The term “friendly fraud” sounds like an oxymoron, but in truth, there’s nothing friendly about it. It’s what happens when a consumer purposely makes a purchase and then disputes the legitimate charge.
And as PYMNTS reporting and research found, it’s a multi-billion-dollar problem that affects a majority of merchants, and one that isn’t always accurately tracked.
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$25B: Annual losses in 2020 to friendly fraud, according to the National Retail Federation
75%: Transaction disputes that Mercator Advisory Group says can be considered friendly fraud
23%: Portion of merchants who say they undercount transactions they suspect are fraudulent, according to research by PYMNTS and Verifi
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9 in 10: Share of enterprises affected by friendly fraud, according to Tal Yeshanov, head of risk and strategic financial operations at Plastiq
½: Number of merchants who tell PYMNTS they have trouble accurately tracking their disputed transactions
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