TSYS EXPANDS TS2 FRAUD-DETECTION MODULE.(Total System Services Inc.)(Brief Article)

Total System Services Inc.(TSYS) has expanded its CardGuard fraud-detection module to include TSYS Notification, a real-time fraud-notification warning system, a TSYS spokesperson tells CardLine. Once CardGuard, which is fully integrated into the TSYS' TS2 card-processing platform, spots a card transaction that falls outside of a cardholder's normal buying pattern, CardGuard places the transaction in a fraud-detection queue. TSYS Notification then either calls the cardholder or e-mails him. "This is done in real time," says another TSYS spokesperson. The …