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Beyond compliance: How a modern ACS delivers greater control, precision, and visibility

Written by Entersekt | Oct 27, 2026, 11:40:26 AM

 

Meeting 3-D Secure and PSD2 strong customer authentication (SCA) requirements does not guarantee that an issuer’s authentication program delivers the right outcomes. A compliant access control server (ACS) can still challenge the wrong customers, miss signs of scam-driven approvals, and leave teams without the insight needed to improve payment performance.

In this 30-minute fireside chat, Entersekt’s Rajiv Kapoor and Daniel Ranns explore how issuer authentication is moving beyond a challenge-centric model. They unpack what greater control, precision, and visibility look like in practice, from assessing fraud rule changes before deployment to understanding why cardholder journeys fail.

Explore this on-demand webinar to learn how a modern ACS can help issuers strengthen fraud protection, avoid unnecessary challenges, and identify opportunities to improve authentication outcomes. Whether you are choosing a new ACS, reviewing your provider, or improving an existing program, the discussion connects authentication capabilities with practical operational and business priorities.

Webinar highlights

  • Where a challenge-centric approach can limit fraud protection and payment performance, even when compliance requirements are met
  • How rule simulation helps teams assess the potential impact of fraud rule changes before they reach live cardholder journeys
  • How conditional authentication, passkeys, and scam warnings support more precise intervention across the authentication journey
  • How greater visibility helps operations teams understand failed challenges, customer drop-off, and friction points, then assess improvements