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Strong Customer Authentication UK Finance webinar

Posted on in Business News , Cycles News

Witwebinarh the recent extension to the Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) enforcement date to 14th March 2022, this webinar is aimed at eMerchants to help them understand the industry approach to SCA ramp up in the UK.

The industry will be commencing SCA ramp up from 1stJune 2021 to ensure the additional time is used to ensure a smooth transition of SCA across all e-commerce transactions.

Date: 1 July 2021
Time: 10am
Duration: 1 Hour

The SCA PMO will highlight the key elements of the UK ramp up plan (Authentication and Authorisation) and principles that issuers will be working towards to achieve compliance. The SCA PMO will also touch on key items that eMerchants should consider, ensuring that they are ready for their customers when Ramp Up commences.

Key Objectives of this webinar:

  1.  Understanding what impact the UK SCA Ramp Up plan will have on transactions and the approaches being taken by card issuers from 1st June 2021
  2. Key items that eMerchants need to have considered to ensure readiness from 1st June 2021
  3. Approach taken by SCA PMO to ensure a controlled Ramp Up period with the heightened monitoring ability to respond to any issues arising
 
To find out more about ​Strong Customer Authentication please watch the Global Payments video here.

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