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Is your business ready for changes to how you take payments online?

Check your readiness to comply with Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) by 14 March 2022.

24 Feb 2022, 2 min read

What is Strong Customer Authentication (SCA)?

A new set of rules that aims to make online card payments more secure. Your customers’ checkout experience will be different: they will be required to complete an extra security step to complete the purchase

When does it apply?

The rules apply in full for card payments on 14 March 2022.

Why does it matter to you?

If merchants, booking agents and solution providers do not act, noncompliant e-commerce card-based payment transactions could be declined.

Implementation of these new rules may require testing and specific c

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