By 2026, most chargeback losses are no longer caused by fraud alone. They are caused by misunderstanding. Across payments teams,…

Most merchants don’t get flagged because they’re doing something wrong. They get flagged because they describe themselves in ways that…

Impersonation fraud has emerged as one of the most consequential identity risks facing payment ecosystems in 2026. Unlike traditional fraud…

For years, chargeback prevention and chargeback recovery were treated as separate disciplines. Prevention focused on reducing disputes through fraud controls…

Chargeback management has traditionally been reactive. A dispute is raised, evidence is gathered, representation is submitted, and the outcome is…

For years, transaction monitoring has operated on a delayed logic. Transactions were processed, alerts were generated in batches, and risk…

For years, fraud and risk systems have been built around a simple assumption: a transaction is either safe or unsafe.…

In 2026, one of the most persistent failures in fraud prevention is not a lack of data or sophistication, but…

Fraud in 2026 rarely announces itself through obvious red flags. The most damaging payment losses increasingly originate from transactions that…

Chargebacks rarely begin at the moment a customer files a dispute. By 2026, PSPs will have learned that the earliest…

Underwriting has entered a new era. By 2026, the volume, complexity and global distribution of high-risk merchants have evolved far…

Merchant underwriting is undergoing its most significant transformation in over a decade. What was once a largely documentation-driven onboarding checkpoint…

Chargebacks have always been a cost of doing business for high-risk merchants, but the landscape entering 2026 reflects a far…