Dispute operations · Payments risk · Software

Protect the revenue you've already earned.

Landeros Solutions pairs expert dispute operations with Dispute OS, our own AI-powered platform. Merchants win more disputes, stay below monitoring thresholds, and keep their processors confident.

Visa · Mastercard · Amex · DiscoverNetwork-aligned rebuttals
VAMP & ECPMonitoring expertise
Case analyzedWin probability: High
Network fees avoidedTracked automatically
Win Rate
Fees Saved
Avg Ticket
Open cases
Recovered
Exposure
Built for the businesses where disputes hit hardest
E-commerceSubscription & SaaSGamingGamblingTrading platformsFintech & embedded financeMarketplacesDigital platformsNutraceuticalsSMBs & growing merchantsE-commerceSubscription & SaaSGamingGamblingTrading platformsFintech & embedded financeMarketplacesDigital platformsNutraceuticalsSMBs & growing merchants
Two ways to work with us

Have our team run it, or run it yourself on our platform.

Both run on the same expertise and the same technology. Pick the level of ownership that fits your team today.

Managed services

Landeros Dispute Operations

Our operators run your dispute function end to end, or build one with you, with Dispute OS under the hood and a human reviewing every case.

  • Advisory Support: an entry-level option for expert guidance
  • Dispute Operations: ongoing execution
  • Monitoring Stabilization: VAMP / ECP pressure
  • Risk Function Build: 0 → 1 infrastructure
See engagement models
Software

Dispute OS

The same AI-powered platform our team uses internally, in your hands. You get network-aligned analysis, evidence gap detection and rebuttal drafts in seconds.

  • Pay on results with Flex, or lock in a predictable monthly rate
  • Overview + Analytics dashboards
  • Win probability and Fight vs Accept scoring
  • Every account onboarded personally
See plans & pricing
Who We Work With

We support merchants where dispute pressure can quickly turn into revenue drag.

Landeros Solutions partners with SMBs, digital businesses, and brick-and-mortar merchants where chargeback volume, fraud exposure, processor scrutiny, or weak internal controls are beginning to threaten stability, growth, and margin.

01

Subscription & SaaS Platforms

Recurring billing models with cancellation friction, friendly fraud, and high chargeback exposure.

Recurring disputes Friendly fraud Refund friction
02

Fintech & Embedded Finance

Payment facilitators, digital wallets, lending platforms, and alternative payment operators under processor pressure.

Monitoring risk Network pressure Fraud exposure
03

Marketplaces & Digital Platforms

Two-sided platforms managing seller risk, fraud patterns, and card-not-present exposure.

Seller risk Fraud leakage CNP exposure
04

High-Risk & Regulated Verticals

Gaming, gambling, trading platforms, nutraceutical, and other monitoring-sensitive categories.

High loss potential Network scrutiny Program risk
05

SMBs & Growing Merchants

Small and mid-sized businesses that lack internal dispute resources but deserve professional-grade operations. Our Advisory Support gives lower-volume merchants expert guidance and structure at an accessible entry point. For SMBs ready for full execution, Dispute Operations — powered by Dispute OS — brings enterprise-level dispute handling to businesses of any size.

Manual handling No internal function Rising dispute pressure First dispute function
Best fit for SMBs, growing merchants, and established platforms with rising dispute complexity, processor pressure, or internal teams that need more structure before chargebacks turn into a larger operational or compliance problem.

When Chargebacks Escalate, they Move Fast.

Most merchants don’t realize the true cost of chargebacks until the processor flags their account.

Chargeback Cost Calculator

See what disputes are really costing you

Move the sliders to match your business. We'll do the math.

Your disputes

50

How many chargebacks land on your desk in an average month.

$150

The typical dollar amount of a disputed order.

$20

What your payment processor charges you when a dispute is filed.

15%

Share of disputes that go past the first round and escalate further.

Your team's time

2

How many people on your team touch disputes, even part-time.

30 min

How long it takes someone on your team to research and respond to one case.

$40/hr

Fully-loaded hourly cost of whoever handles disputes (wage, taxes, benefits).

