy

The CNP fraudulence can have a negative impact on businesses and there by the economy.

As per SEPA (Single Euro Payments Area), the total value of fraudulent transactions using cards issued within SEPA and acquired worldwide was €1.87 billion in 2019. And CNP faced the majority of fraudulent transactions in 2019 almost 80% of the value of card fraud was from CNP transactions.

In the U.K. (except in the eurozone), CNP accounted for £470.2 million in 2019.

You will be surprised to know that about 3.1% of the US population above 18 years of age i.e 7.9 million consumers sustained CNP fraud in 2018.

According to the Juniper research report, retailers can Lose $130bn Globally in Card-not-Present Fraud till 2023.

Thus, unlike other payment options, maximum fraud activities like customer data theft occur via CNP since Card-Not-Present transactions are not well secured. The card data shared can be easily extracted from the web by hackers.

Many times authentication of the card data is not established at the time of the transaction.

Such data infringement hampers the reputation of the company. People don’t trust giving card data details for the transaction. The loss of consumer trust and loyalty causes revenue downfall over some time. It also consumes considerable money and time to rectify the CNP fraud issues. Thus, Card Not Present fraud causes financial and reputation loss to the merchant.

Eventually, to compensate for the monetary loss incurred due to CNP fraud, retailers are forced to raise the cost of their output, cut-off wages, and also compromise on the quantity and quality of the workforce. Thus, resulting in a pessimistic effect on the economy. 

How is Identity Fraud affecting CNP?

Card-Not-Fraud can cause colossal damage both to individuals, businesses and banking institutions. The sensitive data shared during the transaction can easily be leaked or hacked. Completely oblivious of the personal data theft, you may continue opening accounts on various platforms.

The databases of traditional and e-merchants are targeted more frequently. Because an e-merchant, unlike a financial institution, does not spend large budgets on security and is not subject to stringent rules.

Their data can be easily transferred to numerous cities or countries worldwide in the dark web market. And may not even get to know the person or place, from where their customer’s Personal identity information (PII) is being used for fraudulent activity.

Therefore, knowing how to detect and prevent CNP fraud at the initial stage is equally important.

Some of the best’ Card Not Present Fraud Prevention Tools are:

  • Know your customer(KYC) at the point of signup not only through the documents submitted but also via the nature of activities he is involved in. To gauge whether the source of income is legitimate or not you can look for any engagement with international unsanctioned people, any faulty financial reputation, or recurrent change of place/ business/ Job.
  • eKYC: Electronic Know your customer (KYC) is a digital platform used for identity verification. Here the customer verification can be done in seconds. For example, in India the Aadhaar system is the most commonly used eKYC, more than 1.29 billion people are registered under the Aadhar card system.
  • Video KYC: To conduct video verification various procedures are involved like Biometric face verification, Liveness Detection, and Real-time document verification methods. So, it’s a complete Audio video verification method
    • Biometrics: Software algorithms are used to conduct a face match of the person sitting in front of the camera with the photo ID submitted. It picks up and records minute details of the face such as the shape of the eyes, chin, or nose.
    • Liveness Detection: In order to counter any spoofing attacks using biometrics. In this, the person is asked random questions or asked to give side profiles on the video to ensure it’s not a spoofed image but a live person in front of the camera. The captured video is matched with other data or documents.
    • Real-time document verification: While the liveness detection is going on the person is asked to give live images of the required documents and the signature. The AI tools instantly match the document images with the customer’s face and signature. The
    • Verification tools are so quick that they even extract the ID details provided from the web and verify them with the document.

At IDcentral, we use a combination of top e-commerce fraud prevention processes. It includes video KYC, document verification, and biometric face match through identity checks. Our API is quick enough to extract data from identity or bank cards submitted. Thus, we ensure that the customer is the authentic owner of the card being used in the transaction.

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