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Trust Swiftly recently encountered an uptick in the industry for chargebacks and fraud attacks. More consumers are interested in AI-related tools, which has created a market for cheaper subscription subscriptions. The bad actors are getting more advanced and collaborating extensively to widen their targets.

Recently the White House released a plan to stop the ongoing systemic fraud that many states and agencies faced these past few years. Covid allowed for an explosion in easy money through new programs that did little in due diligence.

Electronically prescribing drugs has increased steadily over the years but recently moved towards greater adoption with increased DEA guidance. COVID changed many aspects of identity proofing, and the need for electronic prescriptions skyrocketed. At the same time, the bad actors have seen new opportunities to exploit anything digital.

Many guides and references about Stripe Radar are damaging sales and conversions due to improper setup and configuration. Copying another businesses’ rules to your account is bound to end in more lost sales than if they were left alone. Instead, you need to selectively enable the rules that apply to your business and where they are seen to make an impact against fraud.

After releasing our WordPress WooCommerce plugin, we noticed an increase in signups for shops starting out on their fraud prevention journey. For those unfamiliar with Woocommerce, it can essentially turn any WordPress site into an eCommerce store like Shopify.

To stay ahead of fraudsters, it is always a good idea to check up on their latest techniques. A recent review of some fraud options reveals these bad actor businesses even further progress.

Every eCommerce shop deals with the eventual scenario of a risky customer order. There might be some red flags through past experiences, or another fraud tool alerts you about risky behavior. Usually, this happens because a customer’s velocity, IP, device, amount, or one of many other factors triggered a review for the order.

Securing funds and identifying users is critical to keeping crypto exchanges and related products safe. With the recent growth in new technologies dealing with crypto, it is essential to protect them with additional controls. They all should follow similar building blocks, whether building an NFT marketplace or shoring up your KYC program for crypto exchange.

Fraud has no bounds, and as seen in the latest research on identity theft, it has taken a worse turn. Many bad actors have mastered fake and stolen identities for big payouts on loans or similar scores. They have seen hospitals, pharmacies, and doctors as another easy target.

A confounding find recently allowed us to uncover another tactic fraudsters have been taking advantage of to defeat fraud identification systems. Identity verification has seen more complex responses to an ever-increasing number of security checks.