The nation’s banks stopped nearly $17 billion in fraudulent transactions in 2016 — a figure that represents a substantial increase since 2014 in attempted fraud, when the industry stopped $11 billion — according to ABA’s 2017 Deposit Account Fraud Survey Report released today.
Credit card payments grew significantly in 2016, increasing 10.2 percent to total 37.3 billion, according to new data from the Federal Reserve today.
To help bankers educate lawmakers, customers and the public about the growing security benefits of the switch to EMV chip technology in cards, ABA is today releasing a new infographic showing that consumers are “unquestionably safer” than before EMV’s widespread adoption.
More than 144 billion noncash payments — those made with debit or credit cards, ACH and checks — were made in the U.S. between 2012 and 2015, totaling nearly $178 trillion, the Federal Reserve reported today in its triennial payments study.
In the wake of the decision by Visa and MasterCard to delay the EMV chip card liability shift for gas pumps until 2020, a new advisory emphasizes that cyber thieves are focusing on retailers who have not upgraded their systems.
Visa and MasterCard yesterday pushed back the date when liability for fraudulent transactions at gas pumps shifts to the party not equipped with EMV chip technology.
Debit card-related fraud losses to merchants, cardholders and issuers rose from 2013 by 44 percent, reaching $2.41 billion in 2015, according to the Federal Reserve’s biennial survey of debit card issuers’ costs released today.
Under the Durbin Amendment, card networks cannot require merchants to allow debit cardholders to choose EMV chip application when one application routes to a single network, according to a Q&A added on Wednesday to the Federal Reserve’s Regulation II frequently asked questions page.