PayU tokenization features for online payments

In a tokenized transaction, sensitive data is replaced with non-sensitive data. In the payments industry, tokenization is used to protect the personal financial information of users by replacing it with a unique string of numbers.

Compliance and safety for all of your online payments

Tokenization plays a critical role in fortifying online payments and safeguarding a user’s credit card information. Tokenization protects payment data in multiple ways, such as in the safekeeping of sensitive data and cryptographic control, ensuring that an unauthorized party cannot reveal the original PAN (Primary Account Number) associated with a generated token, and more.

 

 

The Token Vault

In a tokenized transaction, the merchant never touches the customer’s actual payment details. Instead, when the customer pays the details are sent to the relevant provider’s Token Vault, and returned in the form of a unique “token” identifying the customer to the merchant.  The next time the customer buys something from the merchant, the same token is used without the merchant having responsibility over the customer’s data.

 

Many types of payment providers can operate a token vault, provided they meet the required level of PCI-DSS compliance. PayU is a PCI-DSS Level 1 Certified Processor, allowing us to offer merchants a single, cross-platform tokenization solution. Most PayU merchants use our tokenization technology to reduce PCI scope and risk.

How does tokenization work?

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Harnessing the power of network tokens

 

Through a collaboration with major credit card companies, PayU are also able to offer merchants the benefit of network tokens (on top of the tokenization process we already deploy). Network tokens are generated via tokenization services offered by the major card networks.

Although similar in concept to our existing tokenization, what differentiates network tokens is that they also allow payment processing without ever exposing the shopper’s actual card details. Network tokens offer higher approval rates in comparison with payments executed without network tokens, in addition to better security and an improved checkout experience.

From a compliance perspective, network tokens give merchants the opportunity to manage the network token’s status and suspend it if needed, and allow for easier adoption of EMVCo network token standards with minimal additional integration.

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Tokenization FAQs (5)

What is tokenization?

Tokenization refers to the conversion of sensitive data into indecipherable “tokens” meant to protect and safeguard the original information.

What is tokenization of data?

Similar to data encryption and a byproduct of cryptography, tokenization of data in some cases is irreversible after the original information was tokenized. This makes the tokens completely safe in case of any data breach, because they are no longer readable.

What is network tokenization?

Network tokenization is the process of converting payment card sensitive data into non-sensitive data represented by a token that can be used (or re-used in some cases) for payment transactions. The technology is provided by payment providers like PayU and card brands like Visa, Mastercard, American Express, etc.

What is tokenization in payments?

Tokenization can have a variety of use cases depending on how they are used. Tokenization in online payments and e-commerce is used to secure sensitive card data and payment transactions for cards that are stored on file (in a system or platform). Tokens are generated for each transaction and are unique for each cardholder.

What does card tokenization failure mean?

Card tokenization failure means that the system couldn’t tokenize the card information because the card expired, or (depending on the case) the system encountered an error. Since tokens are used for card-on-file transactions (both one-off and recurring payments), one common form of tokenization failure can occur when a customer has made an initial payment and in the meantime, the user’s card expired and their payment details were not updated.

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