Payment, Clearing and Form

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[Music] here's a look behind the scenes of how electronic payments work in the world of e-commerce it can seem complicated but we'll take care of everything for you still so you know here's how it works [Music] there are three stages called one authorization two clearing three settlement authorization is the first step and starts after the cardholder makes a transaction and successfully authenticates themselves using two-factor authentication if your business is using emv 3d secure this adds in additional criteria to confirm the identity of the cardholder a digital message is transmitted and checked at each stage from the merchant to the acquirer then onto the card scheme and finally sent to the issuing bank which checks the funds in the card holders account once funds are available a message is sent back to the merchant that the payment is approved clearing is all the activities that happen behind the scenes and is the time period from when the acquirer sends a message to the card sch