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Visa Ramps Up AI-Powered Fraud Prevention During Holiday Shopping Globally

Fintech News

Visa announced that its fraud prevention system blocked nearly 85% more suspected fraudulent transactions globally this Cyber Monday compared to the same day last year. This solution, launched earlier this year, leverages generative AI to help prevent account takeovers and other types of fraud across shopping platforms.

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Report: Fraudsters Have Modified Approaches In Wake Of eCommerce Boom

PYMNTS

“Cybercriminals are well aware that merchants are setting higher thresholds for blocking transactions, which is a major flaw of rules-based fraud prevention strategies.”. He said rules-based systems often fail to find high-dollar fraudulent transactions, but do often block legitimate transactions along the way.

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What Is Account Takeover Fraud (ATO)? Detection & Prevention

Seon

In this guide, we’ll see why accounts are targeted, how fraudsters acquire them, and, of course, which steps you should take to secure them. This is your complete guide to understanding and detecting account takeover (ATO) fraud in your business. What Is Account Takeover Fraud?

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How are Financial Firms Like Visa, Swift, Pay.UK and Mangopay Using AI to Combat Financial Fraud?

The Fintech Times

Meanwhile, the fraud landscape is rapidly changing. Over a third of fraud attempts (42.5 per cent) targeting financial institutions now use AI, according to a recent study by digital identity and fraud prevention solution Signicat. Overall, around 29 per cent of these AI-driven fraud efforts are successful.

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eCommerce: Best Payment Fraud Prevention Technologies in 2023

Accertify

Fraud can cause widespread damage to your eCommerce businesses. Of course, there are the fraud losses. Account takeovers and mistaking legitimate shoppers for fraudsters can cause damage to your reputation, not to mention lost customers. And with around 50% of businesses suffering fraud , 1 no company is safe.

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Why Fighting Fraud Means Looking Beyond The Transaction

PYMNTS

But the bad news is that fraudsters see a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to jump into the increased flow of transactions, Gary Sevounts , executive at fraud detection firm Kount , told PYMNTS in a recent conversation. He added that fraudsters have been showing up across the board in terms of fraud types attempted.

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Unit21 Brings New ACH Fraud Prevention Measures to FIs, Payments Companies and Fintechs Using AI

Fintech Finance

Unit21 , a global risk and compliance leader that proactively mitigates risks tied to fraud, money laundering, and other financial crimes, today announced a new bundle of features for Automated Clearing House (ACH) transactions.

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