The Fraud Blog
News, research, and analysis on eCommerce payments and fraud prevention.
Increase in Mobile Fraud Outpaces Mobile Transaction Growth
According to a recent study from LexisNexis mobile commerce represents 14 percent of all transactions, but 21 percent of fraudulent…
Nov 4, 2021 · 2 min read Merger & AcquisitionsIngenico Invests in Omni-Channel with Acquisition of Think&Go NFC
Once primarily known for POS hardware, Ingenico Group greatly increased their eCommerce payment services with the late 2014 acquisition of…
Nov 4, 2021 · 3 min read Industry NewsIs this Finally the Year Mobile Wallets Takeoff?
There has been a great deal of speculation and high expectations for the growth of contactless mobile payments since the launch of Google…
Nov 4, 2021 · 3 min read Fraud PreventionKeep Fraud Teams Engaged During the Peak eCommerce Sales Season
By: Steve Wyatt, Practice Principal | eCommerce Consultant, The Fraud Practice Time is up, the 4th quarter is here and eCommerce fraud…
Nov 4, 2021 · 3 min read Industry NewsLargest Grocer in U.S. Prepares to Enter eCommerce with Vitacost Acquisition
Kroger, the largest pure grocery store chain by sales in the United States, recently purchased online vitamin merchant Vitacost.com for…
Nov 4, 2021 · 2 min read Industry NewsLinkedIn Files Lawsuit to Battle Profile Scraping Bots
Citing the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) and Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the professional social network filed suit against 100…
Nov 4, 2021 · 2 min read Case StudiesLoyalty Fraud: Over 3 Billion Accounts and $48 Billion at Stake
Whether making fraudulent purchases to accrue loyalty points and rewards, or taking over legitimate customer accounts to steal and spend…
Nov 4, 2021 · 3 min read Fraud PreventionMasterCard and Visa to Upgrade 3D Secure Consumer Authentication, Stop Using Static Passwords
MasterCard and Visa are collectively working on a new authentication standard, currently being referred to as 3DS 2.0, which will make…
Nov 4, 2021 · 2 min read Fraud PreventionMasterCard Announces Identity Check, Which Will Support Biometric and SMS Authentication by 2016
MasterCard recently announced a new suite of authentication options for the online and mobile channel, branded MasterCard Identity Check,…
Nov 4, 2021 · 2 min read Industry NewsMasterCard Forms New Partnerships to Proliferate Use of Tokens
MasterCard seeks to solidify their place as a premier token service provider as they recently formed partnerships with Synchrony Financial…
Nov 4, 2021 · 2 min read Fraud PreventionMasterCard Launches Identity Check App Supporting ‘Selfie’ Authentication for SecureCode
MasterCard released their Identity Check app in early October, which is now available in 12 countries across Europe and set to be released…
Nov 4, 2021 · 2 min read Fraud PreventionMasterCard to Acquire NuData Security
At the end of March, MasterCard announced they had entered into an agreement to acquire NuData Security, the behavioral biometric and…
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