Cardinal's fast, secure payment authentication creates a rewarding shopping experience for all…

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  • Merchants
  • Issuers

Thousands of merchants and issuers, authenticating billions of transactions a year, choose Cardinal. Why? Because we're taking on fraud and false declines.

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Now, about those mandates.

From local regulations, to network mandates, to EMV® 3DS updates - navigating the everchanging payments landscape can be complex. Let us show you how Cardinal's success teams work closely with you to make the process as frictionless as possible for both you and your customers.

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Let's talk numbers.

You like your privacy and we protect our clients privacy as well. But, here's what we can tell you…

Network web
~900M

~900M authenticated transactions representing $225B of purchase volume

Phone
2.5 billion

transactions for $275B purchase volume

Shopping cart
250K

BINs issued from 263 countries and acquired in 85 countries with 35K merchants.

Click
500M

unique PANs authenticated across our network

Globe
~400K

unique Merchant ID/ Acquirer ID combinations

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