The battle for trust: The billion-dollar reality of APP scams
Authorized push payment (APP) scams are appearing across all markets, preying on people’s emotions and eroding the trust built by institutions.
2025 auto lending trends: Mobile payments and self-service revolutionize customer experiences
The ACI Speedpay® Pulse survey confirms long-standing consumer trends toward mobile payments adoption and related self-service experiences.
Maximizing the potential of eCommerce plugins
Why fast-tracking payments for eCommerce platforms a gamechanger for payment service providers and merchants
How Click to Pay turns seamless payments into a competitive advantage
The evolution of eCommerce has been a story of balancing simplicity and security. As consumers increasingly demand fast, frictionless payment options, merchants must keep pace or risk cart abandonment and missed sales opportunities.
Seven days, seven essential tips for fraud week
On this page During International Fraud Awareness Week, ACI experts share their insights into the latest threats and sophisticated fraudulent activities so you can enhance your payment systems with intelligent solutions that tackle these challenges while maximizing revenue.
The need to democratize AI
The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) has brought about significant advancements across various sectors, including fraud. New and more complex cybersecurity threats have emerged, leading to phishing, vishing, account takeovers (ATO), synthetic identity fraud, and more.
Unboxing holiday trends: ACI’s insights on payments and fraud for the golden quarter
As the holiday season approaches, merchants are busy dusting off their payment strategies to prepare for the annual sales surge. ACI’s latest holiday report, Unwrapping Checkout Trends, provides crucial insights that should have merchants rethinking their priorities – especially regarding intelligent payments and fraud orchestration. Here’s a quick snapshot of the findings.
A call for urgency: The payment industry’s compounding complexity conundrum
The payments industry is transforming at breakneck speed, from the emergence of new payment types to the increasing utilization of innovative technologies. These changes are causing a rise in complexity when managing payment operations. This compounding complexity is now reaching a fevered pitch, so much so that industry analyst firms are calling for immediate action and are looking at new pathways to address increasing market demands.
The evolution of payments: When size, speed, and change collide
The payments industry is the largest interconnected complex business on the planet. We can validate that statement in a myriad of ways – the sheer number of people and businesses transacting, the number of transactions themselves, or the total dollar value of those transactions, which are expected to exceed $3.
The payment industry has three Rs: Rules, requirements, and regulations
Every child entering primary school learns about the three Rs: reading, writing, and arithmetic. All three are essential for survival in society. The payments market has its own set of three Rs: rules, requirements, and regulations.
Fraudsters are developing sophisticated scams in the utility sector
Digital payments fraud in the utility sector is a growing concern. The shift from traditional paper checks to digital payments within the industry has opened new avenues for fraud1.
The invisible synthetic identity heist
In the digital marketplace, convenience is king. Consumers expect seamless transactions, often unaware of the intricate security measures that protect their identities and finances. Behind the scenes, merchants combat fraudulent activities tirelessly to safeguard their customers and their reputations.
