Regulations & Standards
Visa and Mastercard Monitoring Programs: How VAMP and Fraud Thresholds Work
Exceed card-brand fraud or dispute thresholds and you enter monitoring programs with fines and remediation demands. How VAMP works now.
Fraud Prevention
Authorized Push Payment Scams: When the Victim Sends the Money Themselves
In APP fraud, victims are manipulated into sending money to criminals. The main scam patterns, why banks struggle, and reimbursement rules.
Emerging Threats & Trends
BNPL Under Attack: Fraud and Security Risks in Buy Now, Pay Later
Buy Now, Pay Later shifts fraud risk in unfamiliar ways — synthetic identities, ATO, never-pay schemes. The risks for providers and merchants.
Mobile & Digital Wallets
Passkeys and Payments: Can Phishing-Resistant Login Fix Checkout Authentication?
Passkeys replace passwords with device-bound cryptographic keys. How they work, where they fit in payment authentication, SCA, and their limits.
Fraud Prevention
Measuring Fraud Prevention: The KPIs That Show Whether Your Program Works
Fraud rate alone hides more than it reveals. The KPIs — false positive rate, approval rate, chargeback rate — that show real…
Emerging Threats & Trends
When AI Agents Go Shopping: Payment Security for Agentic Commerce
AI agents are starting to browse, choose, and pay on users' behalf. The new authentication, authorization, and fraud questions agentic commerce raises.
Fraud Prevention
Refund Fraud and Policy Abuse: The Post-Purchase Fraud Merchants Underestimate
Refund fraud and returns policy abuse quietly drain e-commerce margins. Learn the main schemes and layered defenses that don't punish good customers.
Fraud Prevention
Account Takeover Attacks: Detecting and Stopping Credential-Based Fraud
Account takeover turns a legitimate customer account into a fraud tool. Learn how attackers gain access, the warning signs, and the defenses…
Mobile & Digital Wallets
Protecting Yourself From SIM Swap Attacks That Target Mobile Payments
SIM swap fraud lets attackers hijack the phone number behind your payment and banking accounts. Learn how these attacks work and the…
Emerging Threats & Trends
Real-Time Payments, Real-Time Fraud: The New Risk Landscape of Instant Transfers
Instant payment rails like FedNow and RTP settle in seconds, leaving little time to catch fraud. Here is how the irreversibility of…