June 25, 2026
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Arbitration

The Arbitration Illusion

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

Global Payments Acquires ChargebackHelp to Provide Greater Value-Added Services

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

Sift Acquires Chargeback.com, Terms Undisclosed

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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