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Chargebacks: All about the direct and hidden costs to business

By Jeff Domansky

July 28, 2020

By Douglas Hall, Publisher, PaymentsNEXT As if shopping cart abandonment, false credit card declines, and the pandemic aren’t causing enough problems for retailers and online sellers, chargebacks continue ...

Partnership attacks two biggest barriers to US international e-commerce sales

By Jeff Domansky

October 23, 2019

Credit Card & Online Fraud E-commerce Payments Trends

With global e-commerce likely to reach a record of nearly $3.5 trillion in 2019, why are more US businesses not making bigger headway in growing their international e-commerce ...

Payments NEXT newsletter: Zippin, Walmart, IBM, Amazon Pay Japan, more…

By Jeff Domansky

September 7, 2018

Disruptive Technologies E-commerce Payments Research Payments Trends Slider

In this week’s global Payments NEXT newsletter, US startup Zippin is showcasing its next-generation checkout-free technology. Walmart is testing an innovative crowdsourcing delivery program that could take off. ...

Fighting the negative sales impact of CNP false positives

By Jeff Domansky

September 5, 2018

Chargebacks Credit Card & Online Fraud E-commerce Payments Research Slider

A new report from Kount and The Fraud Practice examines card-not-present (CNP) false positives which are poorly understood and frequently mismanaged aspects of risk management. Most merchants focus ...

Synthetic identity fraud is rising; data breaches abound

By Jeff Domansky

August 23, 2018

Credit Card & Online Fraud E-commerce Payments Research Slider

Synthetic identity fraud is a growing, evolving challenge for merchants. It arises when criminals combine real or stolen personal data with fake information to create new identities, open ...

Kount research: Mobile sales grow, mobile fraud problems proliferate

By Jeff Domansky

July 21, 2018

Credit Card & Online Fraud E-commerce Mobile Payments Payments Research Slider

Mobile sales are increasing along with the adoption of mobile apps by retailers, but mobile fraud is a growing problem as well according to a new research report ...

PaymentsNEXT: Holiday fraud drops; prevention strategies; suppliers penalized for late delivery

By Jeff Domansky

December 4, 2017

Credit Card & Online Fraud Slider

Today's newslettter highlights a surprising decrease of 29% in holiday credit card fraud, Kroeger penalties to suppliiers for late deliverry and fraud prevention tips. ...