Fraud Prevention

Preventing fraud can include keeping your personal items and information safe, and safely navigating the internet. Keeping personal information secure is one of our most important responsibilities, and is the act of stopping various types of internet fraud. Due to the many different ways of committing fraud over the Internet, such as stolen.
Fraud Prevention
Bank Tellers Play Detective in Face of Rising Fraud
June 07, 2026

A spike in incidents of financial fraud has reportedly turned America’s bank tellers into quasi-detectives. 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,...

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Klarna Defends Customers Against Rising Impersonation Scams
June 04, 2026

Klarna has launched a new security measure designed to protect its customers from impersonation scams. 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,...

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Google Fights Impersonation Scams With Fake-Call Detection Tech
June 02, 2026

Google has introduced a fake-call detection feature designed to combat impersonation fraud enabled by spoofed phone numbers and artificial intelligence (AI) deepfake technology. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

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Onboarding Is the New Fraud Firewall
May 29, 2026

Fraud losses and payment failures are getting harder to recover after settlement and middle market firms are responding by moving verification and identity checks earlier in the customer relationship — turning onboarding into a core financial control point rather than a compliance step. Get the...

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Fiserv-Experian Pact Aims to Help Merchants Combat Fraud
May 27, 2026

Experian has teamed with Fiserv to help merchants stem the tide of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered fraud. 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...

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Revolut’s AI Outperforms Human Reviewers at Detecting Financial Crime
May 27, 2026

For decades, catching financial crime meant hiring more people to review more alerts. Most of those alerts turned out to be nothing. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

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Apple Says App Store Shut Down 1 Billion Fake Accounts in 2025
May 20, 2026

Apple’s App Store prevented $2.2 billion in fraudulent transactions last year. 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. By completing...

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Verizon Report Warns of AI-Fueled Social Engineering Surge
May 19, 2026

Artificial intelligence is changing the economics of cybercrime, giving scammers and fraudsters a faster way to scale attacks that companies already struggle to stop. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

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AI Fraud Turns Big Companies Into Bigger Targets
May 19, 2026

Conventional wisdom has long held that larger enterprises possess natural advantages in cybersecurity and fraud prevention. Bigger budgets, deeper technical teams and greater access to advanced tooling should theoretically produce stronger defenses. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...