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News, research, and analysis on eCommerce payments and fraud prevention.
With Custom Modeling, Deployment is Just as Critical as Design
Sarasota, FL, March 18, 2015 / By: Justin McDonald, The Fraud Practice LLC Custom modeling and analytics is an advanced risk management…
Nov 4, 2021 · 10 min read Fraud PreventionWorldpay Acquires Multi-Channel Payment Provider SecureNet
Worldpay, the UK-based global payment provider, announced their acquisition of SecureNet in mid-November with the deal expected to close…
Nov 4, 2021 · 1 min read Merger & AcquisitionsWorldPay Chooses IPO Over Multiple Buyout Bids
After announcing plans to take WorldPay public on the London Stock Exchange, Ingenico, Wirecard AG and a private equity consortium each…
Nov 4, 2021 · 2 min read Industry News2013’s Largest Online Shopping Day in China is Bigger than Cyber Monday
While online retailers in the United States are happy with Cyber Monday setting the new record for the largest domestic online shopping…
Nov 3, 2021 · 2 min read Fraud Prevention95 Percent of Americans Received Email with Malware and 9 Percent Opened the Attachment
According to a recent report from Halon, an email security provider, 94.7 percent of Americans received one or more emails that contained a…
Nov 3, 2021 · 2 min read Data BreachAdobe Data Breach has Far Reaching Impacts
Adobe suffered a data breach in early October compromising the account information of as many as 150 million Adobe accounts. Although the…
Nov 3, 2021 · 3 min read Fraud PreventionAnalyzing user behavior to detect fraud
While companies and banks do their best to keep customer information secure, any system can only be as strong as its weakest link, and this…
Nov 3, 2021 · 1 min read AnonymousAnonymous Stratfor Hacker Sentenced to 10 Years
Hacktivist Jeremy Hammond, associated with the hacker groups Anonymous and Antisec, was sentenced to 10 years in prison on November 15th…
Nov 3, 2021 · 1 min read Fraud PreventionAvoiding Customer Service Chargebacks for your Online Business
A guest post by: J. Ruzicka, Certified eCommerce Fraud Professional When reconciling your past chargebacks it is important to categorize…
Nov 3, 2021 · 3 min read Fraud BlogBills Related to Geolocation and Online Privacy Being Considered by U.S. House and Congress
As mobile devices and other technology utilize location-based data and maintain more detailed records than ever before, pre-existing laws…
Nov 3, 2021 · 2 min read Fraud PreventionConsiderations for Handling Increased Traffic and Changing Consumer Preferences this Holiday Season
Online shopping has grown year-after-year while becoming an increasingly important portion of total Q4 retail sales. Last Cyber Monday…
Nov 3, 2021 · 3 min read Data BreachCost of Target data breach still rising
In a press release from January 28th, the Consumer Bankers Association (CBA) estimates around 40 million customer credit and debit cards…
Nov 3, 2021 · 1 min read