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Transaction laundering is a rising concern for acquirers and payment processors as it is prevalent, difficult to identify, and puts acquirers at risk for fraud, brand damage, and assessments.

Transaction laundering is an extremely difficult problem that occurs when legitimate merchant accounts are used to process unknown transactions for another line of business, be they illegal or otherwise. Using the approved merchant’s payment credentials, the unknown business processes payments for products and services that the acquirer does not know about, leaving the acquirer exposed to…