Written by Liz Parks for STORES Magazine
When e-commerce merchants try to manage their own fraud protection, they can invest substantial time and effort striving to make the right transaction decisions on their own. As they do, they risk significant losses from fraudulent orders or through “false positives” that mistakenly flag legitimate orders. According to the 2016 LexisNexis True Cost of Fraud Study, and average $2.40 per transaction is lost to online fraud. Although high-volume online retailers can use very sophisticated and expensive fraud protection programs, that has not historically been the case for lower volume online merchants with more limited financial resources.
