online fraud

Amazon Scam Prevention Cautions Consumers About False Urgency, Bogus Postcards
Amazon Scam Prevention Cautions Consumers About False Urgency, Bogus Postcards
December 20, 2022  |  Retail

Amazon scam prevention is flagging new tactics aimed at separating unsuspecting consumers from their money. Abigail Bishop, head of scam prevention at Amazon, tells PYMNTS the...

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PYMNTS Intelligence: Exploring Buy Now, Pay Later’s Popularity and Digital Fraud Prevention Tactics
PYMNTS Intelligence: Exploring Buy Now, Pay Later’s Popularity and Digital Fraud Prevention Tactics
January 13, 2022  |  BNPL

The growth of digital payments over the past several years has inspired many new alternative payment methods, but few are growing as fast as buy...

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How Klarna Uses 100 Different Data Points to Keep BNPL Fraudster-Free
How Klarna Uses 100 Different Data Points to Keep BNPL Fraudster-Free
January 11, 2022  |  Buy Now Pay Later

Alternative payment methods are becoming more popular as time goes on, especially among younger consumers who are less likely to leverage cash, payment cards or...

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Why Using Rules Of Thumb To Predict Fraud Is A Fail
Why Using Rules Of Thumb To Predict Fraud Is A Fail
October 24, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

Rules of thumb are useful — until they aren’t. When it comes to deploying corporate resources in the battle against online fraud and account takeovers...

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To Fight Fake IDs And Online Fraud, Know Thy Enemy Better
To Fight Fake IDs And Online Fraud, Know Thy Enemy Better
October 19, 2018  |  Fraud Prevention

To really beat someone, or something, one must respect and understand that person or organization, even if they dislike or loathe them. That’s ancient wisdom...

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Can Behavioral Analytics Slow Online Fraud?
Can Behavioral Analytics Slow Online Fraud?
June 19, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

EMV has done wonders to stop fraud via cards at the physical point of sale. The bad guys have moved off the premises and onto...

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Online Banking: An Unwitting Accomplice To Multi-Channel Fraud Attacks
Online Banking: An Unwitting Accomplice To Multi-Channel Fraud Attacks
December 18, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

Star One Credit Union didn’t think it had an online fraud problem. The year was 2006, and although there was plenty of digital viruses and...

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Taming The High Risk Merchant Beast
Taming The High Risk Merchant Beast
September 01, 2017  |  Payments Innovation

T1 Payments has a lot in the hopper, with a new same-day settlement to partners offering coming soon. At the same time, the firm has...

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Too Much Security? There’s No Such Thing
Too Much Security? There’s No Such Thing
August 18, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

Retailers are retailers, not security experts. Too often, their best efforts can create friction at the point of sale for consumers, which leads to shopping...

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