To examine the adequacy of existing efforts to prevent, manage, and mitigate data breaches and other fraud in card-based payment systems, the authors conducted 17 interviews of various payment industry participants in 2009. This article documents the insights gained from the interviews, which...

Despite a statutory definition of identity theft, there is a continuing debate on whether differences among the financial frauds associated with identity theft warrant further distinction and treatment, not only by lenders and financial institutions but also by consumers and regulatory and law...

Consumer confidence in payment card systems has been built up over many decades. Cardholders expect to use their cards to execute payment instructions in a reliable and timely manner. Data breaches that degrade the perceived safety and reliability of payment cards may weaken consumer confidence...

On April 23 and 24, 2008, the Payment Cards Center of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia and the Electronic Funds Transfer Association jointly hosted "Maintaining a Safe Environment for Payment Cards: Examining Evolving Threats Posed by Fraud." The conference included panels representing...

Analyses the factors in Taiwanese credit card fraud, and gives case studies in order to classify the main types of fraud; these include fraudulent use of other people’s cards, credit card applications with forged documents, use of credit cards for illicit financing, looking for authorisation...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss credit card fraud in Trinidad and Tobago. Design/methodology/approach – The paper describes credit card typologies in Trinidad and Tobago and the existing law governing such fraud. It outlines the success and inadequacies of the enforcement...

Purpose – To make readers aware of the pervasiveness of credit card fraud and how it affects credit card companies, merchants and consumers. Design/methodology/approach – A range of recent publications in journals and information from internet web sites provide corroboration and details of...

Purpose – This paper aims to examine the “effectiveness” of the Cyprus police in investigating credit card fraud. Design/methodology/approach – In total, 19 semi‐structured interviews with key criminal justice personnel were undertaken to assess the current capacity of police in...