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VAMP Ratio Calculator

Check whether your chargeback and fraud ratios exceed Visa's VAMP thresholds — and estimate your monthly penalty exposure.

1Your business details

5,000
100100,000
25
15,000

Fraud-coded chargebacks (Visa 10.4, MC 4840)

10
12,000
$85
$10$500
Low Risk

Your dispute ratio is within safe limits. Keep monitoring monthly.

2VAMP metrics

Dispute Ratio

chargebacks ÷ transactions

Threshold: 0.9%

0.50%

Fraud Ratio

TC40 disputes ÷ transactions

Threshold: 0.9%

0.20%

Total Chargeback Liability

chargebacks × (AOV $85 + $15 fee)

Per-chargeback cost estimate

$2.5k

Est. Monthly VAMP Penalty

Based on current ratio tier

$0/mo

VAMP Thresholds — US / CA

Safe

High Risk (0.65%+)

VAMP Standard (0.9%+)

VAMP Excessive (1.8%+)

VAMP Critical (2.0%+)

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What is VAMP?

Visa Acquirer Monitoring Programme — replaced VDMP and VFMP in October 2025. Monitors dispute and fraud rates monthly.

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How to exit VAMP

Win existing disputes, enable 3DS2, fix your billing descriptor, and proactively refund before chargebacks are filed.

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Chargeback ratio guide

Understand how ratio is calculated, what buffers to maintain, and how to track it in real time.

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