Credit Card & Online Fraud

Trump payments scam

530,000 refunds and a $64 million payments lesson for all

By Jeff Domansky, April 5, 2021 The New York Times recently broke the story about a payments scam by the Trump 2020 campaign as it struggled at the ...
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mobile payment fraud prevention

Critical pandemic lessons in mobile payment fraud prevention

By Rafael Lourenco, EVP, and Partner, ClearSale March 25, 2021 As the world pivoted to online shopping, work, and learning last year, the timeline for mobile usage growth jumped ...
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CNP fraud is growing

Stunning Rise of CNP Fraud and How Merchants Can Fight Back

By Ron Hynes, CEO of Vesta March 22, 2021 Global losses from payment fraud tripled from 2011 to 2020, and card-not-present (CNP) fraud is proving to be among ...
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identity theft and account takeover

US identity theft jumps as e-commerce grows

By Jeff Domansky, March 17, 2021 New research from Aite Group shows 47% of US consumers experienced financial identity theft (application fraud in their name or account takeover) ...
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Feedzai research identifies skyrocketing fraud

Online transactions soared in 2020, fraud skyrocketed too

By Jeff Domansky, March 9, 2021 Consumers quickly embraced e-commerce and online payments last year while fraudsters high-fived with record purchase scams, impersonation, money mule schemes, and account ...
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False declines cost billions in lost revenue

Shocking cost of lost business from false customer declines

By Jeff Domansky, Jan 15, 2021 New research from Forter shows merchants losing billions of dollars in missed opportunities as they struggle to balance the growing incidence and ...
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Christmas e-commerce, fraud

It’s beginning to feel a lot like e-commerce, fraudsters & returns

By Jeff Domansky, Dec 15, 2020 It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas and that means last-minute online shopping, higher incidence of fraud, potential delivery delays, and ...
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consumers have data security concerns

Research: Fraud transparency is key to earning US consumer trust

By Rafael Lourenco, EVP, ClearSale Can online merchants earn more customer trust by talking about fraud? Yes, according to a recent survey of more than a thousand US ...
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Forter Fraud Attack Index

Forter forecasts increased online fraud for holiday season

By Douglas Hall, Publisher, PaymentsNEXT E-commerce fraud prevention leader Forter released its ninth Fraud Attack Index, providing in-depth insight into the impact of COVID-19 on online buyer behavior ...
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Research: Business fraud drops, consumer fraud jumps during pandemic

When it comes to online fraud globally, there’s good news and there’s bad news. According to a new report from TransUnion, the good news is online business fraud ...
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