digital fraud

Incoming Payments Fraud Costs Companies Millions Every Year
Incoming Payments Fraud Costs Companies Millions Every Year
January 18, 2023  |  B2B Payments

Fraud is both costly and common. In the last two years, 52% of companies with at least $10 billion in revenue experienced some sort of...

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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: Better, Faster Digital Identification a Must-Have for Consumers, Regulators
PYMNTS Intelligence: Better, Faster Digital Identification a Must-Have for Consumers, Regulators
December 16, 2022  |  Digital Identity

Authorized push payment (APP) fraud, identity theft, synthetic account fraud and first-party misuse are all growing problems for many industries and countries. In the United...

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Information Sharing Helps Banks Fight Consumer Identity Fraud
Information Sharing Helps Banks Fight Consumer Identity Fraud
December 14, 2022  |  Digital Identity

Increasing online fraud threatens businesses and consumers, and both are aware of the growing problem. Fraudsters use leaked credentials in 95% of credential-stuffing attacks on...

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PYMNTS Intelligence: Responding To Flourishing Instant Payments Fraud
PYMNTS Intelligence: Responding To Flourishing Instant Payments Fraud
December 12, 2022  |  Fraud Prevention

Consumers enjoy the convenience of instant payments using apps like Venmo, Cash App and Zelle. As the use of these faster payments has increased and...

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An Insider’s Take on Processing Instant Payments Securely
An Insider’s Take on Processing Instant Payments Securely
December 09, 2022  |  Fraud Prevention

Executives reported a 73% increase in P2P fraud and 44% in instant or real-time payment fraud in the last 12 months, according to PYMNTS data....

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Instant Payments Forces Banks to Put Fraud Prevention at the Forefront
Instant Payments Forces Banks to Put Fraud Prevention at the Forefront
December 08, 2022  |  Fraud Prevention

The speed that makes instant payment apps such as Zelle and Venmo popular also makes them attractive tools for fraudsters. Bad actors defrauded nearly 18...

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PYMNTS Intelligence: Human Intelligence Is Insufficient to Fight Fraud
PYMNTS Intelligence: Human Intelligence Is Insufficient to Fight Fraud
October 13, 2022  |  Fraud Prevention

Fraud is ubiquitous for both businesses and consumers. Bad actors are constantly developing new techniques and technologies to steal hard-earned funds and data, often turning...

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Qolo’s Approach to Fraud-Fighting Technology
Qolo’s Approach to Fraud-Fighting Technology
October 12, 2022  |  Fraud Prevention

In this month’s Digital Fraud Tracker®, Darren Beyer, chief product and strategy officer at Qolo, tells PYMNTS about the year’s most pressing fraud threats and...

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