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SPECIALIST PAYMENT AUTHORIZATION CONSULTANCY

Flawless Transactions. Every Time.

We help issuers, acquirers, processors, and merchants of all sizes raise approval rates, reduce false declines, and harden payment flows across VisaNet and beyond.

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Authorization troubleshooting and optimization · Stand-in processing strategy · Risk best practices

Cardholder transactions need to work, flawlessly

PAE works with issuers, acquirers, processors, and merchants to untangle noisy authorization signals and convert them into a resilient, measurable flow — from message fields and routing all the way through stand‑in processing and risk-related strategies.

Authorization health, quantified

Baseline today’s flows — approvals, declines, and everything in between.

  • Clear taxonomy for issuer, network, and merchant declines
  • Visibility into message field usage (and gaps)
  • Actionable playbook in weeks, not quarters

Resilient routing & STIP

Design for when things go wrong — without sacrificing performance.

  • STIP policies that respect risk, cardholder experience, and issuer expectations
  • Retry strategy that avoids “thrash” on the network
  • Controls to protect against runaway stand‑in behavior