Fraud Prevention
As consumers increasingly go online to make their purchases, luxury fashion retailers are poised to realize huge gains in eCommerce revenue. It’s estimated that the market for online luxury goods will be worth more than 20 billion euros by 2018. Moreover, the move towards digital purchases will only accelerate this trend. Last year, US consumers … Continued
Package redirection scams are one of the oldest tricks in the fraudster book. It generally begins with stolen credit card details and continues with an online order that appears safe, complete with the stolen card’s billing details and a matching shipping address. What happens next is a headache many merchants are unfortunately familiar with: fraudsters … Continued
Anyone who has ever played or watched a poker game knows that any money one side wins is money that their opponents lose (trust me when I say from experience that when losing money playing poker the same concept applies, only in reverse). This is a classic example of a “zero-sum” game, in which one player’s loss … Continued
We recently released a special report about CNP fraud in the fashion vertical, sharing data-based insights about fraud patterns in the world of online fashion sales as well as actionable tips based on our experience in managing fraud for both retail and high-end fashion merchants. Riskified’s wonderful designers created the following infographic with some of … Continued
The worldwide explosion of eCommerce presents huge domestic and cross-border opportunities for merchants in the fashion vertical. It’s estimated that global eCommerce sales of clothing and accessories hit an all time high of $85 billion in 2015. As increasing numbers of shoppers in emerging markets like China come online, both consumer fashion and luxury fashion retailers … Continued
( This article first appeared as a guest post on the I Love Fashion Retail blog ) Fashion retailers, especially those selling luxury and high-end goods, are often targeted by fraudsters. While the rollout of pin-and-chip credit cards is expected to reduce fraud rates in brick-and-mortar stores across the US, this technology is not effective in … Continued
We recently published a report on fraud in the ticketing industry, based on data we compiled in the process of our work with leading ticketing merchants. Now, we’ve taken some of the key data sets from it and presented them in an informative infographic. Use it to get a visual window into the patterns fraudsters exhibit … Continued
It’s an exciting time to be in the event ticket industry. In the US alone, online retail sales are expected to reach $334 billion this year, and will continue growing. Online event ticket sales, meanwhile, are projected to grow at an average annual rate of 3.1% between now and 2019. Riskified has been fortunate to work … Continued
The global B2C cross-border ecommerce market was worth $230 billion last year, and is predicted to grow significantly hitting $1 trillion by 2020. Reshipping companies, which accept a package on the customer’s behalf and then forward the parcel to its final destination, play a central role in enabling cross-border ecommerce. This is especially true in emerging markets, … Continued
