The Fraud Blog
News, research, and analysis on eCommerce payments and fraud prevention.
Vantiv to Acquire Moneris USA for $425 Million
Vantiv, one of the largest payment processors in the U.S., will expand their merchant client-base with the acquisition of Moneris USA for…
Nov 4, 2021 · 1 min read Fraud PreventionVisa and American Express Temporarily Ease EMV Chargeback Liability for Merchants
Announcements from three of the major card associations in June describe different approaches for reducing merchant liability and losses…
Nov 4, 2021 · 2 min read Fraud PreventionVisa becomes third major card association to join FIDO Alliance
Visa follows Discover and MasterCard’s lead becoming the third card association to join the Fast Identity Online (FIDO) Alliance’s board of…
Nov 4, 2021 · 2 min read Merger & AcquisitionsVisa Inc. Acquisition of Visa Europe Will Bring 3 Billion Active Cards Under Single Entity
Visa Inc., the U.S. based publicly traded organization, announced on Monday November 2nd that they would be acquiring Visa Europe Ltd.,…
Nov 4, 2021 · 2 min read Industry NewsVisa Replaces V.me with Visa Checkout, Adds New Merchants
Visa launched their e-wallet, V.me, in late 2011, but this was discontinued in July, 2014 in favor of Visa’s new, although quite similar…
Nov 4, 2021 · 3 min read Industry NewsVisa Reports Increase in Use and Acceptance of EMV Following Liability Shift
Visa recently released data and figures regarding EMV usage in the first full month of purchases following the October 1st EMV liability…
Nov 4, 2021 · 2 min read Fraud PreventionVisa to Expand Token Service used with Apple Pay to Visa Checkout and eCommerce Merchants in 2015
The world’s largest card network commercially debuted their Visa Token Service in October, 2014 coinciding with the launch of Apple Pay.…
Nov 4, 2021 · 2 min read Industry NewsVisa Updates to Chargeback Dispute Rules Regarding Compelling Evidence Take Effect in October
The world’s largest card brand announced the second phase of updates, new rights and options for merchants as it pertains to chargeback…
Nov 4, 2021 · 3 min read Fraud PreventionVisa Working with Issuers to Expand use of Mobile Geolocating to Verify Card Present Transactions
Visa has partnered with Finsphere, a geospatial analytics company, to provide location information of mobile devices at the time of a card…
Nov 4, 2021 · 2 min read Industry NewsWal-Mart Makes Another Major eCommerce Move in Uphill Battle Against Amazon
Amazon has a stronghold as the largest eCommerce merchant in the United States, comprising as much as 43 percent of all U.S. online retail…
Nov 4, 2021 · 3 min read Merger & AcquisitionsWal-Mart’s $3.3 Billion Acquisition of Jet.com Signifies the Importance of eCommerce
Already an eCommerce, as well as brick-and-mortar, giant, Wal-Mart upped the ante on their digital commerce bet acquiring an online…
Nov 4, 2021 · 3 min read Industry NewsWill Host Card Emulation (HCE) be the Catalyst NFC Needs?
Mobile wallets utilizing Near-Field Communication (NFC) technology for contactless point-of-sale payments have been around since 2011 but…
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