IMPORTANT: Please note that disputes must be actioned within a two week time period. This includes providing evidence and all supported documents. Failure to take action within two weeks will result in an automatically lost dispute. This action cannot be undone as it is taken by the schemes (Visa, Mastercard, etc) and is outside of Mamo's control.
A Dispute arises when a payment made to you is contested by the cardholder (your end-customer) with their card issuer.
Disputes can stem from a range of reasons, such as the cardholder failing to recognize the payment or claiming not to have received the goods or services for which the payment was made.
You can learn more about this process in our article on How to prevent disputes (chargebacks).
Challenging a dispute
When you receive a dispute, you’ll be notified via email with the details of the payment being disputed. We will need you to respond to the dispute through the Mamo Business Dashboard with the following:
Tell us about your dispute.
Why do you believe the dispute against you is an error?
Upload your evidence using the following criteria:
File must not exceed the combined size limit of 4.5 MB. Only PDF, JPEG, or PNG file types are accepted
Shipping details: How was it delivered? We would request documentation from you that the product or service was delivered as described at the time of the purchase.
Refund policy details: At what point does your customer see and agree to your terms and conditions? E.g. before or after the purchase
Customer details: Billing address of your customer
Product details: What was delivered? A service or product? Are you able to provide evidence that it was delivered?
Please combine items of the same evidence type into one single file and organize each piece of evidence according to the evidence type it satisfies.
The card issuer evaluating the dispute won’t review any external content, so don’t include audio/video files, requests to call or email for more information, or links (for example, file downloads or links to tracking information).
You need to submit accurate and relevant high-resolution documents to support your case. You can only submit one file per type of evidence. We recommend a tool like Smallpdf to merge the documents together.
The neater and more complete your submission, the higher the chance of winning the dispute with the schemes (Visa, Mastercard, etc).
Withdrawn disputes
Regardless of whether your customer agrees to withdraw the dispute or not, you’ll still need to submit the requested evidence.
If you have convinced your customer to withdraw the dispute, here’s what will need to happen next:
Your customer will need to call their card issuer (Bank) to withdraw the dispute
You will need to ask your customer to provide confirmation of the dispute withdrawal, such as a withdrawal confirmation email from their card issuer
You will need to submit the dispute withdrawal confirmation and other appropriate evidence as a response to the dispute before the deadline. You can do this through the Mamo Business Dashboard.
A withdrawn dispute is no different from any other dispute, and it doesn’t get resolved as a win or loss. It does, however, increase your chance of resolving this matter. Many card issuers treat failure to submit evidence as an acceptance of liability on your part.
IMPORTANT: If a dispute is withdrawn, you will receive a refund for the disputed amount. However, the dispute processing fee of AED 110 will not be refunded.
Disputed amount
If the disputed amount has not yet been settled to your bank account, the amount would be withheld and released when the dispute is won.
However, if the amount has already been settled, then it will be withheld from your future settlement and released when the dispute is won.
Dispute fees
A dispute processing fee of AED 110 is applicable for each dispute you receive. If you win the dispute, the disputed amount and the processing fee of AED 110 will be refunded to you. If you lose the dispute, the disputed amount and the processing fee of AED 110 will not be refunded.
Dispute statuses
Below you will find a list of all the different statuses that a dispute can have on your Mamo Dashboard.
Dispute status | Explanation |
New | Your customer disputed the payment made to your business. The only financial repercussion at this stage is a dispute fee being applied to your account. |
Needs response | An action on your side is required (you need to respond to the dispute in your dashboard). At this stage, your account gets debited the disputed amount. |
Resolved | We automatically resolve the dispute because it had already been refunded previously. There are no further financial implications. |
Under review | You have submitted evidence to defend against the dispute. Your evidence is now under review by our Disputes team. Once reviewed, the team will send it to the card scheme for review. No further action is required on your side. |
Expired | The time limit to take action is met. There is no further implication and you can’t respond to the dispute anymore. |
Closed | You have accepted the dispute. There is no further implication or action required. |
Withdrawn | The dispute is canceled by the issuing bank (your customer) and your account is credited back the amount of the dispute. You don’t need to take any further action. |
Lost | The issuing bank has rejected your evidence and you have lost the dispute. There are no further financial implications (the disputed amount was already debited from your account when the dispute was created). |
Won | The issuing bank has accepted your evidence and you have won the dispute. Your account has been credited back of the amount of the dispute, but the dispute fee still applies. |
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To assist you in managing such disputes effectively, we have attached a comprehensive booklet that provides guidance on dispute resolution, as well as answers to frequently asked questions related to disputes.
To assist you in managing such disputes effectively, we have attached a comprehensive booklet that provides guidance on dispute resolution, as well as answers to frequently asked questions related to disputes.