Protecting your visa credit card with ‘Verified by Visa
Saturday, November 1st, 2008To help combat credit card fraud Visa have introduced a card authentication system known as ‘Verified by Visa’. Although this system was introduced over 7 years ago, in 2001, it is only now becoming widely used. There is a good chance that you will have already come across this new technology when shopping online and may even have signed up for it already. ‘Verified by Visa’ was designed by Visa, and uses software know as 3-D Secure, to add an extra level of security when shopping online. Although online merchants aren’t required to use this new system most of them now are.
There are two ways to sign up to ‘Verified by Visa’. The first, and by far the most common way, is to be redirected to the system whilst making an online purchase. The system will realise that you have not previously signed up and will ask you for some details. You will be asked to devise a password for use with the system and to come up with a personal message. The second way of signing up is to visit your card provider’s website. On your card provider’s website you should be able to find information on the ‘Verified by Visa’ system as well as being able to register. You will be asked for the same information that you would be if you were redirected from an online store.
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