Main payment methods for fraud according to e-merchants worldwide 2021

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Stephanie Chevalier,
Nov 9, 2024
Debit cards, credit cards, and PayPal were the payment methods e-commerce merchants worldwide saw the most fraud. In contrast, less than a quarter of online merchants cited digital wallet services, Apple Pay and Google Pay, as the most fraudulent.

Leading payment methods for fraud according to online merchants worldwide in 2021

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Release date

March 2023

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2022

Number of respondents

1,900 global fraud professionals*

Supplementary notes

* Participants work for online merchant businesses with more than 50 million U.S. dollars in annual revenue.

The survey was conducted in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Spain, France, Italy, UK and Ireland, Germany, and Australia.

Respondents were asked for the top three payment methods in which they saw the most fraud.

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