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minus-squarem-p{3}@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39arrow-down1·7 days agoHandling payments like this puts the responsibility of dealing with fraud at Valve’s level and significantly increase their workload, instead of being the payment processor’s responsibility. I don’t blame Valve not wanting to deal with this.
minus-squaregressen@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down4·7 days agoBanks have their own fraud prevention methods that are more mature than whatever is offered by payment processors.
Handling payments like this puts the responsibility of dealing with fraud at Valve’s level and significantly increase their workload, instead of being the payment processor’s responsibility.
I don’t blame Valve not wanting to deal with this.
Banks have their own fraud prevention methods that are more mature than whatever is offered by payment processors.