Fraud & Security

21 Mar 22 @ 15:00

Merchants experienced more fraud in 2021 than 2020, with new types of fraud affecting 62% of merchants. Online payment fraud continues to be the biggest threat with 20% more businesses... read more

14 Mar 22 @ 15:52

German prosecutors have charged Wirecard’s former chief executive, Markus Braun, and two other former senior executives with suspected market manipulation, fraud, breach of trust and accounting manipulation of the company’s... read more

09 Mar 22 @ 16:56

Which? A consumer rights and protection website has analysed new data and says that every hour, APP fraud (Authorised push payment fraud) victims lose more money than the average UK... read more

04 Mar 22 @ 12:57

As the fourth anniversary of PSD2 comes and goes, it’s time to reflect on the success of some of its provisions. Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) was introduced across the EU... read more

03 Mar 22 @ 17:52

Innovations are essential for progress. This is the case in general, but especially in a dynamic industry like digital payments. To meet the ever-growing consumer demands for simple and frictionless... read more

03 Mar 22 @ 12:42

According to European regulators, rapid action is needed to update how cross-border digital finance services are scrutinised within the region and consumers are protected as the sector becomes digitalised with... read more

22 Feb 22 @ 09:00

A crisis is emerging in e-commerce. From week to week, new studies are published showing fraud attempts in e-commerce – and successful frauds – are rocketing. Meanwhile, governments in the... read more

08 Feb 22 @ 10:49

Remote and contactless payments popularity with consumers grew during the pandemic, which is prompting the need for a robust digital identity infrastructure in the Payments 4.X era.1 In the connected... read more

04 Feb 22 @ 16:12

The 2021-2022 Digital and Card Payment Yearbooks from Payments Cards & Mobile suggest payment card use may be starting to decline, to be replaced by digital wallets, direct-to-account payments and... read more

02 Feb 22 @ 10:40

The European Banking Authority (EBA) has launched its central database for anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CFT). This European reporting System for material CFT/AML weaknesses, EuReCA, will be central to... read more

01 Feb 22 @ 17:19

A new study has found that revenue for digital identity vendors will exceed $53 billion globally in 2026; doubling from $26 billion in 2021. Digital identity revenue includes third-party and... read more

01 Feb 22 @ 13:12

The latest version of the European Central Bank fraud report is now available. The report, Seventh report on card fraud, analyses trends in card fraud in 2019 as reported by... read more