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SMS Verification - Fraud Deterrent Tool

If you are an OU Payments user, you may be able to enable SMS verification.

Written by Kevin Cheav

Quick answer: SMS verification sends a code to the customer at checkout (for cash, credit card or pay on account), when they add a new card, or when they change their details. It helps stop fraud. Then follow the steps below.


What is SMS verification?

  • The ability to put SMS code verifications in place around certain steps (payment, adding card, changing customer details).


How it Works

  1. There are 3 places where SMS Verification can take place:

    1. During Checkout when selecting a payment type that has applicable Verification settings. The only payment types that are available to use the SMS verification are COD, Credit Card, Pay on Account. This does NOT apply to stored cards, Apple Pay or Google Pay.

    2. In the customer dashboard, when the customer tries to add a new credit card. This was added so customers can't bypass the checkout verification by storing a card.

    3. In the customer dashboard, when the customer tries to change their personal details. This was added so the customer could not change their mobile contact number without verifying the existing one. Should a customer no longer have access to that number they will need to raise a support ticket. This should hopefully be an edge case behaviour.


What it looks like from the customers end.


Customer Flow for Verification

1. Anywhere the customer needs to fill in the verification they will see the following modals:

Nomni Ordering online store Verify your number screen with Send Code

This screen will pop up warning them we need to send the code to the supplied phone number. The customer would click on Send Code.

2. The next screen would show input fields for the 4 digit code they have been sent.

Nomni Ordering online store Enter Code screen for the SMS verification code

3. The customer would receive an SMS with a 4 digit code, if they enter the code and confirm and it is correct the modal will close and they can resume their current flow.

Example SMS with the verification code

4. If the customer enters the incorrect code we return an invalid code message:

Nomni Ordering online store Enter Code screen showing Invalid Code

5. If the code did not arrive or was not valid, the customer can request to resend the code.

Nomni Ordering online store Enter Code screen showing SMS sent after Resend

How to enable SMS Verification

If you would like to enable this feature, please reach out to your Customer Success Manager who will be able to turn it on for you in the console.


Fields on the Payment Settings page

In the Nomni Ordering console, open the location’s Payment Settings. The section is headed "SMS Verfication for Minimum Order Values" (spelled this way on screen). The page explains: "For any orders placed via Credit Card, Pay on Account or Pay in Persion an SMS will be sent to verify the customer mobile number. This will only happen for orders over the below amount and for the active ordering methods".

On screen

What it means

Minimum Order Value

Orders over this amount need SMS verification.

SMS Verification For

Choose which ordering methods need SMS verification.


Need help?

Email support@nomni.ai or call 1300 445 483.

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