Regulatory and Card Network Compliance
Expert analysis of regulatory expectations and card network requirements to help organizations balance compliance expectations with growth goals.
Payment service providers must stay abreast of changing regulations and card network rules. LegitScript explains these requirements and helps organizations apply them to merchant onboarding and monitoring. With our insights, teams can reduce compliance gaps and improve risk management while scaling their business.
Major card brands regularly enforce compliance rules and issue assessments against payment service providers whose merchants fail to meet network standards — with fines that can be $100,000 or more per violation.
Blog Articles
Latest Blog Article
Card Networks Are on Notice: What Concerns About the ENDS Market Means for Payment Processors
July 30, 2026
A group of state attorneys general just told major card networks to stop processing for illegal vape sellers. Learn what the letter is asking card networks to do, and the exact questions banks, ISOs, and PSPs need to answer before regulators come knocking.
Understanding the Risk Landscape in Brazil and Latin America: Key Takeaways
Brazil has embraced digital payments faster than almost anywhere else in the world. That growth is a genuine success story — and it has created an entirely new risk landscape that payments companies and online platforms cannot afford to ignore. Read more.
July 30, 2026
Documentation Is Your Best Defense: A Smarter Way to Resolve Violative Merchant Activity
The better you can document a violation and your response to it, the less exposure your business carries. Keep reading to learn more about best practices for documenting violative merchant activity and how to incorporate it into your work.
July 23, 2026
Guides
Smarter Onboarding for Payments Leaders
Is your merchant onboarding keeping up with rapidly changes to risk and competition? Learn how to future-proof your onboarding with our guide.
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The Top 10 High-risk Trends in Payment Processing and E-commerce
In this updated guide, LegitScript shares new high-risk trends that companies should be aware of to avoid fines and brand damage.
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LegitScript Payments Risk & Compliance Benchmarking Report 2023-2024
LegitScript surveyed payments risk and compliance professionals about their recent challenges, impending threats, and opportunities. Hear what they had to say.
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Top 10 High-risk Trends That Put You at Risk of Card Brand Fines
Learn about recent high-risk trends with card-not-present transactions that are likely to lead to expensive card brand fines.
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Webinars
On Demand
Fraud, Compliance, and the New Rules of Risk in Brazil and Latin America
Brazil and Latin America are not just grappling with fraud — they are at the epicenter of a global stress test exacerbated by AI-powered schemes that make merchants and sellers harder than ever to trust. In this webinar, we discuss the risks and regulatory challenges facing companies engaged in digital transactions in Brazil and LATAM. Sign up now.
On Demand
Trust Is Getting Harder to Prove: Rethinking Merchant Underwriting in the Age of AI
Leading payment service providers are rethinking onboarding and underwriting in a future undergirded by AI, moving beyond KYC to verify merchant intent, apply risk-based friction, and continuously defend their portfolios. Learn what durable trust models look like in the AI age.
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On Demand
How Marketplaces Are Managing Risk Among Shifting Global Regulations
This session brings together practitioners on the front lines of e-commerce compliance to discuss what’s working, what’s not, and what’s coming next. Whether you’re navigating multi-jurisdictional requirements or trying to build a scalable risk program, get frameworks and insights you can act on. Watch now.