Disputed revenue

$7,500

Revenue tied up in disputes each month

Team time cost

$1,000

What your team's hours on disputes actually cost you — this is usually the fastest place to see ROI.

25 hrs/month across 2 team members — about 14% of a full-time role each

Total monthly cost

$8,987

Disputed revenue plus processor, escalation, and team time costs

Potential monthly savings

$3,595

What Landeros clients typically recover, driven by:

  • Stronger, evidence-backed responses that win more disputes
  • Fewer cases escalating to costly pre-arbitration
  • Less staff time spent researching and filing each case

Projected savings represent avoided losses, not new revenue, and assume dispute volume is reduced before it happens rather than recovered after the fact. Estimate excludes monitoring program penalties, reserve impacts, and processor pricing changes.

What We Offer

Four engagement models built to advise, operate, stabilize, and transform your risk function.

We support merchants at different stages of dispute maturity — from early advisory needs to full operational ownership, urgent stabilization, and long-term risk infrastructure. Each engagement is designed to meet the business where it is today while creating a path for stronger control as complexity grows.
Advisory Layer · Entry level

Advisory Support

01
Strategic support for merchants with lower dispute activity who want expert guidance, stronger internal handling, and a clearer path forward before full operational ownership is needed.
What it offers
Monthly dispute review and pattern analysis
Guidance across fraud, refund, and operational drivers
Templates, playbooks, and structured recommendations
Strategy-only support — no execution or case handling
How it fits
Entry point for lower-volume merchants building toward operational maturity.
Core Engagement

Dispute Operations

02
Ongoing dispute and chargeback management designed to improve execution quality, maintain operational consistency, and support stable day-to-day performance as volume grows.
What it offers
Dispute intake, classification, and prioritization
Representment management and execution support
Pre-arbitration handling and workflow oversight
Operational reporting and monitoring visibility
How it fits
Execution layer for merchants with growing dispute volume and operational demand.
Stabilization

Monitoring Stabilization

03
Focused support for businesses facing rising chargeback ratios, processor pressure, or early warning indicators tied to monitoring program risk.
What it offers
Ratio tracking, forecasting, and threshold visibility
Stabilization planning tied to dispute and fraud drivers
Processor and acquirer coordination
Recovery planning to regain operational control
How it fits
Activated when risk escalates or monitoring thresholds are approached.
0 → 1 Build

Risk Function Build

04
End-to-end design of a scalable dispute and fraud function for businesses that need structure, tooling, ownership, and reporting built from the ground up.
What it offers
Workflow and operating model design
SOP creation and ownership structure
Tooling recommendations and KPI framework
Foundation for long-term execution and scale
How it fits
Used when building a risk function from 0 → 1 or restructuring for scale.
How they can work together
Advise Advisory Support helps lower-volume merchants build clarity, improve handling, and prepare for scale.
Operate Dispute Operations handles the ongoing workflow and execution layer.
Stabilize Monitoring Stabilization adds focused support when ratio pressure or network risk escalates.
Build Risk Function Build creates the long-term infrastructure when the business needs a stronger foundation.

Built by Operators

Martin Landeros

Founder | Payments Risk & Compliance

Payments risk operator with experience leading dispute, fraud, and compliance functions inside high-growth digital platforms handling multi-billion dollar transaction portfolios.

Jorge is a Harvard University graduate with a BA in Economics, focused on finance and quantitative analysis, with a secondary in Psychology.

Co-Founder | Head of Strategy

Jorge Marquez

Dispute OS pricing

Our pricing models

Start with no commitment on Flex, lock in a rate with a 6-month plan, or scope a custom Enterprise agreement.

