Editor's Pick: Breaking the Fraud Chain

Breaking the Fraud Chain

Robert Capps Jun 29, 2018 9:11 AM PT

Retailers' biggest worry is increasing e-commerce fraud -- including data breaches, targeted attacks and card-not-present fraud -- according to a report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Online fraud is one of the biggest challenges facing retailers, with CNP fraud being one of their top worries. CNP fraud will hit $71 billion over the next five years, Juniper Research has forecast. [More...]

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