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CSG Forte release notes is a detailed account of platform features being rolled out for our merchants and partners to advance their technical and industry advantage
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Visa defers restrictions on standing instruction MITs until further notice
For: All merchants Effective date: To be determined In the December 2022 issue of this newsletter, we announced Visa’s plan to delay restrictions on standing instruction merchant-initiated transactions (MITs) initiated by tokens to only credential-on-file (COF) tokens to February 2024. Visa has now deferred this plan indefinitely until further notice. We will notify you when […]
CSG Forte – PCI-DSS Webinar for Merchants and Partners
Please join CSG Compliance in Partnership with CSG Forte’s PCI Vendor – Aperia for an upcoming PCI 101 Webinar To join the event, register here For more information on PCI-DSS please visit CSG Forte – Guide to PCI Compliance Must have Microsoft account to join event.
Mastercard enhancements to Account Status Inquiry
Effective date: November 7, 2023 The Account Status Inquiry (ASI) service is an optional non-financial transaction used to confirm that a cardholder’s account is open and valid, and it optionally confirms the address and Card Validation Code 2 (CVC2). Mastercard is enhancing the ASI service to allow merchants to also confirm the cardholder’s name. As […]
Mastercard introduces new Merchant Advice Codes
Effective date: November 7, 2023 Mastercard is introducing two new Merchant Advice Code (MAC) values for authorization responses. The new MAC values will inform merchants that the card product is a consumer non-reloadable prepaid card or a consumer single-use virtual card number. This information will help merchants improve card-not-present transaction management by properly identifying transactions […]
Visa introduces Account Screen in North America to help issuers block activity on closed accounts
Effective date: October 14, 2023 Visa will introduce Account Screen, a new comprehensive global solution to enable issuers to quickly and efficiently block list accounts to stop future authorization and transaction clearing activity. Block listed accounts include those with the following action codes: • 04—Pick up card (no fraud) • 05—Do not honor • 07—Pick […]
Mastercard standards for checkout sound and animation
Effective date: February 7, 2023, and August 7, 2023 Mastercard is adding standards around the use of the Mastercard checkout sound and animation to the Mastercard Rules and to the Mastercard Brand Center. The standards will require that if any sound and/or animation associated with another payment option is enabled on a point-of-sale (POS) terminal […]