Notes on approval rates, routing and payouts
Written by the people who run payment flows for e-commerce merchants. Each article answers one question with numbers and sources.
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How to measure 3-D Secure: challenge rate, abandonment and failure
The 3-D Secure metrics worth tracking: challenge rate, abandonment, authentication failure versus issuer decline, and what to change when each one moves.
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