Fraud Detection news and trends

Plaid Study Links Account Checks to Faster Fraud Detection
Fraud Prevention // August 19, 2026

Payments have spent years getting faster. Fraud detection has not always kept pace. New August research from PYMNTS Intelligence, in collaboration with Plaid, shows that 47% of firms surveyed can’t detect suspected fraud in real time or within minutes. That is despite widespread use of...

More Than Half of Banks Plan to Outsource Fraud Detection 
Fraud Prevention // February 13, 2026

The cost of fraud at U.S. financial institutions is rising, but the deeper threat may be what it does to customer relationships and brand reputation. Half of all institutions surveyed say fraud has damaged customer loyalty, a finding that reframes financial crime as a strategic...

i2c Says Complacency, Not Fraud, Is the Real Threat
Artificial Intelligence // October 28, 2025

Watch more: WNIP: i2C, Matthew Pearce The fraud landscape in payments is evolving faster than many financial institutions can adapt. For Matthew Pearce, vice president of Fraud Risk Management and Dispute Operations at i2c, artificial intelligence is the most valuable — and volatile — tool...

85% of Executives Now Expect AI to Deliver Compliance Gains
Artificial Intelligence // September 25, 2025

A year ago, most chief product officers were still testing Gen AI with cautious curiosity. Today, nearly all say the technology will reshape how they work. But beneath the near-unanimous optimism lies a split that may determine who reaps the rewards: some industries are surging...

Interviews & Exclusives
Banks Buy the Same Fraud Tools but Get Different Results

October 26, 2026
Regional and community banks and credit unions surveyed by PYMNTS Intelligence now report behavioral analytics and artificial intelligence adoption approaching the levels seen with large banks, although their financial results remain uneven. The research underlying September’s “Scams Get Personal: Why Banks Pay More to Fight Fraud” shows behavioral analytics use among these institutions rising from […]

Plaid Study Links Account Checks to Faster Fraud Detection

August 19, 2026
Payments have spent years getting faster. Fraud detection has not always kept pace. New August research from PYMNTS Intelligence, in collaboration with Plaid, shows that 47% of firms surveyed can’t...

More Than Half of Banks Plan to Outsource Fraud Detection 

February 13, 2026
The cost of fraud at U.S. financial institutions is rising, but the deeper threat may be what it does to customer relationships and brand reputation. Half of all institutions surveyed...

i2c Says Complacency, Not Fraud, Is the Real Threat

October 28, 2025
Watch more: WNIP: i2C, Matthew Pearce The fraud landscape in payments is evolving faster than many financial institutions can adapt. For Matthew Pearce, vice president of Fraud Risk Management and...

Quick Reads
Visa to Launch New Unified Checkout and Fraud Detection Solutions

April 03, 2025
Visa has unveiled three new value-added services designed to make accepting payments easier and more secure. The services are meant for acquirers, payment facilitators, retailers, marketplaces and shops, the company said in a Thursday (April 3) press release emailed to PYMNTS. With Authorize.net 2.0, Visa has reimagined its Authorize.net by adding a streamlined user interface, […]

QorPay Integrates Visa Platform Connect and Other Services

March 28, 2025
FinTech company QorPay collaborated with Cybersource to integrate Visa Platform Connect (VPC) and other Visa value-added services into QorPay’s payment ecosystem. QorPay is a provider of payment solutions, while Cybersource is an open, network-agnostic...

ID Verification Platform IDnow Gets $295 Million Corsair Capital Investment

March 12, 2025
Investment firm Corsair Capital has acquired a majority stake in German identity verification platform IDnow. The company announced the deal last week, and while no dollar amount was given, sources...

Socure Introduces New Risk Score to Combat Repeat First-Party Fraud

March 06, 2025
Socure has introduced a new tool designed to combat repeat first-party fraud. The new Identity Manipulation Risk Score, which is now embedded within Sigma First-Party Fraud, uses artificial intelligence (AI) and...