Flex

Success-based · No contract
20%of what we recover
Nothing if we lose.
  • No monthly fee, no minimum volume
  • Cancel anytime
  • Billed monthly for disputes won that month
Start on Flex

6-Month Subscription

Monthly rate · 6-month commitment · Price locked for the full term

Starter

$200/mo
Up to 20 disputes/mo
Most popular

Growth

$495/mo
Up to 60 disputes/mo

Pro

$795/mo
Up to 120 disputes/mo
  • Full platform access on every tier
  • A predictable bill you can budget for
  • Best when you know your volume and want to lock in ROI
Choose a plan

Enterprise

High-volume merchants
Custom
Scoped to your volume.
  • Volume-based pricing
  • Custom terms
  • Dedicated onboarding
Talk to us

Not sure which fits? Start on Flex. Once you know your volume and win rate, we'll show you whether a subscription would cost you less.

Inside Dispute OS

Built by operators.

Everything our analysts use to win disputes, now with a redesigned dashboard and team controls.

Overview & Analytics dashboards

A clean KPI overview at a glance, plus a full analytics tab when you want to dig in.

Funnel analytics

Trace disputes from PSP → network → reason code → MCC → exposure vs. recovered, with independent filters on every dashboard.

Win Rate, Fees Saved & Avg Ticket

The numbers that show ROI, tracked automatically, including network fees avoided.

Top merchants, period over period

Rank incoming chargebacks by count or dollar volume, day over day through year over year.

Case assignment & team roles

Route cases to the right analyst and see who owns what.

Two-factor authentication

MFA on every account, so only the right people on your team can open your portal.

Processor-specific dispute stages

Stripe, Adyen, PayPal, Checkout.com and Braintree each run disputes differently. Dispute OS models every processor's own stages, so you always know what you can do next.

AI analysis, evidence gaps & rebuttal drafts

Every case is checked against current network rules for its reason code, missing evidence is flagged, and a reason-code-specific draft is ready for review.

Win probability & Fight vs Accept

Every case gets a net expected value score, so the decision to fight stays financial, not reactive.

Dispute Operations * Monitoring Stabilization * Risk Function Build * Advisory Support * Compelling Evidence 3.0 * Pre-Arbitration Handling * Fight vs Accept Analysis * VAMP & ECP Tracking * Network-Aligned Rebuttals * Reason-Code Specific. Always. * Builders + AI * Built by Operators * Processor Confidence *
Dispute Operations * Monitoring Stabilization * Risk Function Build * Advisory Support * Compelling Evidence 3.0 * Pre-Arbitration Handling * Fight vs Accept Analysis * VAMP & ECP Tracking * Network-Aligned Rebuttals * Reason-Code Specific. Always. * Builders + AI * Built by Operators * Processor Confidence *
How We Engage

We build control before disputes become expensive.

Landeros Solutions helps merchants move from reactive chargeback firefighting to a structured dispute and fraud function built for visibility, processor confidence, and long-term stability.

Visa VAMP Mastercard ECP Processor Confidence Escalation Control
Visa Monitoring
VAMP Ratio
Illustrative: 1.2%
VAMP = (TC40 Fraud + TC15 Disputes) ÷ TC05 Settled Transactions
0.9% Early Warning
1.5% Above Standard
2.2% Excessive
Based on the VAMP, this reflects how combined fraud and disputes create card-network pressure.
Mastercard Monitoring
ECP Ratio
Illustrative: 1.4%
ECP = Current Month First Chargebacks ÷ Previous Month Mastercard Transactions
1.0% HCM
3.0% ECM
Reflects the High Chargeback Merchant and Excessive Chargeback Merchant.
01
Phase One

Assess & Architect

We baseline dispute volume, fraud exposure, monitoring pressure, win rates, and processor communication gaps to define the control model.

02
Phase Two

Stabilize & Implement

We build evidence standards, monitoring frameworks, escalation pathways, and operational controls to reduce volatility and regain visibility.

03
Phase Three

Operate & Improve

We support ongoing dispute operations, fraud leakage analysis, and trend monitoring so risk becomes a controlled function, not a recurring fire drill.

Visibility
Know Where Risk Is Building
We surface dispute patterns, weak spots, and escalation triggers before they turn into processor pressure.
Control
Tighten Operational Discipline
From evidence standards to pre-arb handling, we install structure where most teams are still reacting manually.
Stability
Reduce Volatility Over Time
The goal is not just to respond to disputes — it’s to turn risk into a managed operational function.

