What is credit card verification?
Atlantic requires the verification of credit cards of all new international and some new Australian customers. This process is required to ensure that the credit card used online is in fact yours. We appreciate the fact that this some may see this as a deterrent to ordering through us, but the incidence of online credit card fraud has increased rapidly and we need to protect ourselves from this as much as possible, otherwise our prices will have to rise to cover fraudulent orders. The way the credit card verification process works is as follows: When you place your first ever order online with Atlantic, we charge your credit card a small amount (less than AUD$1.00). We require that you check your credit card statement (which can be checked online if you have internet banking facilities or you can call your bank for an immediate response) and email us the amount we have charged your card. As soon as we have received your confirmation we will process your order, subtracting the small amo
Related Questions
- Current credit card regulations do not allow us to store the Card Verification Value (CVV) codes with the credit card information in our database. For more information, see Why can I capture the CVV code for credit cards for Point of Sale transactions?
- How to obtain the credit card/bank account verification form and access the upload functionality if I have lost the confirmation link?
- How does the online credit card verification (visa / mastercard) work?
