Making the Web safe for online merchants

Any business that accepts bank cards accepts a certain element of fraud risk; but, as history has shown, the benefits of accepting bank cards far outweigh any of the risks. Bricks-and-mortar businesses, as well as mail order and telephone order businesses, have enjoyed years of business expansion resulting from bank card acceptance, supported by industry safeguards and services designed to contain and control the risk of fraud. The Internet offers an equal or greater business opportunity but requires similar precautions to ensure safe business operations.» Download the document now 128k pdf