Payments by credit card Your bank card number is encrypted before being sent to the bank's server. 3-D Secure is a secure Internet payment protocol.
Deployed under the trade names Verified By Visa and MasterCard SecureCode, 3-D Secure was developed by Visa and Mastercard to enable merchants to limit the risk of Internet fraud related to identity theft attempts.It consists in making sure, during each online payment, that the card is used by its holder.
In this case where both the merchant and the cardholder's bank are equipped, an additional step takes place at the time of payment.In addition to the bank card number, the expiration date of the card and the three digits of the security code (printed on the back)
