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SCA

Strong Customer Authentication — a regulatory requirement (notably PSD2 in the EEA) to verify a payer with two independent factors.

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SCA mandates multi-factor verification for many electronic payments. Whether it is legally required depends on the market: it is mandated across the EEA, standard practice in some places, and absent in others. LocaleSense flags per country whether SCA is a legal mandate.

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