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Operation Chargeback

German Prosecutors File Charges in $345M ‘Operation Chargeback’

Jul 11, 2026
AI-native

What Does Being AI-Native Really Mean?

Jul 04, 2026
Incode acquires Identiq

Identiq Identity Verification Solution Acquired by Incode for

Jul 04, 2026
Mastercard Scam Merchant Monitoring Program (SMMP)

With SMMP, Mastercard Makes Refunds as Dangerous as

Jul 01, 2026
Share of employers reporting employee-customer collusion in friendly fraud cases.

¼ of Merchants Report Friendly Fraud Is Sometimes

Jun 30, 2026
Darwinium CEO Alisdair Faulkner

Darwinium CEO: What Happens When 95% of Your

Jun 28, 2026
AI Employees

Managing AI Employees: Lessons for Fraud Leaders

Jun 21, 2026
Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) for cash

Top 5 Things Law Enforcement Wants in SAR

Jun 14, 2026
Issuer-side dispute investigator

Dispute Investigator Life: Issuer Judgement Calls vs. Network

Jun 12, 2026
Billing identity theft

Billing Identity Theft: When Healthcare Providers Become Victims

Jun 07, 2026
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Visa's VAMP program
13
Apr

VAMP: Redefining What ‘Good’ Means for Payments Operations

  • Amber McGirr
    Amber McGirr / April 13, 2026
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If you run an e-commerce business, you’ve likely heard of Visa’s Acquirer Monitoring Program, known as VAMP. Most explanations talk about how VAMP works. Fraud (TC40) and disputes (TC15) are now combined into one ratio. The rules are stricter, and acquirers must ensure everyone follows them. All of this is accurate, but the main point […]

Iran travel chargebacks
31
Mar

Travel Chargebacks and the Iran Conflict: Who Is At Fault?

  • Ben Herut
    Ben Herut / March 31, 2026
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The conflict between the US, Israel, and Iran has so far caused more than 60,000 flight cancellations since late February, affecting an estimated 6 million passengers and opening the door to a wave of travel chargebacks. At seven major regional airports including Dubai, Doha, and Abu Dhabi, cancellations exceeded 21,300 flights. Airlines, travel platforms, and […]

Dispute Rate vs. Authorization Rate
16
Mar

Why Fraud Teams Should Care More About Authorizations Than Disputes

  • Amber McGirr
    Amber McGirr / March 16, 2026
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Fraud teams obsess over disputes. Network monitoring thresholds. Chargeback win rates. Prevention alert integrations. Ratio management. All are important. But if disputes are your primary performance lens, you are optimizing against a lagging signal. Authorization is what sets the trajectory for  a merchant’s processing portfolio. By the time a chargeback arrives, the authorization decision is […]

Arbitration
04
Mar

The Arbitration Illusion

  • Ben Herut
    Ben Herut / March 4, 2026
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We will address in this column why most merchants misunderstand what “fighting” a dispute actually means and when escalating to arbitration truly makes economic sense The key is that chargebacks are not resolved based on truth. They are resolved based on incentives. For years, merchants have treated disputes like courtroom battles. Present the facts. Provide […]

Global Payments and Chargeback Help merger
23
Jan

Global Payments Acquires ChargebackHelp to Provide Greater Value-Added Services

  • Ronen Shnidman
    Ronen Shnidman / January 23, 2026
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The payment processor and Fortune 500 company Global Payments publicly announced its merger with chargeback management solution ChargebackHelp earlier this month after acquiring the company in May 2025 for an undisclosed sum. This week, Fraudbeat spoke with Rick Lynch, a ChargebackHelp senior executive and now Head of Fraud, Risk & Disputes at Global Payments, to discuss […]

chargeback.com
30
May

Sift Acquires Chargeback.com, Terms Undisclosed

  • Ronen Shnidman
    Ronen Shnidman / May 30, 2021
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Sift announced that it was acquiring Chargeback.com this past week, the second recent buyout of a chargeback mitigation company. Earlier this month, Chargehound announced its acquisition by PayPal. The terms for both acquisitions were not made public. The acquisitions show the chargeback mitigation space is heating up as booming eCommerce means heavy growth in card-not-present […]

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