// BENEFITS

Stop Losing Good Customers
to False Declines

The payments industry loses over $443 billion annually to false declines — legitimate transactions rejected by issuers acting on incomplete data. SIGNAL Alliance gives you the intelligence to fight back.

$443B
Annual False Decline Losses
15–30%
False Decline Rate (Industry)
62%
Customers Who Don't Retry After Decline
Revenue Recovered vs. Cost
// THE PROBLEM

The False Decline Problem

Why Good Customers Get Declined

The current authorization model relies on issuer-side heuristics — velocity rules, location flags, and balance estimates — that have no visibility into a cardholder's actual spending behavior.

A customer who buys groceries every day but hasn't used their subscription card recently looks risky to an issuer. They're not. SIGNAL fixes that.

  • Issuers see card-not-present risk, not customer behavior
  • Subscription charges look different from daily spend
  • Customers don't retry — they churn
  • You lose the revenue and the customer

How SIGNAL Reduces False Declines

Before SIGNAL

Issuer sees: unfamiliar merchant, no recent CNP activity → DECLINE. Customer assumes the service is broken. Churn probability increases 4.5×.

After SIGNAL

SIGNAL shows: card active 6× in last 14 days → high-confidence approval signal → APPROVE or smart retry. Customer never knows anything happened.

  • Pre-authorization score check
  • Retry timing optimization
  • Customer-level behavioral signal
  • Works independent of issuer response
// OUTCOMES

What Members Experience

Lower Decline Rate

15–35% Decline Reduction

Typical members see 15–35% reduction in false declines within 60 days of integration. Results vary by business model, card mix, and billing cycle.

Recover Churned Revenue

Re-Engage Lost Customers

Re-engage customers who would have canceled due to failed payments. Every recovered payment prevents a churn event worth months of lifetime value.

Better Retry Logic

Know When and How to Retry

Know when and how to retry — not just whether to. SIGNAL behavioral data tells you if a card is active, when it was last used, and how often — giving you the right retry timing.

// GET STARTED

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