Minimising fraud

With the support of your own bank, the card issuing banks and Visa itself you can reduce fraud committed against your business.

Good security begins with the basics. You need to make sure that your staff use correct card acceptance procedures as well as carry out basic security checks to secure your computer and accounting systems.

Your employees also need to understand what a genuine Visa card looks like – whether it’s a chip card or one with just a magnetic stripe – and they should be able to identify the card’s security features.

Learn more about recognising valid Visa cards

If you’re an online retailer or have a mail or telephone order business, you can also put in place a range of security mechanisms for card and cardholder authentication.

Learn more about card-not-present security