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Healthy VAMP Ratio

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How the VAMP signal flows

Two streams converge into one ratio. One ratio decides your fate.

Every fraud notification and every chargeback merges into a single monthly metric.

TC40 — fraud notifications reported by issuing banks
TC15 — chargebacks opened by cardholders
TC40 · FRAUD 32 events TC15 · CHARGEBACKS 18 events NUMERATOR TC40 + TC15 50 events TOTAL VISA TRANSACTIONS 12,000 / month DENOMINATOR 50 12,000 = 0.42% VAMP RATIO · HEALTHY
TC40 · FRAUD 32 EVENTS TC15 18 EVENTS NUMERATOR TC40 + TC15 50 events DENOMINATOR Total Visa transactions 12,000 = VAMP RATIO 0.42% HEALTHY
Sources

Two distinct event streams

TC40 reports come from issuers when fraud is suspected. TC15 reports are filed when cardholders open a chargeback. Both reach your acquirer through Visa's network.

Convergence

Merged into a single numerator

Visa sums both streams into one count and divides by your total Visa e-commerce transactions for the same period — even if the same transaction triggered both reports.

Verdict

A single ratio, evaluated monthly

The result is benchmarked against four thresholds. Where it lands determines whether you stay clear, get warned, or pay penalties of $8 per dispute.

VAMP threshold scale Above example: 0.42% — Healthy
< 0.50% Healthy
0.50—0.70% Elevated
0.70—1.5% Action
≥ 1.5% Excessive · $8 / dispute

A single fraudulent transaction can be reported as both TC40 and TC15. Under VAMP, that's two black marks against your ratio — which is why merchant ratios trend higher under the new program than under the legacy VFMP / VDMP.

What is VAMP ?

Visa's risk monitoring program,
consolidated and tightened.

VAMP (Visa Acquirer Monitoring Program) is the framework Visa uses to evaluate how much fraud and how many disputes flow through every merchant and every acquirer in its network. Since April 2025, it replaced the two legacy programs (VFMP for fraud, VDMP for disputes) and merged them into a single ratio that Visa now watches monthly.

The principle is straightforward: every fraud notification (TC40) and every chargeback (TC15) you generate is added up, then divided by your total Visa e-commerce transactions. If your ratio crosses Visa's threshold, you enter the program, and the consequences scale fast.

Since October 1, 2025, enforcement is live. Merchants flagged as Excessive pay $8 per dispute in penalty fees, every month, until the ratio comes back down. And as of April 1, 2026, the threshold for being flagged Excessive in the US, EU and most regions has dropped from 2.2% to 1.5%. The bar is moving, and it's only moving in one direction.

VAMP at a glance

Excessive merchant threshold (US/EU)

1.5%

Penalty feeper fraud / dispute

$8

Min. monthly eventsto enter the program

1,500

Disputes that arefriendly fraud

~75%

Evaluation cadenceby Visa

Monthly

A short history

VAMP didn't exist 18 months ago. It already runs the rules.

BEFORE APRIL 2025

Two separate programs

Visa monitored fraud and disputes through two distinct frameworks ; VFMP (fraud) and VDMP (disputes) ; each with its own thresholds and reporting cadence.

April 1, 2025

VAMP launches

Visa consolidates VFMP and VDMP into a single program. New unified ratio: (TC40 + TC15) ÷ Total Visa e-commerce transactions. Transition period begins, no penalties yet.

October 1, 2025

Enforcement begins

Visa starts charging $8 per dispute for merchants flagged as Excessive. The transition period ends. Excessive threshold sits at 2.2% globally, 1.5% in LAC.

January 1, 2026

Above Standard tier for acquirers

Acquirers with ratios between 0.5% and 0.7% start paying $4 per transaction, pushing them to tighten merchant-level thresholds well below Visa's published numbers.

January 1, 2026
NOW

Threshold drops to 1.5%

The Excessive merchant threshold in the US, EU, APAC, Canada, and CEMEA falls from 2.2% to 1.5%. Many merchants who were comfortably below the line yesterday cross it overnight.

FAQ

Questions fréquemment posées

Qu'est-ce qu'un chargeback?

VFMP monitored fraud and VDMP monitored disputes separately, with separate thresholds and separate reporting. VAMP consolidates both into a single ratio: (TC40 + TC15) ÷ Total Visa e-commerce transactions.

The catch: a single fraudulent transaction often generates both a TC40 (fraud notification from the issuer) and a TC15 (chargeback opened by the cardholder). Under VAMP, both count, which is why most merchants see higher ratios under the new program, even with no change in their underlying activity.

Are TC40 and TC15 really counted twice for the same transaction?

Yes - and Visa is aware of it. The current ratio formula counts every TC40 and every TC15 as separate events, even when they relate to the same underlying transaction. This is by design: Visa wants to capture fraud signals as early as possible, including the TC40 reports that didn't escalate into formal chargebacks.

Practical impact: any merchant with a meaningful share of fraud-driven chargebacks will see a mechanically higher VAMP ratio than they'd expect from chargeback data alone.

Dois-je m'inquiéter des chargebacks?

Oui. Le dépassement des seuils acceptables imposés par les systèmes de cartes et les fournisseurs de paiement peut entraîner la résiliation du compte marchand et des pénalités. Ne laissez pas les chargebacks tuer votre entreprise.

Est-ce que eFlow Secure peut réduire mon taux de chargebacks?

Ces solutions permettent d’identifier et de traiter plus tôt les risques de rétrofacturation, ce qui peut contribuer à en réduire le niveau.

How often does Visa evaluate my VAMP ratio?

Monthly. Each calendar month is evaluated independently, there is no rolling average and no grace period. What happened in March is judged in early April; what happens this month will be judged at the start of next month.

This monthly cadence means a single bad month can trigger penalty fees, but it also means a single good month can pull you back into the safe zone. The program rewards proactive monitoring far more than it rewards averaging-out over time.