It’s the start of the new year, and we at CB-ALERT decided that we either needed to make some new year’s resolutions or some predictions. We tried making some resolutions and those lasted for about five minutes, so here are our predictions for 2021.
Our (Slightly Biased) Predictions for 2021 Read More »
Recently we’ve been talking about CDRN by Verifi, a Visa owned company, and how it can help protect merchants against false and erroneous chargebacks. And you may have wondered whether Mastercard has a similar program.
Mastercard’s Ethoca Solution Helps Merchants Eliminate Chargebacks Read More »
With ecommerce sales on the rise this holiday season, there’s bound to be plenty of return fraud that follows. Whether it’s malicious, friendly, or family, there are things you can do to protect yourself and reduce the number of return fraud cases you have to deal with.
Getting Ready for Return-mageddon and Avoiding Return Fraud Read More »
Travel companies have had a rough year, but we weren’t aware of just how rough until we saw a recent article on the TravelWeekly.co.uk website about how travel agencies and travel providers are being hit with chargeback double-dipping by some of their customers.
Beware of Chargeback Double-Dipping Read More »
As the year draws to a close, Digital Transactions has come up with the 10 Most Pressing Issues in E-Payments, and we were interested to see a few of our own hot-button issues making the list. Here are four of Digital Transactions’ e-payments issues we’re most concerned about, and why.
E-Payments’ Most Pressing Issues Read More »
Friendly fraud is such a problem that it costs the credit card industry $31 billion per year. Friendly fraud and malicious fraud have increased over the last eight months, and many merchants were not prepared to fight it.
Friendly Fraud Represents up to a $31 Billion Loss Each Year Read More »
If you’re a merchant that has been accepting credit cards for a while, you’ve probably heard about the EMV liability shift and wondered how and if it affected you. If you’re fairly new to accepting credit card payments for your business, you may not even know it was a thing that caused a lot of issues for some people.
What is the EMV Liability Shift and What Does it Mean for Merchants? Read More »
If you’ve ever left the house without your wallet or purse, there’s a good chance you still had your mobile phone with you. Of course, you didn’t discover the problem until you arrived at the coffee shop or grocery store, reached for your credit card, and discovered that you had forgotten it.
Two-Thirds of US Merchants Accept Contactless Payments Read More »
Ecommerce experts are expecting a rise in consumer fraud, even as — or perhaps because — global ecommerce will increase by 27% this year. Ecommerce has already grown by 21% in September 2020 compared to September 2019. Additionally, as a Forbes article by PayPal reported, Black Friday and Cyber Monday (BFCM) shoppers spent $16.8 billion online last year.
Merchants Prepare for Holiday Shopping and to Fight Consumer Fraud Read More »
One way for companies to reduce chargebacks is to prevent them from ever happening in the first place. Another way is just to fight every dispute that comes your way, regardless of size and amount. That’s because chargebacks count against your dispute ratio, and if you get enough of them, you’ll be placed in your card networks’ monitoring services which means you pay a higher percentage of all your transactions.
Pre-Dispute Resolution Solutions from Verifi Read More »
