The Key to Preventing Chargebacks
For online merchants, accepting credit cards over the phone, or via digital transaction, is a standard operating procedure, but not without certain risks. Chargebacks are a primary concern for businesses that conduct e-commerce, and they can be very expensive due to lost sales and stiff penalty fees. Chargebacks can happen for any number of reasons. […]
PCI DSS in Africa
Global credit card fraud is on the rise. According to Nilson Report, payment card issuers, merchants, and their acquiring banks lost $11.27 billion to fraud in the calendar year 2012. The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) was created to combat the escalating occurrence of fraud globally by increasing controls around cardholder data […]
Fraudulent Emails Alert!
Dear Providers, We would like to alert you about scam emails going around in the last few days. Please lookout for the below traits in each email. If you receive the below patterns: – Someone requesting to pay on behalf of another person. – Requesting you to send the commission via – An agent using […]
Retrieval Request
Retrieval Request
Challenges of replacing cash with mobile payments in East Africa
Although mobile payments have taken off as a form of currency in East Africa, the platform is not without its challenges. Africa contains the top 75% of countries using mobile payment in the world, largely thanks to the platform’s ease of use. Reliability and security issues, however, contribute to the challenges businesses face in East […]
Do It Online Zanzibar Seminar: Real Time Payments & Fraud Prevention
Over the last few years Zanzibar tourism industry has become a leader in the online arena, growing faster than other regions in East Africa. This is mainly due to a rapidly growing number of hotels, travel/tour agents using various online platforms such as social media, booking engines and online payment processing to gain global exposure. 3G Direct Pay held a half day […]
Benefits of Replacing Cash with Mobile Payments in Africa
Mobile payment adoption in East Africa is bringing businesses a number of new surprising benefits. With more businesses offering mobile payment options, consumers are left with cash in their pocket (figuratively and literally), and can make more purchases. This way, their cash on hand is freed up and their mobile device is another great way […]
Festive Season Fraud Prevention
Festive Season Fraud Prevention
Fraudulent Emails: Top 10 Things to Look out for
The global travel industry is riddled with countless fraudsters trying to steal money from airlines, hotels, and other travel-related businesses. Their fraudulent email ruses start with them pretending to be a travel agent and emailing a booking request to a vendor on behalf of their fictitious client. In their email, they specify what they would […]
How a $21,000 Fraud was Prevented
How a blog post about fraud prevention saved an East Africa travel company from becoming victims of online fraud K from a safari company that uses Direct Pay Online’s online payment platform received an online inquiry for a booking in one of their luxury camps in the Serengeti for $21,000. The inquiry struck him as strange since it […]