Natalia Dinsmore
There is more pressure than ever on merchants to reduce operational costs to offset pandemic-related losses. With brick-and-mortar channels limited and global travel and tourism on hold, businesses that are exposed to hard-hit segments and channels, are facing new cash flow crunches. In this blog post, I’ll discuss why embracing new technology can help merchants … Continued
Around 111 million consumers use some type of peer-to-peer sharing platform. From ridesharing services like Uber and Lyft to talent platforms like Fiverr, the sharing economy is ubiquitous. Unfortunately, their popularity is not limited to good customers, but increasingly to bad actors as well. And many sharing economy platforms lack sufficient verification processes, so fraudsters … Continued
The age of sneakerheads This past May, a game-worn pair of Michael Jordan’s sneakers sold for an all-time high of $560,000. The seller, a sneaker collector and founder of the Shoezeum sneaker museum stated, “these are the most iconic and coveted sneakers of all time”. In fact, following the release of the Netflix documentary ‘The … Continued
Some of the best insights for content creation come from our Sales Team, who get first-hand accounts on the various challenges merchants face. They get to hear about their unique pain points, including performance issues pertaining to their existing fraud prevention solutions. So we asked our Director of Sales (EMEA & APAC) Raz Vicerabin to share his … Continued
When we first analyzed the impact of COVID-19 on eCommerce, it was clear that consumers were behaving differently across geographies. We sought to gain insight on how fraud and shopping behavior shifted across six major markets by looking at data from December through April, to understand how eCommerce has fared as the pandemic drags on. … Continued
As the Coronavirus pandemic continues to spread, much of the world is adjusting to a new reality. And while it’s still too early to tell what the consequences will be for businesses, what is certain is that merchants need to adapt to the evolving situation. We’ve been closely monitoring our data in order to better … Continued
Fraud detection as a means to boost revenue is an important growth strategy. And ROI, or return on investment, is a crucial part of assessing the resilience of your fraud operations. The broad term “fraud management” accounts for metrics like approval rates, and chargebacks. But accurately calculating ROI goes well beyond these two numbers. False … Continued
Fraudsters and fraud systems are in a constant arms race. While fraud management solution providers constantly develop new tools, fraudsters perfect their craft by studying new ways to circumvent any walls put up to keep them out. For instance mule scams used to be fairly simple, with fraudsters using basic package rerouting efforts to receive … Continued
Consumer demand is driving merchants to expand globally and offer new and innovative omni-channel flows. And as business is changing, fraud is getting more and more complex. But even in this ever-changing landscape, many merchants are still using outdated rule-based systems that are struggling to keep up. And even worse – they’re forcing merchants to … Continued
