I Don't Know What Happened, I Never Got It! The Growth of Refund Abuse and How to Protect Against It

Fraud

Management/mitigation

Friendly Fraud

Accertify and Dick's Sporting Goods

Oct 07, 2021

Presentations

As the problem of refund fraud continues to grow, more merchants are realizing the sooner they can address the issue, the better. This insightful session features industry experts from Accertify and Dick's Sporting Goods highlighting tangible steps merchants can take to combat refund fraud, including dynamic, real-time technologies that can differentiable between trusted consumers and bad actors.

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