The Better Business Bureau (BBB) has a warning for the public: When an offer appears too good to be true, that is probably the case. One scheme that fits this description is reshipping fraud, a type of scam that often lures in unsuspecting participants by...
Some 11 million U.S. consumers were scammed into buying fake or nonexistent live concert tickets last year — a trend that puts tremendous pressure on ticket-selling platforms to ensure they only engage with legitimate customers. In the new Digital Fraud Tracker, Ticketmaster’s Chief Information Officer...
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Real-time payments, real-time risk. As consumers embrace real-time transactions, financial institutions (FIs) must recalibrate their fraud-fighting strategies. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our...
Without trust, the sharing economy’s growth could slow. And trust in the sector of the sharing economy centered around property rentals is going through some tough times lately. As Airbnb makes major moves, Mike Gramz, executive vice president and chief risk officer at Yapstone, talks...
There are bad days. And then, for corporate treasury professionals, there are really bad days. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today....
Over the last several decades, issuers and card networks have worked hard to educate consumers on a single point: If a fraudster steals their card number (or physical card) and goes on a spending spree, they as customers will not take the financial hit. All...
Businesses from a wide variety of industries must handle troves of data as they continue to crack down on fraud. Making sense of such large volumes of information can be challenging, though, and firms must ensure that their systems are tapping into and analyzing the...
Catching fraudsters can feel like a game of whack-a-mole for marketplaces that must carefully vet both buyers and sellers. The key, says Oisin Hanrahan, CEO of on-demand professional marketplace Handy, is using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning tools to predict the probability of bad...
