> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.chargeblast.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Stripe Integration

> This page will help you get started with Integrations.

By installing our Stripe app, you will get access to the following key features:

1. **Transaction Matching** - alerts from Mastercard & VISA will be matched to your Stripe transactions.
2. **Billing Descriptor Override** - for large merchants where transaction amount, date, and last 4 digits are insufficient to match transactions, you can set up several billing descriptors from within Chargeblast that will override the billing descriptors set in your Stripe account.
3. **EFW Rules** - for merchants needing additional coverage selling low ASP products, set up custom low early fraud warning rules to auto-refund specific transactions.

### Connecting your Stripe account

The first step is to go to the [integrations](https://app.chargeblast.io/integrations) page within your Chargeblast dashboard and connect your Stripe account.

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Once connected, your data will begin syncing to our servers. You will receive an email when the data sync has been completed. Our estimated time for data syncs are 1 hour per every 100K charges per month.

### Transaction matching

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Within your alerts tab, you will now be able to see the corresponding transaction within Stripe. **You will still have to refund it**.

### Billing Descriptor Override

In order to match transactions on card carriers that mask the last 4 digits, for example Apple Pay, we need to rely on other data such as the billing descriptor. This is only useful for merchants typically processing 30k+ transactions per month, where last 4 digits, amount, date, card brand and issuing bank is not sufficient.

You can set descriptors within the Chargeblast settings menu [here](https://app.chargeblast.io/settings/descriptors). This will randomly allocate a descriptor to each of your transactions.

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For guidelines on how to determine a good billing descriptor, please consult Stripe's docs [here](https://stripe.com/docs/payments/account/statement-descriptors).

### Early Fraud Warning auto-refunds

Stripe issues early fraud warnings (EFWs) whenever a customer reports their card as lost or stolen. Our Stripe integration allows you to set custom logic to refund certain transactions. We do not recommend refunding EFWs for transactions >\$30 since EFWs only have a \~70% probability of becoming a dispute. For more info on what an EFW is, check out Stripe's docs [here](https://support.stripe.com/questions/getting-started-with-stripe-fraud-and-disputes#early-warnings).

For merchants not set up with our custom Amex/Discover integration (contact support for details), Amex/Discover rules are also recommended.

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