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Process AtlasPayments & Disputes

Fraud & Disputes

Tripwire sits on the authorization path and decides in milliseconds; when a cardholder disputes, Arbiter adjudicates on the evidence and the regime's clocks — Reg E or Reg Z.

2 agents staffed0 A2A links1 human checkpoint2 open slots

Authorize

Payment rails
Bank system · payments

Card and account-to-account authorizations, in flight.

Decide in-flight

Tripwire
Real-time fraud decision

Scores payments on the authorization path — allow / step-up / hold / block — without over-blocking good customers.

Verify

Customer step-up
Open slot

Out-of-band verification when Tripwire says step-up. Open slot — no agent staffs this step yet.

Fraud ops review
Human checkpoint

Holds and edge cases go to the human queue.

Dispute

Dispute intake
Bank system · disputes

Cardholder claims open Reg E / Reg Z investigation clocks.

Arbiter
Dispute adjudication

Adjudicates cardholder disputes on the evidence and the governing regime's rules and clocks.

Recover

Chargeback & recovery
Open slot

Network recovery on merchant liability. Open slot — no agent staffs this step yet.

The walkthrough

  1. 1

    Tripwire sits on the authorization path and decides allow / step-up / hold / block in real time — without over-blocking good customers.

    Replay the real runsc-tripwire
  2. 2

    Friction is a decision too: step-up goes to the customer, holds go to fraud ops.

  3. 3

    When a cardholder disputes, Arbiter adjudicates on the evidence and the governing regime's rules and clocks — Reg E or Reg Z.

    Replay the real runsc-arbiter
  4. 4

    Network recovery is the next slot in the cadre.