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Mastercard Scam Merchant Monitoring Program (SMMP)

With SMMP, Mastercard Makes Refunds as Dangerous as Chargebacks

Mastercard’s Scam Merchant Monitoring Program (SMMP) becomes enforceable on July 24, 2026 for every card-not-present merchant. Most of the coverage

Ben Herut / July 1, 2026

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Darwinium CEO: What Happens When 95% of Your Traffic is Fraud?

Alisdair Faulkner is the co-founder and CEO of Darwinium, a comprehensive agentic security and fraud prevention platform to protect against

Ronen Shnidman / June 28, 2026

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Managing AI Employees: Lessons for Fraud Leaders

In an era where payments fraud rings move faster than traditional detection systems can adapt, scaling analytical capabilities with AI

Maya Fudim / June 21, 2026

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Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) for cash

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Top 5 Things Law Enforcement Wants in SAR Reports

One might never read about a Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) in the news. Instead, you might hear about a successful

Urriolagoitia Miner / June 14, 2026

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Billing Identity Theft: When Healthcare Providers Become Victims

Healthcare fraud is usually focused on how the providers perpetrate the theft and less on how they are also victims

Randall Casciello / June 7, 2026

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Agentic Commerce Disputes: A Fraud Window Left Open

The credit card networks just opened the door to agentic commerce and agentic commerce disputes; they left the fraud window

Ben Herut / May 31, 2026

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Agentic Trust: When AI Agents Shop, How Do We Know It’s Legit

The concept of agentic trust arises in fraud detection when humans are no longer the only actors. In other words, how

Maya Fudim / May 26, 2026

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APP Fraud and the New Dispute System You Can’t Ignore

Most chargeback conversations stay inside one lane: card networks, issuer rules, merchant liability and dispute rates. But since October 2024,

Ben Herut / May 17, 2026

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Orca Fraud: Fighting Fraud Differently in Emerging Markets

Thalia Pillay is the CEO and co-founder of Orca Fraud, an anti-fraud startup from South Africa that raised a $2.35

Ronen Shnidman / May 14, 2026

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DME Fraud: The Undead Zombie of Healthcare Fraud

Durable Medical Equipment (DME) consists of things like knee braces, back braces, glucose monitors, wheelchairs, and any other medical equipment

Randall Casciello / May 11, 2026

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With SMMP, Mastercard Makes Refunds as Dangerous as Chargebacks

Darwinium CEO: What Happens When 95% of Your Traffic is Fraud?

Managing AI Employees: Lessons for Fraud Leaders

Top 5 Things Law Enforcement Wants in SAR Reports

Billing Identity Theft: When Healthcare Providers Become Victims

Agentic Commerce Disputes: A Fraud Window Left Open

Agentic Trust: When AI Agents Shop, How Do We Know It’s Legit

APP Fraud and the New Dispute System You Can’t Ignore

Orca Fraud: Fighting Fraud Differently in Emerging Markets

DME Fraud: The Undead Zombie of Healthcare Fraud

With SMMP, Mastercard Makes Refunds as.

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Darwinium CEO: What Happens When 95%.

Managing AI Employees: Lessons for Fraud.

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