3-D Secure
3-D Secure is a security feature that helps to verify the cardholder’s identity during e-commerce transactions.
Each time the merchant runs a transaction, the issuing bank assesses the transaction. If the risk of fraud is high, the issuing bank uses 3-D Secure to challenge the cardholder to verify their identity.
How it works
The following diagram shows how 3-D Secure works with your integration.
Verify a cardholder
- Your integration sends a request to the merchant plug-in (MPI) service on our gateway.
- Our gateway sends the transaction information to the cardholder’s issuing bank.
- The issuing bank assesses the risk of fraud and challenges the cardholder to verify their identity.
- The issuing bank returns the verification result to our gateway.
- Our gateway returns an MPI reference to your integration.
Run a transaction
- Your integration sends a payment request to our gateway, which includes the MPI reference.
- Our gateway returns the transaction result to your integration.