According to recent data from Experian, eCommerce fraud was 15 percent higher in the first half of 2016 compared the same period the year before, but for the full-year eCommerce fraud attack rates increased to 33 percent. This implies an even greater increase in CNP fraud in the second half of the year, and it
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In the beginning of 2015 EMVCo announced they would be responsible for further developing the 3-Domain Secure 2.0 Specification, taking over for Visa and MasterCard. Now just a few months before the expected release of 3DS 2.0, EMVCo and the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Security Standards Council jointly announced they will be collaborating to support
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Announcements from three of the major card associations in June describe different approaches for reducing merchant liability and losses with counterfeit card fraud through April 2018 as the U.S. transitions to EMV. Visa estimates their changes will lead to 40 percent fewer chargebacks and 15 percent fewer dollars being charged back to merchants related to
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Visa recently released data and figures regarding EMV usage in the first full month of purchases following the October 1st EMV liability shift, adding that they are “extremely encouraged” with the 42 percent increase in chip-on-chip transaction volume and the 49 percent increase in merchant locations that can accept EMV in just one month’s time. The
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A new study from Vesta and Javelin finds similarities and differences between merchants selling digital goods, physical goods or both when it comes to expectations for how fraud trends may change following the roll-out of EMV. More than half of all merchants worried about growing fraud cite EMV as a cause for this concern, but digital goods merchants are more
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According to a recent report from Javelin Strategy & Research, up to 75 percent of merchants in the United States will not be EMV compliant by the October 15th deadline. Many major retailers have already started implementing EMV terminals but smaller merchants are much further behind and many have no plans to catch up. A
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According to forecasts from Aite Group nearly all credit cards issued in the U.S. will have EMV capabilities by 2018 when CNP credit card fraud losses are expected to reach $6.4 billion in the United States. As EMV cards become commonplace among U.S. cardholders it will make counterfeit card fraud more difficult and drive more
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2015 will likely bring many changes and developments in the payments and risk industries, but none more anticipated than the EMV liability shift taking place on October 15. As issuing banks prepare to replace magnetic-stripe cards with EMV Chip cards, many merchants will upgrade their POS equipment and prepare for the expected increase in online
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Credit bureau Experian recently released their second annual Data Breach Industry Forecast report highlighting six trends expected for 2015. Key predictions include more concentrated data breach activity earlier in 2015 prior to the U.S. EMV liability shift date and hackers expanding efforts targeting the millions of new internet connected devices. While there hasn’t yet been
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The latest figures on card fraud losses in the United Kingdom, coming from industry group Financial Fraud Action UK, support the expectations of most industry experts that when EMV rolls out in the United States it will have a positive impact on deterring counterfeit cards and fraud at the point-of-sale, but lead to more fraud
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