How to Register for Verified by Visa

Verified by Visa program is a feature which allows users of the card to make secure online payments on enabled websites. this is to prevent incidences of fraud on the customer account and on merchant websites. A number of banks issue Visa cards that make use of the Verified by Visa feature in Nigeria, they include Access bank, Diamond Bank, First bank, GT bank etc. To register for verified by visa take the following steps

1. Locate any nearest VISA/VPAY enabled ATM
2. Insert your card and punch in your pin
3. Select the pin change option
4. select Internet PIN (i-PIN) change option
5. Insert any four-six digits of your choice as your i-pin
6. Re-enter the digits entered in step 5
7. If you have done the above correctly, a message is displayed that your PIN was changed successfully. This means your card is now enrolled in the VbV program and you have an internet PIN (i-PIN) which can be for any internet related transactions.
8. Note that the word ‘iPIN’, ‘Password’ and ‘VbV code’ are the same
9. You can now visit your favourite VbV enabled site to shop securely

Please note that this is only for internet related transactions and it does not change your regular PIN used on ATM and POS