PayMongo
PAYMONGO PROTECT

Stop fraudulent payments before they become chargebacks

Score every payment the moment it happens. Set rules in minutes and block risky transactions automatically. Every payment receives a risk score from 0–1000 in real time, helping you decide which payments to approve, review, or block.

Real-time risk scoring • Configurable fraud rules • PCI-DSS compliant
PayMongo Protect fraud detection dashboard

Why fraud gets harder to manage as your payments grow

Fraud often gets detected after the payment is approved

Many businesses only discover fraudulent transactions once chargebacks arrive. By then the revenue is gone and chargeback fees add to the loss.

Chargebacks increase losses and fees

Manual transaction reviews slow your team down

As payment volume increases, teams start checking transactions one by one. Hours get spent reviewing payments instead of running the business.

Hours lost to manual fraud review

Fraud controls are difficult to adjust as risk changes

Fraud patterns change quickly as your business grows. If you cannot update rules easily, risky payments slip through or legitimate customers get blocked.

Lost sales from blocked legitimate customers

Spot risky payments the moment they happen

Every payment receives a risk score the moment it is attempted. Your team can see which transactions carry risk before they are approved. This helps you block fraud early and avoid costly chargebacks.

Real-Time Risk Scoring — Every payment receives a risk score from 0–1000
Risk Signal Visibility — See factors that contributed to each score
Instant Risk Classification — Quickly identify safe, suspicious, or high risk payments

Reduce the time your team spends reviewing payments

As payment volume grows, manual fraud review quickly becomes a bottleneck. Automated rules help your team focus only on the transactions that need attention. Safe payments move forward without delays.

Custom Fraud Rules — Create rules based on risk scores and attributes
Automatic Payment Actions — Approve, block, or flag based on rules
Risk-Based Filtering — Quickly find payments that need review

Adjust fraud controls as your business grows

Fraud patterns change as your business scales. You can update rules quickly as payment volume increases or risk signals evolve. This keeps your fraud controls aligned with how your business operates.

Dashboard Rule Management — Update fraud rules directly
API-Based Configuration — Configure rules programmatically
Transaction Monitoring — View fraud activity and trends in one place

Start protecting your payments in 3 steps

Connect PayMongo Protect to your payments
STEP 1Minutes

Connect PayMongo Protect to your payments

Enable fraud scoring directly from your PayMongo account or through API. Once activated, every payment automatically passes through risk evaluation.

Score every payment in real time
STEP 2Instant

Score every payment in real time

Each payment receives a risk score from 0–1000 the moment it occurs. You can immediately see which payments are safe and which ones need attention.

Set rules and control how payments are handled
STEP 3Minutes

Set rules and control how payments are handled

Create rules that automatically approve safe payments, flag suspicious ones for review, or block high-risk transactions.

Frequently asked questions

Take control of fraud before it costs you revenue

Activate fraud scoring from your PayMongo dashboard and start screening payments in minutes.