Month: March 2018
Merchant Fraud Losses Rise 7% in 2017
Merchants’ total fraud losses rose 7% year on year in 2017 to 4.09% of total orders received, according to the Ecommerce Fraud Index figures released this week by fraud solution vendor Signifyd. Hardest hit were cosmetics and perfume retailers as their fraud rate doubled in 2017 to 5.1% of total orders received....
American Express Invests in 2 Israeli Anti-Fraud Startups
American Express Ventures announced strategic investments in two U.S.-Israeli anti-fraud startups this week. BioCatch, a behavioral biometrics startup, closed a $30 million round of growth funding that was led by Maverick Ventures. Other round investors included not only American Express Ventures but also NexStar Partners, Kreos Capital and OurCrowd, among others. The...
3 Machine Learning Solutions Launch for Finance, Auto Loans & Groceries
Three separate machine learning fraud solutions targeting credit card issuers, auto loans and online groceries were released last week by Fiserv, PointPredictive and Ocado Technology, respectively. Fiserv teams up with Mastercard Financial services technology provider Fiserv made the biggest buzz when it announced that it had begun offering Mastercard’s Decision Intelligence fraud detection...
Signifyd, ACI Worldwide launch partner solutions for Magento, airlines
Fraud prevention vendor Signifyd announced this week a strategic partnership with Corra, a digital agency serving primarily fashion, beauty and lifestyle brands retailers on the Magento Commerce platform. The partnership is expected to help Signifyd expand its growing list of merchant clients on Magento, particularly among high-end retailers likely to see significant...