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Selling Steroids and SARMs Online: Risks for Payment Providers and Marketplaces

It’s a well-known practice for bodybuilders and athletes to illegally use...

Merchant risk 5 min read

Why Merchant Risk Depends on Context, Not Labels

Merchant risk is becoming harder to assess because the riskiest part of a...

Bankruptcy risk 4 min read

Bankruptcy Risk Outlook: 2025 Analysis, 2026 Trends

As the economic landscape continues to weather unprecedented disruptions,...

Bankruptcy risk 2 min read

Strategies to Streamline Your Bankruptcy Management and Cut Inefficiencies

Bankruptcy management is notorious for heavy paperwork and manual processes....

Identity verification 2 min read

How to Provide Effective Digital Cross-Border Compliance

Digital cross-border compliance is crucial for regulated companies operating in...

Merchant risk 2 min read

The Inner Workings of G2 Risk Solutions’ AI-enhanced Global Onboarding

Payment providers need comprehensive information about each merchant to make...

VISA VARS Policy 2 min read

Visa Integrity Risk Program: European Pricing Changes

Acquiring banks across Europe are now navigating significant changes under...

Identity verification 4 min read

Protect Your Business from AI-Generated Fake Documents

Today, the intersection of artificial intelligence and security has become a...

Identity verification 3 min read

How Denmark Uses MitID to Enforce Age Limits

The Danish government launched a comprehensive plan to reduce nicotine,...

Merchant risk 4 min read

CPNs: A Crime, Not a Clean Slate

In the US, maintaining a good credit score is crucial for financial stability....

Merchant risk 2 min read

Mastercard’s New Merchant Monitoring Requirements

Mastercard’s new Merchant Monitoring Program (MMP) requirements will take...

Identity verification 4 min read

Simplify Customer Onboarding for Financial Services

Money is a sensitive subject, and new customers often approach banks with...

Identity verification 3 min read

Why Businesses Must Invest in an Identity Verification in 2025

Accurately verifying an individual’s identity has become a top priority for...

Merchant risk 3 min read

Innovations Driving Change in Africa’s Payment Sector

Africa is the second-largest continent by area and population; its population...

Merchant risk 3 min read

How to Detect Transaction Launderers Using Your Bank’s Brand

Illegal transactions often go unnoticed in the digital payment world because of...

Merchant risk 2 min read

Safeguard Your Portfolio Against Fake Celebrity Endorsement Scams

What do Taylor Swift, Anderson Cooper, Elon Musk, Kelly Clarkson, and the...

Merchant risk 4 min read

Illicit IPTV: Small Screen, Big Risks

What is IPTV? Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) refers to the delivery of...

Identity verification 4 min read

What is Digital Identity Verification and How Does It Work in 2025?

In 1960, the first computer password was introduced. It was a simple yet...

Merchant risk 2 min read

5 Ways PSPs Can Evaluate Risk Providers

We get it. Choosing the right vendor is challenging. When handling something as...

Merchant risk 5 min read

E-Whoring & Fraud Risks: Payment Industry Merchant Monitoring

With the advancement of AI, social media and payment technology the world is...

Merchant risk 3 min read

Accelerate Merchant Onboarding and Mitigate Risk with Compass Score®

Lengthy onboarding processes are a particular headache for merchants, with...

VISA VARS Policy 4 min read

The Role of Web Crawling in Merchant Risk

In recent years, “web crawling” has emerged as a buzzword in compliance and...

Merchant risk 2 min read

3 Key Merchant Solution Integration Benefits

Exchanging money virtually requires checks and balances. Many merchants use...

Identity verification 2 min read

Benefits of Choosing a Certified MitID Broker for Your Business

Our Swedish subsidiary has been a certified MitID broker since 2021, delivering...

Bankruptcy risk 2 min read

10 Warning Signs You Might Be Heading Toward Bankruptcy

Bankruptcy might not be the first risk that comes to mind when thinking of...

Merchant risk 5 min read

Top 10 Merchant Risk Insights to Watch in 2025

As we enter 2025, the payments risk landscape continues to evolve at a...

