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Payment Optimisation Create better payment outcomes and customer experiences

Authorise more transactions and create better customer experiences.

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07%

increase in
approval rates

40%

decrease in
debit network costs

30-50%

reduction in
chargebacks

Authorisation Optimisation

Decline prevention

Increase authorisation approval rates by up to 10% through adaptive, rules-based logic and issuer partnerships.

Decline recovery

Carat customers have recovered and recouped up to €692 in revenue by turning declines into approvals and reducing false declines by up to 15%.

Routing Optimisation

Reduce network cost

The global reach of our network relationships provides you with choice to route transactions at the­ lowest cost.

Reduce interchange cost

Network token service will lower interchange for certain card-not-present credit transactions processed using a Visa® EMV Payment Token.

Fraud Mitigation

Reduce risk

Block fraudulent transactions and avoid reputation damage. Our merchants experience reductions in decline rates, chargeback rates, required resources and overall costs.

Protect customers and build brand loyalty

Customers will experience a frictionless payment experience, while their information is protected ­ from fraud.

We help you move ahead of your competition

We can help your business implement an effective payment optimisation strategy to move ahead of your competition.

Maximise revenue

Increase authorisation approval rates through techniques that prevent and recover declines.

Lower costs

Leverage the global reach of our network relationships to improve debit performance, with more choice to route transactions at the lowest cost.

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Manage risk

Improve debit performance with routing optimisation. Our dynamic routing engine delivers secure, cost-effective end-to-end debit solutions for in-store, online and mobile payments.

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Leveraging Reg II to optimize debit network routing

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Enable secure, frictionless payments with network tokens

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How Reg II can impact your debit strategy

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