August 9, 2026
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 so far has treated it as a fraud rule. Read the mechanics closely and it is something else. SMMP is about economics  while dressed up in a fraud prevention rule’s clothing, and it quietly rewrites […]

Jordan Shamir Expert Interview

Countering Refund Abuse and the Future of Customer Experience

Jordan Shamir is the CEO and co-founder of Yofi, a refund abuse prevention solution recently acquired by the anti-fraud vendor No Fraud. Before establishing Yofi, Shamir acquired nearly half a decade in Product Management experience working for IBM. In this Fraudbeat interview, we ask Jordan what motivated him to found Yofi and accept the acquisition […]

Refund fraud scheme

Refund Fraud Has a New Co-Pilot

It was expected that professional fraudsters would jump on GenAI and experiment with the ways it can help them commit more fraud, more successfully, and more quickly. What is more surprising is how fast regular shoppers have started using the technology to commit refund fraud.  Researching and interviewing for the book The Fraud Fighter’s AI […]