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Table Of Contents
- Payflow Link Fraud Protection Services User’s Guide
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- How Fraud Protection Services Protect You
- Configuring Payflow Link
- Integrating Your Web Site with Payflow Link (Basic Integration)
- Integrating Your Web Site with Payflow Link (Advanced Integration)
- Testing Payflow Link
- Activating Payflow Link
- Managing Payflow Link
- Assessing Transactions that Triggered Filters
- Integrating TeleCheck Transactions
- Transaction Responses
- Submitting Transaction Data to the Payflow Link Server
- About the Confirmation Email Messages
- Payflow Link Transaction Types
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Index
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Contents
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
This Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Organization of This Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Customer Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
Related Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
Chapter 1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
What is Payflow Link? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Payflow Link Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
How Payflow Link Works. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
PayPal Express Checkout Transaction Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Flow of the Payflow Link Order Processing Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Introduction to Integrating with Payflow Link. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Requirements for Using Payflow Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Payment Types, Credit Cards, and Processing Platforms Supported by Payflow Link . . . . 8
Supported Payment Types. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Supported Credit Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Supported Processing Platforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Chapter 2 How Fraud Protection Services Protect You . . . . . . . .11
The Threats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Hacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Credit Card Fraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Protection Against the Threats—Fraud Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Example Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Configuring the Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Reviewing Suspicious Transactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Buyer Authentication Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12