Study Guide
Table Of Contents
- PayPal Certified Developer Program Study Guide
- Contents
 - List of Tables
 - Online Payment Processing
 - Internet Security and Fraud Prevention
- Why Every Business Should Be Concerned About Internet Fraud
 - Liability for Internet Fraud
 - Internet Fraud: What It Is and How It Happens
 - Who Is at Risk for Online Fraud
 - Reducing Exposure to Fraud
 - What Banks and Card Associations Are Doing to Prevent Online Credit Card Fraud
 - What PayPal Is Doing to Protect Your Business Against Fraud
 - Disclosure and Compliance
 - PayPal Fraud Protection Services
 - Review Questions
 
 - Getting Started With Account Setup
 - API Credentials
 - Name-Value Pair (NVP) API
 - Express Checkout
 - Direct Payment API
 - Transactions
 - Sandbox Testing
 - Answers to Review Questions
 - General Reference Information
 - Glossary
 - Index
 
 
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Contents
Chapter 1 Online Payment Processing .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Online Selling Basics. . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . 11
The Payment Processing Network . . . . . . . . . . .  .  . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . 11
Individuals  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . 12
Institutions . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . 12
Processes and Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . 12
How Online Payment Processing Works. . . . . . .  . . .  . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . 12
Payment Processing Authorization  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . 12
Payment Processing Settlement. . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . 13
What to Look for in an Online Payment Processing Solution . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . 13
PayPal’s Payment Processing Solutions. . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . 14
Review Questions  . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . .  . 18
Chapter 2 Internet Security and Fraud Prevention . . . . . .  . . . . .23
Why Every Business Should Be Concerned About Internet Fraud  . . . . . . . . . . .  . . 23
Liability for Internet Fraud . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . 24
Internet Fraud: What It Is and How It Happens  . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . 25
Who Is at Risk for Online Fraud  . . . . . .  . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . 26
Reducing Exposure to Fraud.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . 27
What Banks and Card Associations Are Doing to Prevent Online Credit Card Fraud . . . . 28
What PayPal Is Doing to Protect Your Business Against Fraud . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . 29
How to Reduce Chargebacks  . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . 29
Disclosure and Compliance . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . 30
Disclosure Policy. . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . .  30
PCI Data Security Standard Compliance  . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . 31
Additional Resources About Disclosure and Compliance . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . 33
PayPal Fraud Protection Services . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . 34
Detailed Service Descriptions  . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . 34
PayPal Fraud Protection Services Upgrade Options . . .  . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . 36
Review Questions  . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . .  . 37










