Behavioral Analytics news and trends

Banks Rethink Cybersecurity Amid Rise of Credential-Based Compromise
Cybersecurity // April 22, 2025

The image of a hacker furiously typing strings of code to brute-force their way into a corporate server is becoming outdated. Today, the most dangerous cyber intrusions can come not from forced entries, but from front doors to organizational perimeters being quietly opened with valid...

Acquirers Step Up Battle Against Fraud With GenAI, Biometrics Push
Fraud Prevention // April 14, 2025

For merchants seeking to deliver a seamless omnichannel experience to their consumers, fraud remains a persistent concern. And while they look to acquirers to offer up the payment innovations that help satisfy customers’ desires to transact digitally on their mobile devices, they also want acquirers...

Behavioral Analytics Inject ‘Smart Friction’ Into Battle Against Scams and Payments Fraud
Fraud Prevention // March 05, 2025

Scams against banks and their customers have exploded. Fraudsters pull at human nature in a bid to gain access to accounts and drain them — pleading through texts, phone calls and artificial intelligence (AI) prompts for donations, romance, bail to get out of jail and...

Fraud Expert Claims Four Key Pillars of Risk Threaten Consumer and Merchant Circle of Trust
Cybersecurity // December 17, 2024

Trust is a balancing act as companies, banks and merchants collaborate to make everyday financial life and commerce a reality. Featurespace Chief Operating Officer Tim Vanderham told PYMNTS in an interview that this balance revolves around one point. “When we think of this interconnected, interwoven...

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Acquirers Step Up Battle Against Fraud With GenAI, Biometrics Push

April 14, 2025
For merchants seeking to deliver a seamless omnichannel experience to their consumers, fraud remains a persistent concern. And while they look to acquirers to offer up the payment innovations that help satisfy customers’ desires to transact digitally on their mobile devices, they also want acquirers to help them battle the tide of rising fraud. In […]

Behavioral Analytics Inject ‘Smart Friction’ Into Battle Against Scams and Payments Fraud

March 05, 2025
Scams against banks and their customers have exploded. Fraudsters pull at human nature in a bid to gain access to accounts and drain them — pleading through texts, phone calls...

Fraud Expert Claims Four Key Pillars of Risk Threaten Consumer and Merchant Circle of Trust

December 17, 2024
Trust is a balancing act as companies, banks and merchants collaborate to make everyday financial life and commerce a reality. Featurespace Chief Operating Officer Tim Vanderham told PYMNTS in an...

Scam-Related Fraud Jumped 56% in 2024, Surpassing Digital Payment Crimes

December 10, 2024
As digital transactions play a role in the financial landscape, financial institutions invest heavily in fraud prevention tools. Efforts to combat fraud in routine digital payments have been successful, but...

Quick Reads
Featurespace Receives US Patent for AI-Powered Fraud Detection Technology

December 11, 2024
Featurespace was granted a U.S. patent for its adaptive behavioral analytics technology. This artificial intelligence-powered technology improves fraud detection and prevents real-time scams by learning the behavior of genuine customers through transactional data, without requiring sensitive information, the company said in a Wednesday (Dec. 11) press release. Learning that behavior provides “a baseline from which […]

TransUnion Tackles False Positives With ‘TruValidate’ Tool

September 27, 2022
Credit bureau TransUnion has debuted a tool designed to prevent what it says is a $100 billion problem: the loss of sales revenue to false positives during fraud detection. Dubbed...

GIACT Ups Fraud Game With Equifax Analytics

June 20, 2019
Data analytics company Equifax is teaming up with identity verification solutions provider GIACT Systems to help joint corporate customers mitigate the risk of fraud. In a press release Thursday (June...