Fraud Prevention
The online betting industry is built around speed, volume and global access. Real-time action and instant transactions fuel the excitement that customers love and return for. But that fast-and-furious tempo has also made real-money gaming (RMG) an attractive avenue for organized cybercriminals. Similar to what we see in cryptocurrency, remittance payments and alternative finance, direct … Continued
Fraudsters online are masters of mimicry. They understand which signals and shopping behaviors raise red flags for merchants and work to avoid them by employing strategies that imitate those of legitimate consumers. For example, Riskified observes that fraudsters often combine “safe” physical goods with risky items in a shopping cart, mixing, for example, lower value … Continued
The passage of the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act (GENIUS Act) has accelerated the path to mass adoption. This act has sparked new and increased interest in cryptocurrency as a payment method, whereas historically, there has been more focus on crypto as an investment asset, analogous to investing in and trading … Continued
Get ready for the most AI-powered holiday season yet Ecommerce merchants know fraud never takes a holiday. On the contrary, fraudsters appear to work overtime during busy seasons when transaction volumes surge. From carding schemes to returns abuse, fraudsters know retailers are stretched thin and eager to please during peak periods, and they take full … Continued
As OpenAI and Stripe roll out the Agentic Commerce Protocol, merchants’ fraud teams are discovering an uncomfortable truth: they could be on the hook for fraud and abuse that originates through this new interface.
Back-to-school season often signals the return of jam-packed schedules for many consumers. As the holiday season approaches, those calendars only get busier. One task that time-strapped shoppers are more than happy to delegate? The weekly (or even daily) grocery run. With convenient delivery and pickup options now widely available, there’s no need to roam the … Continued
The Riskified team sat down with Tripster CEO John Johnson for a Q&A to understand Tripster's fraud challenges and how they tackled them.
The global scale and real-time nature of money movement platforms make them both attractive and vulnerable to sophisticated fraud schemes. Fraudsters salivate at the idea of direct access to funds without a physical product to liquidate.
For merchants, agentic shopping isn't a distant possibility; it's an imminent reality that will fundamentally reshape how business is conducted online.
