By Suresh Dakshina, Co-founder, Chargeback Gurus This February, US credit card debt hit an astonishing all-time high – $986 billion. This is just three years after stimulus checks ...
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Credit Card & Online Fraud
Credit Card & Online Fraud
By Gaurav Mittal, Executive Vice President, Ethoca The speed of commerce is exhilarating. Recent data shows overall US retail sales are up 8.8% yearly, with e-commerce specifically up ...
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By Seth Ruden, Director, Global Advisory Americas at BioCatch Last November, several media outlets suggested that a new set of rules was under consideration for member banks participating ...
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by Jeff Domansky According to TransUnion’s latest annual fraud survey, fraudsters are finding new ways to scam merchants and consumers, leading to a new growth industry. Overall fraud ...
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By Jeff Domansky The fraud landscape shifted dramatically as criminals boldly increased the hijacking of victims’ online lives with the cost of fraud jumping to $52 billion according ...
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Welcome to our final payments news roundup and post for this year. A new Nilson report says we can look forward to $408.5 billion in losses globally due ...
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By Jeff Domansky With Black Friday sales over and the holiday shopping season well underway, let’s take a look at how merchants and the payments industry fared. First, ...
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By Jeff Domansky The same day US DOJ officials held a news conference high-fiving their success in charging two international ransomware hackers, online discount stockbroker Robinhood revealed intruders ...
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By Jeff Domansky The biggest question in many retailers’ minds is whether fraud will take a front seat during the critical 2021 holiday shopping season that kicks off ...
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By Jeff Domansky A 15-month research study by global payments provider Vesta shows that from 10% to as many as 13% of card-not-present (CNP), online transactions may be ...
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