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Automated refund and chargeback processing

Purpose

1.1. Automate the end-to-end process of handling customer refund and chargeback requests for ticket sales and purchases on the historical reenactment site.
1.2. Ensure compliance with industry regulations and financial reporting by automating transaction tracking, approvals, and notifications across diverse platforms.
1.3. Automate status updates, reconciliation workflows, and reporting to minimize manual errors and increase processing speed for customer satisfaction and regulatory accuracy.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. A customer submits a refund request via website, app, or email.
2.2. Chargeback notification received from payment processor or bank.
2.3. Discrepancy flagged in automated reconciliation process.
2.4. Scheduled auditing detects inconsistencies in payment and refund records.

Platform Variants

3.1. Stripe
• Feature/Setting: Automated Refund API — configure webhook to trigger on refund event (`payment_intent.payment_failed`).
3.2. PayPal
• Feature/Setting: Dispute Automation — activate webhook for `PAYMENT.SALE.REFUNDED` and `PAYMENT.SALE.REVERSED`.
3.3. Square
• Feature/Setting: Refund Endpoint Automation — automate calling `/v2/refunds` API upon chargeback or site request.
3.4. Braintree
• Feature/Setting: Webhooks for Transaction Disbursed/Disputed — automate triggers for refund process flow.
3.5. Worldpay
• Feature/Setting: Automatedly poll Disputes API for new chargebacks/refunds, start refund process.
3.6. Adyen
• Feature/Setting: Notification Webhooks for "REFUND_FAILED" and "CHARGEBACK" events; configure automated downstream reactions.
3.7. Authorize.Net
• Feature/Setting: Transaction Reporting API — automate periodic pulls and triggers for refund automation.
3.8. Mollie
• Feature/Setting: Payment Refund webhook (`payment_refunded`) for instant automatable reaction.
3.9. Sage Pay (Opayo)
• Feature/Setting: Automated notification trigger for status change event on a transaction; push to financial reporting.
3.10. GoCardless
• Feature/Setting: Automate Refunds API on Customer Bank recalls/chargebacks detected by webhook.
3.11. Wise (TransferWise)
• Feature/Setting: Transaction status webhook — automate reconciliation and refund push for failed/returned transfers.
3.12. QuickBooks Online
• Feature/Setting: Webhooks for Invoice/Expense — automate creation of refund/credit memo entries on event.
3.13. Xero
• Feature/Setting: Automator triggers on bank reconciliation mismatch for refund workflow.
3.14. Zoho Books
• Feature/Setting: Automated Workflow Rule on Refund Initiated; push notification and adjust ledgers.
3.15. Shopify Payments
• Feature/Setting: Order Refund Webhook — automate notification, financial adjustment, and customer message.
3.16. SAP Concur
• Feature/Setting: Scheduled Automation for expense audit detects unauthorized refunds, triggers compliance workflow.
3.17. FreshBooks
• Feature/Setting: Payment gateway auto-reconciliation; set an automator on refund record creation.
3.18. Oracle NetSuite
• Feature/Setting: Event-driven scripting automates chargeback detection and refund ledger update.
3.19. Zendesk
• Feature/Setting: Ticket Automation — automates CS response and initiates refund processor workflow via webhook.
3.20. Slack
• Feature/Setting: Automated notification for finance team using webhook when refunds/chargebacks are triggered.
3.21. Salesforce
• Feature/Setting: Trigger Process Builder — automates case creation and refund workflow on payment issue.
3.22. Mailgun
• Feature/Setting: Automatedly send receipt or dispute email on refund confirmation event from processor.

Benefits

4.1. Automates error-free and timely refund and chargeback processing.
4.2. Increases customer trust through rapid, automated financial resolution.
4.3. Streamlines compliance and record-keeping with automated ledger updates.
4.4. Minimizes financial loss by automating detection and response to chargebacks.
4.5. Automator reduces manual labor, freeing staff for higher-value activities.
4.6. Provides instant, automatedly generated notifications to staff and customers.
4.7. Produces auditable, automated transaction records for financial reviews.
4.8. Enhances financial reporting accuracy by automated data reconciliation from all systems.
4.9. Scales easily for growth using automatable workflows across payment and CRM platforms.

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