{"id":83992,"date":"2020-04-20T15:10:06","date_gmt":"2020-04-20T15:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/feedzai.com\/?p=83992"},"modified":"2024-04-09T09:21:52","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T09:21:52","slug":"how-psps-can-get-ahead-of-fraud-in-the-post-covid-19-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feedzai.com\/blog\/how-psps-can-get-ahead-of-fraud-in-the-post-covid-19-world\/","title":{"rendered":"How PSPs Can Get Ahead of Fraud in the Post COVID-19 World"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”2″ top_padding=”1″ bottom_padding=”2″ overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″][vc_column width=”1\/1″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/12″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”10\/12″][vc_single_image media=”90962″ media_width_percent=”100″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/12″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”3″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_visibility=”yes” mobile_width=”0″ width=”2\/12″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”8\/12″][vc_column_text]Fraudsters have been busy. During this crisis phase of the Coronavirus pandemic, they’ve launched an avalanche of attacks<\/a>. Perhaps more importantly, they’re poised to commit even greater fraud once governments start easing lockdowns and consumers start shopping again.<\/p>\n

Fraudsters are plotting future attacks, PSPs should fight them now<\/h2>\n

The number of consumer transactions has decreased, but scams are on the rise. It’s the perfect environment for criminals to be in attack mode. They’re using bots to initiate multiple login attempts from the same device or the same location. Their goals? Discover which login credentials they’ve garnered through phishing scams or other fraud schemes provide them with access to their victim’s accounts. Once they know a login credential is valid, they’ll either sell the credential on the dark web or use the credentials themselves.<\/p>\n

Payment service providers (PSPs) can also find opportunities in this period of reduced transactions. Because the number of transactions has decreased, false positives should also have reduced.<\/p>\n

Use the time this provides to beef up your fraud-fighting techniques and prepare for the wave of fraud that’s likely coming as governments remove strict lockdown measures.<\/p>\n

Transaction monitoring in an upside-down world<\/h2>\n

Transaction monitoring, typically a superior method because of data, volume, and consistency, may need a boost from fraud prevention techniques rooted in the current crisis. Day-to-day consumer transaction behavior is significantly different than what it was pre-pandemic.<\/p>\n

You could make major changes to models or your infrastructure to accommodate consumer behavior changes. Still, I’d advise against such drastic measures because the data that you’re using is in an artificial period.<\/p>\n

Instead of making significant changes, double down or start to identify early fraud pattern indicators so you can block fraud in the coming recovery.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”3″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_visibility=”yes” mobile_width=”0″ width=”2\/12″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”2″ top_padding=”1″ bottom_padding=”2″ overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″][vc_column width=”1\/1″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”3″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_visibility=”yes” mobile_width=”0″ width=”2\/12″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”8\/12″][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”761594″]<\/p>\n

How to protect your customers from fraud<\/h2>\n

Protect vulnerable digital users<\/h3>\n

Municipal lockdowns and social distancing have forced many traditional customers to become digital customers. And customers who usually just look at their accounts online, whom I refer to as digital views, are now forced to transact online.<\/p>\n

Most of this new digital customer base doesn’t trust online banking, yet they’re particularly vulnerable to fraud schemes. They’re going to need extra support making this transition. The strategies for determining who this population is can include:<\/p>\n