MENTOR, Ohio, June 29, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- CardinalCommerce, the leader in payment authentication and e-commerce security auditor ScanAlert(tm), have joined forces to actively fight e-commerce fraud and chargebacks by increasing the merchant adoption of the 3-D Secure authentication initiatives, Verified by Visa and MasterCard(r) SecureCode(tm), throughout the worldwide network of 65,000 HACKER SAFE(r) certified web sites.
Under the agreement, CardinalCommerce's Cardinal Centinel(tm) authentication platform has been incorporated into the suite of ScanAlert offerings, enabling merchants to participate in the Verified by Visa and MasterCard SecureCode programs.
"We are excited that ScanAlert has chosen Cardinal Centinel as the vehicle to promote 3-D Secure adoption to its customers," said Kendall G. Myles, Vice-President of Merchant Services for CardinalCommerce. "Verified by Visa and MasterCard SecureCode, combined with daily HACKER SAFE certification, will eliminate chargebacks for merchants and ensure a safe, secure and certified online shopping experience for their customers."
"We are constantly looking for ways to help HACKER SAFE merchants be more successful and profitable selling online and our CardinalCommerce partnership is a natural step in this evolution," added ScanAlert CEO Ken Leonard. "CardinalCommerce's track record of deploying Verified by Visa and MasterCard SecureCode will ensure a seamless integration experience for our merchants."
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HACKER SAFE merchants can contact ScanAlert directly to discuss how to integrate 3-D Secure authentication into their web sites.
About CardinalCommerce Corporation
CardinalCommerce Corporation is a leading provider of a technology-neutral authentication platform for securing electronic and wireless commerce, thus ensuring that individuals, businesses and government agencies can process electronic transactions and access confidential information safely, securely and privately. Cardinal's proprietary technology provides consumers, merchants, credit/debit card issuers, and processors the ability to conduct fully authenticated Internet-based e-commerce, while mitigating the risk of chargebacks. CardinalCommerce is based in Cleveland, Ohio, and has partners throughout the United States, Europe, Africa, the Middle East and India. For more information, visit www.cardinalcommerce.com
About ScanAlert
Headquartered in Napa, CA, ScanAlert is the world's largest web site security certification company, protecting over 65,000 web sites in 30 countries through the HACKER SAFE certification program. The certification mark indicates that these sites protect the personal data of millions of shoppers every day by meeting the highest federal and industry web site security standards. For more information, please visit www.scanalert.com.
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