Have Questions?

Book a 30-minute free consultation.

FAQ

Common questions

Where do we begin?

We review your dispute ratios and trends, win rates and evidence quality, fraud leakage and authorization health, monitoring exposure (Visa, Mastercard and acquirer thresholds), and processor communication history. From there, we outline immediate pressure points and a roadmap to stabilize.

What's the difference between your managed services and Dispute OS?

With our managed services, our team runs your dispute function, or builds one with you. Dispute OS is the same platform our analysts use, in your hands, for teams that want to handle disputes themselves. Many merchants start with one and move to the other as they grow.

How do I choose between Flex and a subscription?

Flex is success-based: you pay only on disputes we win, with no contract. A subscription gives you a predictable monthly rate for a 6-month term. If you're not sure of your volume or win rate yet, start on Flex. Once there's data, we'll show you which model costs less.

Which card networks and dispute types do you support?

Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover disputes, analyzed against current network rules for each reason code. We also model how each processor runs disputes, including Stripe, Adyen, PayPal, Checkout.com and Braintree, so every case follows your processor's own stages.

What happens if a dispute escalates to pre-arbitration?

Dispute OS tracks every case through its full lifecycle, including pre-arbitration, so escalations are flagged and handled with the evidence already on file. Our team can step in when a case needs expert handling.

Can my whole team use Dispute OS?

Yes. You can assign cases to specific analysts and see who owns what, and every account is protected with two-factor authentication.

How does onboarding work?

Every account is onboarded personally. We walk through your dispute volume, processors and most common reason codes, set up your team, and make sure your first cases go through smoothly.

How long does an engagement last?

It depends on your situation. Reactive stabilization (monitoring pressure, VAMP, ECP): 2–4 months typical. Function build-out from scratch: 3+ months. Ongoing oversight and optimization: retainer-based. Our goal is control, predictability and long-term stability, not temporary fixes.

Do you work with startups or established businesses?

Both. We support early-stage companies building risk infrastructure correctly from day one, growth-stage platforms experiencing dispute escalation, and established merchants under monitoring pressure. If you process digital payments, we can structure your risk function.

Do you work with SMBs?

Yes. You don't need to be processing thousands of disputes a month to work with us. For lower-volume merchants, Advisory Support provides expert guidance, dispute strategy and structured recommendations at an accessible entry point, without full operational overhead. For SMBs ready for full execution, Dispute Operations, powered by Dispute OS, brings enterprise-level dispute handling to businesses of any size. Our AI processes the evidence, checks current network rules and drafts the rebuttal. Our team reviews and approves.

Do you only help high-risk merchants?

No. We support subscription and SaaS, fintech and embedded finance, marketplaces and regulated verticals. High-risk environments often need us most urgently, but preventative structure benefits any digital merchant.

Can you step in if we're already in monitoring?

Yes. We support merchants facing rising dispute ratios, acquirer warnings, network monitoring programs, and fraud spikes after product or pricing changes. We focus on measurable ratio recovery and processor alignment.

Can I mix and match services?

Yes, but engagements are structured intentionally. We don't sell isolated "dispute writing" services. Our work integrates evidence standards, ratio forecasting, fraud controls and processor communication, so everything works together to reduce exposure long-term.

How do you handle our data?

We collect only what's needed to fight your disputes: case details, cardholder name, the card's last four digits and the evidence files you upload. Evidence files are stored encrypted, every account is protected with two-factor authentication, and your data isn't shared with third parties.

What makes you different from a chargeback vendor or BPO?

Most dispute vendors process volume on templates. We build function. Our work is reason-code specific, built on current network rules, and powered by our own proprietary technology. We are operators and builders, not a processing shop.

Do you use AI?

Yes, but our team leads every case. Dispute OS reads evidence files, checks current network rules, identifies gaps and drafts rebuttals. Every output is reviewed by a human analyst before submission. The AI makes our team faster and sharper; it doesn't replace their judgment.

Find out what disputes are really costing you.

A free 30-minute review of your dispute ratios, win rates and monitoring exposure.