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In January 2009, MasterCard acquired the controlled payment number system developed by Orbiscom, a Dublin-based payment processing company. [2] In the United States, the system is used by the following credit card issuers: Bank of America "ShopSafe" (inherited when it acquired MBNA) (and now discontinued-see below) [3] and Citibank "Virtual Account Numbers". [4]
The perpetrators used more than 100 merchant accounts that they had created to do the billing. [2] [6] Each merchant account was attached to an Employer Identification Number belonging to a real merchant with a similar-sounding name. [6] [7] Each merchant account was tied to an 800-number from CallMe800. [6]
A high-risk merchant account is a business account or merchant account that allows the business to accept online payments though they are considered to be of high-risk nature by the banks and credit card processors. They will typically pay higher transactions fees if they are accepted at all.
Alternatives to Using Checking Account Numbers as Payment. If you want to pay for an online purchase with your checking account number but a store doesn’t allow it, here are a couple of workarounds.
Merchant Account Providers give businesses the ability to accept debit and credit cards in payment for goods and services. This can be face-to-face, on the telephone, or over the internet. Credit cards have become the preferred method of payment in today's market, making a merchant account essential for most businesses.
A merchant plug-in (MPI) is a software module designed to facilitate 3-D Secure verifications to help prevent credit card fraud. [1] The MPI identifies the account number and queries the servers of the card issuer (Visa, MasterCard, or JCB International) to determine if it is enrolled in a 3D-Secure program and returns the web site address of the issuer access control server (ACS) if it is ...
Spy Dialer is a free reverse phone lookup service that accesses public databases of registered phone numbers to help users find information on cell phone and landline numbers and emails.
A Universal Payment Identification Code (UPIC) is an identifier (or banking address) for a bank account in the United States used to receive electronic credit payments. [1] A UPIC acts exactly like a US bank account number and protects sensitive banking information.