As Michael Corleone said in the “Godfather II” movie: “Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.” As it turns out, those words were not only prescient for the Corleones, but they’re also relevant for the far more modern world of payment fraud. Because sometimes,...
In today’s top news, ByteDance joins the race for one of Singapore’s five digital banking licenses, and American Express has received initial approval to process transactions in China. Plus, the Senate will hold a hearing this week to explore the recent growth — and future...
Direct-to-consumer (DTC) medical device company Lumen seeks to have Americans look to metabolism as an important factor in weight loss and nutrition. The company brought its app and device to market just two weeks ago. In investments, retail dispute management firm Chargeback closed a funding round to speed up growth and to help retailers...
In today’s top news, insurance tech startup Lemonade filed an IPO, and Affirm launched a high-yield savings account. Plus, retail dispute management firm Chargeback raised $6.6 million. InsurTech Lemonade To Go Public Lemonade Inc., the property and casualty insurance startup, has filed an initial public...
March 10, 2021
As Michael Corleone said in the “Godfather II” movie: “Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.” As it turns out, those words were not only prescient for the Corleones, but they’re also relevant for the far more modern world of payment fraud. Because sometimes, what can appear to be a friendly customer is actually […]
November 07, 2019
Fraudsters are constantly reinventing their approach to schemes, putting businesses and eCommerce merchants in a precarious position of responding to constantly-evolving fraud threats. In other words, it is no longer...
July 16, 2019
When people talk about omnichannel as a concept, they are usually referring to the classic retail use case: The customer buys something online and then goes and picks it up...
April 20, 2018
A perfect storm of regulatory changes and card brand rule changes has left many merchants wondering to whom, exactly, they are beholden and what, exactly, they must do to comply....
May 25, 2021
Fraud prevention platform Sift is making plans to acquire the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) dispute startup Chargeback, the companies said in a press release on Tuesday (May 25). “Preventing chargeback fraud is the critical ‘last mile’ of stopping payment fraud entirely,” said Marc Olesen, president and CEO of Sift. “With the addition of Chargeback’s team, technology and […]
June 08, 2020
Retail dispute management system Chargeback announced Monday (June 8) that it has closed a $6.6 million Series A1 funding round. Chargeback said the funding will accelerate its growth and ability to help...
February 02, 2018
What you don’t know can, indeed, hurt you — especially when it comes to chargeback liability. The waters of transaction disputes are challenging even today, but as of April 15, 2018,...
April 20, 2017
Payments and risk management solutions provider Verifi, which specializes in serving CNP merchants, just recently announced the launch of a new platform that aims to improve efficiency and cut down...
