Chargeback process

Chargebacks and Disputes are ways for consumers to challenge situations and transactions that they believe are wrong (for ex: Fraud, Scam).

π‘«π’Šπ’”π’‘π’–π’•π’† can be defined as the action that consumers take when they contact the bank and make the claim that a transaction should be reversed. A π’„π’‰π’‚π’“π’ˆπ’†π’ƒπ’‚π’„π’Œ is when the bank proceeds with the dispute claim and reverses the transaction. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 π’„π’‰π’‚π’“π’ˆπ’†π’ƒπ’‚π’„π’Œ 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔 is all the steps that take place from the dispute all the way till the resolution of the dispute case.

Multiple parties are usually involved in the chargeback process:
πŸ”Ήπ‘ͺπ’π’π’”π’–π’Žπ’†π’“: the person claiming the dispute
πŸ”Ήπ‘΄π’†π’“π’„π’‰π’‚π’π’•: the business who sold the items being disputed
πŸ”Ήπ‘°π’”π’”π’–π’†π’“: the bank which issued the card to the consumer
πŸ”Ήπ‘¨π’„π’’π’–π’Šπ’“π’†π’“: the bank which acquires payments on behalf of the merchant
πŸ”Ήπ‘ͺ𝒂𝒓𝒅 π‘΅π’†π’•π’˜π’π’“π’Œπ’”: the card institutions that oversee the transactions
πŸ”Ήπ‘·π’“π’π’„π’†π’”π’”π’π’“π’”: the institutions (if any) that handle and process the chargebacks

Here is what actually happens when a dispute is raised:
πŸ”ΉYou file a dispute with your issuer (in some cases the issuer can initiate disputes on your behalf).
πŸ”ΉThe issuer reviews your claim and sends the dispute to the acquirer. It is common for issuers to issue you a conditional refund from their reserves.
πŸ”ΉThe acquirer informs its merchant.
πŸ”ΉThe merchant reviews the chargeback and either accepts it and funds get withdrawn from its account, or rejects it and provides additional supportive documentations.
πŸ”ΉThe acquirer sends the merchant’s response to the issuer who reviews the new info and either accepts the merchant’s decision or files a second chargeback known by 𝑷𝒓𝒆-π’‚π’“π’ƒπ’Šπ’•π’“π’‚π’•π’Šπ’π’.
πŸ”ΉThe merchant can either accept the pre-arbitration, or reject the issuer’s decision and appeal to the card network for π‘¨π’“π’ƒπ’Šπ’•π’“π’‚π’•π’Šπ’π’.
πŸ”ΉThe card network reviews the case and makes a final decision. The party found liable for the dispute can be charged with high fees!

Lastly, many use the terms chargeback and dispute interchangeably. Each card network has it’s own terminology, for example Visa uses only the term Dispute and no longer uses the chargeback.

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