Entersekt boosts 3-D Secure to cut checkout failures

Entersekt has introduced enhancements to its 3-D Secure offering to address two failure points in the online card authentication process.

The updates apply to Entersekt's access control server and 3DS Server, which sit within the 3-D Secure payment flow used by banks, merchants and payment service providers. One set of changes is designed to improve authentication resilience when browser interactions are interrupted. The other is intended to preserve authentication results when the browser does not return the shopper to the merchant as expected.

In two early deployments, net authentication success rates increased by up to 9 percentage points, according to Entersekt. In another deployment, authentication results were preserved for about 3% of authenticated transactions, representing around USD $423,000 in transaction value over seven days.

Those measurements came from separate deployments. Entersekt said the USD $423,000 figure reflected authenticated transaction value preserved for further processing, rather than confirmed completed purchases or recognised revenue.

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