Ever find your palms sweating as you enter your payment info into a merchant site you’ve never used before? It’s a natural response; few financial details are more important than your payment methods ...

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Mastercard is using AI to help detect and prevent credit card fraud. The company says the tech can flag unusual patterns and block fraudulent transactions. This article is part of "AI in Action," a ...

Credit card fraud has been on the rise in recent years. The Federal Trade Commission’s most recent database indicates that 416,582 cases of credit card fraud were reported in 2024, making it one of ...

Credit card fraud is the most common form of identity theft, according to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The four major credit card networks — Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover — ...

Imagine receiving a notification about suspicious charges on a credit card you haven’t even received yet. How could that happen? While it sounds surprising and unsettling, it's increasingly common due ...

Be it new generations of artificial intelligence or increasingly skilled threat actors, fraud continues to be a massive thorn in the side of banks and credit unions across the U.S. New research from ...

If you’ve ever had a credit card purchase mysteriously rejected only to discover later that the bank thought you were a fraudulent user, you may appreciate an effort by MasterCard International to use ...