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Javelin explores and analyzes how financial institutions can get ahead of criminals using technology, training and education. Our insights guide financial institutions to devise effective strategies to safeguard their data, systems and customers through two specialized practices – Fraud Management and Cybersecurity.
Mitigate Security Threats and Keep Accounts and Identities Safe
Criminals’ tactics are always changing. So is the technology that can help head them off. Javelin’s analysis can help keep financial institutions—and thus their customers—a step ahead. Further, Javelin can help you position your customers as partners in protecting their own information from would-be thieves.
Recent Fraud and Security Research
Reports
The Future of Cardholder Verification Methods
- Javelin Report
- Date: August 19, 2016
- Author(s): Test Test, Kyle Marchini
- Research Topic(s): Fraud Management, Fraud & Security
As EMV liability shift deadlines come and go, opportunities will remain to further mitigate fraud and improve the cardholder experience. Consumer expectations shaped by mobile proximity payments, the evolving in-store checkout experience, and th...
2016 Data Breach Fraud Impact Report
- Javelin Report
- Date: June 9, 2016
- Author(s): Test Test, Kyle Marchini
- Research Topic(s): Fraud Management, Cybersecurity, Fraud & Security
2015 was a diverse year for breaches. Data theft from government agencies, healthcare providers, financial institutions, telecoms, retailers, and social networks proved that no industry is immune from attack. Many of these breaches exposed infor...
2016 Identity Protection Services Scorecard
- Javelin Report
- Date: June 1, 2016
- Author(s): Test Test, Kyle Marchini
- Research Topic(s): Fraud Management, Fraud & Security
Javelin’s ninth annual Identity Protection Services Scorecard examines the health of the identity protection industry as it continues to grow rapidly and expand into new partnership areas.
Mitigating Application Fraud from Synthetic Identities
- Whitepaper
- Date: April 20, 2016
- Author(s): Test Test
- Research Topic(s): Fraud Management, Fraud & Security
This whitepaper, sponsored by ID Analytics, explores the challenges that FIs and issuers face against a rising tide of application fraud and how the sharing of intelligence offers long-awaited hope in detecting the synthetic identities that make...
Mobile Wallet Fraud Mitigation
- Javelin Report
- Date: March 30, 2016
- Author(s): Test Test, Kyle Marchini
- Research Topic(s): Fraud Management, Fraud & Security
When early cases of Apple Pay fraud garnered media attention, FIs and issuers were forced to confront the menacing specter of a new financial product they did not completely control: mobile wallets. Not only did they face fresh competition from ...
2016 Identity Fraud: Fraud Hits an Inflection Point
- Javelin Report
- Date: February 2, 2016
- Author(s): Test Test, Kyle Marchini, Sarah Miller
- Research Topic(s): Fraud Management, Fraud & Security
On its face, fraud in 2015 appears not to have changed substantially. The total number of victims remained steady at 13.1 million, and the total fraud amount fell slightly to $15 billion. However, that stability masks major changes in fraud in t...
10th Annual Credit Card Issuer Identity Safety Scorecard
- Javelin Report
- Date: January 14, 2016
- Author(s): Test Test, Kyle Marchini, Sarah Miller
- Research Topic(s): Fraud Management, Fraud & Security
Javelin’s 10th Annual Credit Card Issuers’ Identity Safety Scorecard analyzes the customer-facing security features of 20 of the nation’s top credit card issuers – providing timely and actionable benchmarking tailored to current and impending fr...
Announcing Javelin’s 2016 Consumer Identity Safety Leaders
- Javelin Awards
- Date: January 14, 2016
- Author(s): Test Test, Kyle Marchini
- Research Topic(s): Fraud Management, Fraud & Security
Javelin’s 2016 Consumer Identity Safety Leaders is the definitive view of the companies providing identity safety features to mitigate fraud risks for customers. Javelin evaluated the top 20 U.S. credit card issuers. We specifically examin...
2016 Trends in Banking and Payments
- Javelin Report
- Date: January 6, 2016
- Author(s): Test Test, Mark Schwanhausser, Michael Moeser, Daniel Van Dyke
- Research Topic(s): Fraud Management, Mobile & Online Banking, Digital Strategy & Experience, Tech & Infrastructure, Small Business, Digital Banking, Fraud & Security
The financial services market has seen considerable disruption and changing customer expectations in the past year. Javelin has been tracking trends. Our analyst team has considered all of the potential trends that will shape and drive opp...
The Evolution of Tokenization in a Mobile Payments Environment
- Javelin Report
- Date: December 8, 2015
- Author(s): Test Test
- Research Topic(s): Fraud Management, Fraud & Security
The introduction of mobile payments catalyzed renewed interest in tokenization as a means of protecting payment information, but many stakeholders vie for control over how this solution will be implemented. This report covers the differences bet...