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A market-leading transaction authorization rate, with optimization tools to take it even further.

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Worldpay provides merchants with a best-in-class authorization rate, right from go live 

A high-performing auth rate isn’t just a metric—it’s the backbone of your revenue. Worldpay’s robust infrastructure and experience ensures more approved transactions from the start, reducing friction and maximizing conversion. Because when your baseline is strong, every transaction has a better chance to succeed.

Trusted across networks

“Worldpay’s authorization rate is best-in-class compared to peers in several verticals including Drugstore & Pharmacy, Government, Department Stores and Supermarkets.”

- A leading card issuer

What makes Worldpay's authorization rate so good?

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We handle 55 billion transactions per year. This gives us unmatched information about approvals, declines and shopper behavior

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Built-in machine-learning and AI help with smart decisioning and give predictive results 

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Dynamic routing, uses the most cost-efficient routes for each client 

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Automatic account updater, so sales are not missed because of card details

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Proactive card issuer relationships with global and local issuers, including preferred customer, data share and merchant advocacy efforts

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Fraud detection capabilities, built over decades, allow us to identify good vs bad transactions more easily

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Worldpay customers have access to real-time transaction data and analysis in their easy-to-access portal, allowing for as needed updates

On average, customers can see 30% cost reduction in payment routing fees with dynamic routing.

Building on a strong foundation

With Worldpay, you can further optimize your authorization rates with customized tools and capabilities tailored to your business needs.

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Boost

Boost revenue with a fully managed optimization service that uses all levers available to keep your auth rate in top shape. Making use of AI and data science signals (authentication factors) to drive higher approvals and long-term revenue.

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Recovery

Extensive real-time account updater and retrying services keep customers’ details updated to minimize authorization declines. 9.3% typical lift in payment acceptance.

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Credentials

Securely tokenize customer credentials and sensitive data to keep payment information active and always-on. Tokenization can deliver a typical 1.3% lift in payment acceptance.

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Identify

Our reporting solutions help analyze your payments data, giving you information to minimize chargebacks and reconcile your transactions. Potentially stop 2/3 of chargebacks from occurring.

Give your business the boost it needs

Revenue Boost makes every payment smarter. From retries to routing, it’s built to help you grow faster and operate leaner.

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Every decline is a lost opportunity

Discover how merchants can boost revenue by improving payment authorization rates in this PaymentsJournal podcast.

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Discover how Hahnair improved payment acceptance by 20% and unlocked global cost savings with Worldpay.

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Let us optimize your payments 

Talk to a Worldpay expert to get a personalized optimization consultation.

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