Content on smart routing | cascading payments for high-risk merchants (iGaming, betting, FX/CFD, crypto, adult). We cover multi-acquirer/orchestrator setups; BIN/issuer country/product-type and amount-based routing; health checks and latency SLAs; soft- vs hard-decline handling; timed retries with idempotency; PSD2 SCA/3DS strategy (frictionless vs challenge); local vs cross-border acquiring; cascading payments; routing logic PSP, psp failover, transaction approval optimization, high-risk payment routing; and failover to APMs when cards are restricted. Goal: lift approval rates and stability without breaching network rules or merchant risk tolerances. WiseAlt focuses on high-risk sectors, so this tag aligns with our scope.
Authoritative outbound resources related to Smart routing | cascading payments:
Visa — Authorization & reversal processing best practices (CNP auth optimization fundamentals). Visa
Mastercard — Transaction Processing Rules (reference for approval/decline handling & compliance). Mastercard
Mastercard Gateway insights — improving CNP approval and optimizing authorization rates. Mastercard
EMVCo — Deploying EMV® 3-D Secure (frictionless/challenge flows that influence routing/cascading decisions). EMVCo
EBA (EU) — PSD2/RTS & SCA guidance/exemptions affecting retry and 3DS strategies. European Banking Authority
Visa — Anti-enumeration best practices (to avoid abusive retries that trigger issuer defenses). Visa
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