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Merchant risk hub.
Help protect your business when accepting card payments and give your customers confidence when they transact with you.
Accept card payments safely.
Our merchant risk hub provides a wide range of best practice resources to help your business accept scheme credit or debit card payments safely.
Whether you're just starting out as a Westpac merchant or want to add new payment channels to your existing business, our guides, tips and articles make it easy to understand your responsibilities and how to better protect your business.
Here you'll find information that can help you reduce the risk of card fraud, stay up to date with Visa, Mastercard® and UnionPay International scheme rules, meet your compliance requirements and manage payment disputes. So that you can make your business more secure and deliver a great payment experience to your customers.
Protect your payment channels.
Find out how to strengthen the security of every payment channel you use in your business.
In-store payment (card present)
This type of transaction is made in a face-to-face environment where a customer physically presents their card and swipes, inserts or taps it on your EFTPOS terminal to make a payment.
Online payment (card not present)
This type of transaction is made online through a website and is also referred to as an e-commerce transaction.
Over the phone payment (card not present)
Also referred to as mail order/telephone order (MOTO), this type of transaction is processed using a virtual or physical terminal.
Recurring payment (card not present)
This refers to a payment that is taken regularly from a customer's bank account for the ongoing delivery of goods or services (e.g. a weekly gym membership).
Reduce the risks.
It's important to comply with the rules and requirements set by Westpac and the schemes (Visa, Mastercard and UnionPay International) to reduce the risk of fines, payment disputes or losing your merchant facility.
Meet your PCI DSS compliance requirements
Every business that accepts scheme debit or credit cards must comply with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). Find out how to make your business compliant.
Protect your payment environment
When cardholder information has been accessed by an unauthorised person with the intention to commit fraud, this is known as an account data compromise (ADC). Find out how you can help prevent and respond to an ADC.
Help prevent payment disputes
Payments must be processed according to Visa, Mastercard and UnionPay International rules. Find out how to keep your business compliant at every stage of the payment cycle and what to do if a cardholder raises a payment dispute.
Stay up to date.
Get insights from our risk, compliance and financial crime teams to help you understand and protect your business from risk and threats as the payments landscape evolves.
Risk thought leadership articles.
The fight against non-stop fraud
July 2021
Provides an overview of supply chain cyber attacks, questions you need to be asking your internal teams and vendors as well as practical tips to prevent your business falling victim or being used in these types of attacks.
Financial crime
June 2020
An update on financial fraud and scams targeting businesses, the psychological tactics fraudsters use and how to empower your people to recognise and deal with these fraudulent requests.
Credit card fraud
July 2019
Ideas to help protect your business and customers from credit card fraud - including recommendations on identifying risks, mitigating those risks and what to do if there's a breach.
Cyber security
March 2019
An overview of the latest cyber security threats we face in our business and simple strategies you can easily implement to protect your business.
Get in touch.
New customers
Call the Westpac Merchant Services team on 0800 888 066 (option 1), weekdays from 8:30am to 5pm, or email merchant@westpac.co.nz
Existing customers
Contact your Westpac Relationship Manager, or contact our Merchant Services team on 0800 888 066 (option 2), weekdays from 8.30am to 5pm, or email merchant@westpac.co.nz
0800 888 066
- Option 1. New or additional merchant facilities, or to change ownership of an existing facility.
- Option 2. General enquiries on your existing merchant facility including suspicious transactions.
- Option 3. Westpac Get Paid on-the-go or Westpac Get Paid in-store technical support.
- Option 4. Westpac Get Paid online technical support.
- Option 5. Terminal faults that aren't related to Westpac Get Paid.
Things you should know.
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