Step 1: Payment sent for authorization
A consumer identifies goods or services to purchase with a merchant and initiates payment. The merchant sends the payment for authorization processing.
Step 2: Authorization processing
Visa Intelligent Authorization provides an integration layer, central intelligence like risk controls and payment orchestration and core processing.
Step 3: Transaction capture
A file is sent to acquirers informing them about the transaction processed so they can initiate the clearing process.
Token Management Service
Secure digital payments and simplify management of customer credentials with tokenization.
Global Gateway
Process payments frictionlessly and securely at any scale. Accept cards, digital wallets and more worldwide, all protected by Visa security.
Unified Checkout
Easily integrate new payment methods to reduce cart abandonment and capture more sales across channels.
Footernotes
- VisaNet. (2022). Uptime based on the 12-month period, between January 1, 2022, and December 31, 2022, as reported February 2, 2023.
- Overall payment orchestration approval rate (all traffic of card present and card not present) excluding India traffic for the 12 months of March 2024 through February 2025.
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