MRC News

Key ecommerce and payments trends in 2023 – interview with MRC on the takeaways from the Global Fraud and Payments Report 2023

Tracy Brown, VP of Programs and Technology, MRC: ‘We see phishing being reported as a top attack, followed by first-party misuse, card testing, and identity theft depending on the region.’

MRC, fraud management, fraud prevention, ecommerce, online payments, first-party misuse, friendly fraud, identity theft, merchants, payments orchestration

Visa and MRC release joint webinar about fight against friendly fraud

MRC and Visa have planned to explore Visa’s evidence updates and related efforts in the battle against first-party misuse.

MRC, Visa, friendly fraud, merchant

Why merchants should care about the German Fair Consumer Contracts Act

Úna Dillon, VP Global Expansion & Advocacy at MRC, discusses a new regulation from Germany that regards subscription-based businesses and their further measures to meet compliance 

ecommerce, subscription commerce, regulation, MRC

Payments and fintech industry events to attend in 2022

Going through our third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, several events in the payments industry are reopening their doors for offline meetings, so let’s take a look at the most important ones so far.

MRC, ecommerce, Open Banking, PSD2, online fraud, fraud detection

Global fraud trends, COVID-19, and the importance of collaboration

Tracy Kobeda Brown, VP at Merchant Risk Council, talks about a shift in global fraud patterns as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and emphasises on the importance of worldwide collaboration to optimise fraud mitigation practices

fraud management, fraud detection, online fraud, MRC, fraud prevention

75 percent of merchants report increases in fraud rates after the pandemic, Cybersource, MRC survey

Ecommerce credit card payments system Cybersource (a Visa solution) and The Merchant Risk Council (MRC) have released the annual Global Fraud Survey.

Cybersource, Visa, MRC, fraud detection, fraud prevention, survey

MRC PSD2/SCA Summit 2021 – Where are we now?

Úna Dillon, VP Global Expansion and Member Advocacy at MRC, elaborates on the topic of PSD2 SCA, focusing on the challenges and learning points encountered so far after its enforcement

MRC, PSD2, SCA, exemption strategies, regulation, merchants

Latest trends in emerging payments and securing transactions – notes from MRC Virtual

fraud prevention, BNPL, account-to-account payment, fraud management, MRC, merchants

Bringing ecommerce professionals together during a time of industry transition – MRC Virtual Conference 2021

Julie Fergerson, MRC, COVID-19, ecommerce, merchants

The MRC's on-demand education platform receives CPE Accreditation

MRC, fraud prevention, fraud management, chargebacks

To be (domestic) or not to be (domestic), that is the cross-border question

Julie Fergerson from MRC discusses the details of why merchants should measure cross-border transaction activity in order to avoid the risk of missing out on potential revenue

MRC, Julie Fergerson, cross-border payments, payment acceptance rate, domestic transactions, cross-border transactions, domestic payment, payment options

Virtual payments industry events to attend in 2021

Until we can enjoy a post-pandemic era, the knowledge sharing and networking in the payments industry will happen online, so we have outlined several virtual events worth attending this year.

events, MPE, MRC, MoneyLIVE, Paris Fintech Forum, Money20/20, Spreedly, digital payments, fintech

MRC advocates extension as SCA enforcement deadline approaches

MRC, 3D Securre, EMV, merchants, SCA, PSD2, ecommerce, authentication, security

MRC has strong focus on advocacy and e-learning in fraud prevention and payments industry

The MRC has expanded its mission by including a greater focus on advocacy and e-learning in fraud prevention and payments industry.  

MRC, fraud prevention, friendly fraud, Rapid EDU, chargebacks, SCA, merchants

A concise scan of the key payments and ecommerce trends and challenges – MRC Virtual Conference 2020 sneak peek

Julie Fergerson, MRC, MRC Virtual Conference, ecommerce, fraud prevention, COVID-19, merchants, card networks, digital payments, CNP, ecommerce payments, SCA, Visa, MasterCard

Visa to extend CNP Unsecure Fraud Dispute Fee to include card-on-file transactions

Visa has announced that effective the 1^st of October 2020 it will extend the card-not-present (CNP) Unsecure Fraud Dispute Fee to include card-on-file transactions in Europe.

Visa, chargebacks, fraud dispute fee, merchants, MRC, card-on-file, ecommerce

Developments in biometric authentication and biometric cards

Úna Dillon, Managing Director at MRC Europe, elaborates on the key developments in biometric authentication and biometric cards

Úna Dillon, MRC, Europe, biometric authentication, biometric cards, biometrics, retailers, UX, fraud, chargebacks, ecommerce, checkout, electronic payments, cardholder, CDCVM, mobile payments, ApplePay, Samsung Pay, Visa Checkout, mobile commerce, contactless card payments, onboarding process

'Merchants are referring to the current paradigm as a new peak, focusing on what they need to do to "Keep the Peak"' – Exclusive interview with Julie Fergerson, CEO of MRC

Julie Fergerson, CEO of MRC, discusses the current payments state of play, its challenges and future prospects, along with an exclusive insight into the Merchant Risk Council’s growth strategies

Julie Fergerson, MRC, Merchants Risk Council, ecommerce, merchants, fraud prevention, retail, payments , payments processing, Europe, PSP, US, RapidEDU, SCA, COVID-19

Mobile payments: where smartphone meets wallet

Markus Bergthaler of Merchant Risk Council reviews the current state of affairs in mobile payments, revealing the benefits of e-wallets and their contribution to the financial evolution

mobile payments, e-wallets, MRC, payment method, NFC