Controlling eCommerce authentication based on comparing merchant information of eCommerce authentication requests

摘要

A method of operating a computer system is disclosed. An eCommerce authentication request is received from a merchant node. The eCommerce authentication request has content including merchant information. A risk score for the eCommerce authentication request is generated based on comparison of the merchant information of the eCommerce authentication request to merchant information of eCommerce authentication requests of a plurality of merchant nodes. The eCommerce authentication request is selectively provided to an authentication node based on the risk score.