High Brand Risk
Our High Brand Risk Program helps you stay compliant
Discover® Global Network is honored to be your trusted payment partner and help participants operate in a way that follows the law and Discover® regulations with our High Brand Risk (HBR) Program.
Discover® Global Network is honored to be your trusted payment partner and help participants operate in a way that follows the law and Discover® regulations with our High Brand Risk (HBR) Program.
Get started with the HBR portal
This self-service tool enables acquirers to register and receive approval to support HBR categories, as well as register and track the registration of their HBR merchants.
The HBR portal provides increased efficiency of the HBR Program administration, a hub for communicating the latest information in HBR registration, and access to all historical registration information.
Program FAQ
Acquirers that have a relationship with defined HBR merchant categories are responsible for registering their merchants. Failure to do so may result in non-compliance fees. For more information on the HBR requirements, please refer to the program documents.
At this time, there is no registration fee for the HBR Program.
To register a merchant, an acquirer must follow the requirements described in the program documents and operating regulations. The required information includes: