CeruleanSon / Pixabay It’s been anticipated that the global eCommerce market will be worth a staggering $2.4 trillion by 2019. That’s excellent news for anyone who sells products or services online. The problem? That also means that the opportunities for payment platform fraud are going to increase as well. In fact, security is a top […]
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According to a report in The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), Google is providing refunds to some advertisers that used DoubleClick Bid Manager in conjunction with ads that were placed on sites with fraudulent or invalid traffic: In the past few weeks, Google has informed hundreds of marketers and ad agency partners about the issue with
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Consumers feel safe using their credit and debit cards for purchases, knowing that if their card information is stolen, they’ll be protected. But what about the many businesses that process those payments every day? Some consumers assume that credit card providers take the loss when someone makes a fraudulent purchase on a card. Unfortunately, that
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Let me guess … Every success in your writing career has been a fluke. When people praise your work, they don’t know what they’re talking about. You’ll never measure up. You’re not a real writer. And any day now, everyone will see you for the fraud that you are. That’s how you feel, anyway. You
Every time there’s a large credit card breach, you’ll hear some expert say risks for consumers are low, because it’s easy to cancel a credit or debit card and get a new one. Not so fast. If fraud appears on your bill, but you don’t notice it, you’ll pay for it. More important, changing account
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Fraud continues to impact online merchants. Some experience chargebacks, while others experience various forms of return fraud. Fraud hurts not only merchants but also consumers, as merchants often increase prices to account for fraud. Some merchants even budget for fraud as a cost of doing business. Thankfully there are multiple new methods of detecting and
Card-not-present fraud leads other types of payment fraud in countries that have migrated to the EMV standard. That is according to U.S. Payments Forum, a nonprofit organization that includes global payments networks, financial institutions, merchants, processors, and other industry participants. There are at least two reasons for this. First is the growing popularity of ecommerce.