Identity verification 6 min read

KYC Requirements for iGaming in Brazil 2025

With a population exceeding 210 million, Brazil is the largest country in South...

Bankruptcy risk 2 min read

US Bankruptcy Filings Soared in 2024. What’s Next for 2025?

Over the past year, we’ve combed through our bankruptcy data to show bankruptcy...

Merchant risk 1 min read

The Impact of Customer Service Quality on Payment Providers’ Merchant Risk

Customers seldom contact customer service to give praise. Usually, they need...

Merchant risk 4 min read

Understanding the Risk of Transaction Laundering

In 2023, over $3.1 trillion in illicit funds flowed through the global...

Merchant risk 1 min read

Card Brands are Cracking Down on Problematic Peptide Merchants

G2 Risk Solutions has seen an increase in card brand assessments for “peptide”...

Merchant risk 1 min read

Choose a Merchant Risk Provider Who Believes In Your Business and Is There to Help

When selecting a merchant monitoring service provider (MMSP) to manage your...

Identity verification 4 min read

The 2025 Guide to KYC in Mexico

With 131.7 million inhabitants in 2025, Mexico is Latin America’s...

Merchant risk 2 min read

Legal Restrictions on Adult Toy Sales

The payments industry is well aware of high-risk categories such as...

Merchant risk 2 min read

How Tainted Supplements Threaten Your Portfolio

Are sketchy dietary supplements tainting your merchant portfolio? If your...

Digital commerce risk 4 min read

Mitigating the Risks Associated with Offering OEM Products

An original equipment manufacturer (OEM) is a company that manufactures...

Merchant risk 2 min read

Future-Proofing Your Payments Business with Effective Change Detection

Merchant acquiring and e-commerce as an industry are fraught with risk—but not...

Merchant risk 2 min read

How to Spot a Fake Dating Site

In risk management, it’s crucial to look beneath the surface of seemingly...

Merchant risk 2 min read

Future-proofing Your Payments Business Against Reputational Damage

To fully understand merchant portfolio risk, payment providers need to look...

Merchant risk 2 min read

Future-proofing Your Payments Business Through Accurate MCCs

The world of merchant acquiring thrives on calculated risks, but all too often,...

Merchant risk 6 min read

Navigating the Cognitive Frontier: Nootropics and Payments Risk

Does your portfolio include merchants who peddle “nootropic” supplements? If...

Merchant risk 5 min read

Designer Benzodiazepines and Related Substances

In recent years, there has been a dramatic increase in the online sales of...

Merchant risk 1 min read

Unmasking Deepfakes

With the current boom in AI-generated content, the risk management world faces...

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Prescription Drugs: Navigating the Pitfalls for Payment Providers

Merchants that sell prescription drugs or wholesale pharmaceuticals are...

Merchant risk 9 min read

Stopping Online Hate & Harm

Since the Capitol breach on January 6, 2021, multiple federal prosecutions of...

Merchant risk 3 min read

Mastercard Introduces New Risk-Based License Fee in Europe

Effective 2023, Mastercard introduced a risk-based license fee in Europe, aimed...

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Visa Replaces Global Brand Protection Program

Effective 1 May 2023, Visa introduced the Visa Integrity Risk Program (VIRP) to...

Merchant risk 3 min read

The UK Passes Online Safety Bill

A groundbreaking and comprehensive new bill aimed at protecting children and...

Merchant risk 3 min read

3 Steps to Effective Sanctions Compliance

Sanctions are intended to punish high-risk individuals or entities by...

Merchant risk 3 min read

7 Types of Financial Crime

Financial crime has advanced rapidly with the evolution of digital technology....

Merchant risk 3 min read

Risk isn’t One Size Fits All

As financial crime schemes and tactics evolve rapidly, the ability for payment...

Merchant risk 2 min read

The ROI of Merchant Retention

A recent article in PYMNTS pointed out, “The payments ecosystem spends 99% of...

Digital commerce risk 3 min read

Regulatory Update: INFORM Consumers Act

The INFORM Consumers Act was included in the 2023 omnibus spending bill passed...

Merchant risk 4 min read

Regulators Zone in on Digital Assets

In November 2022, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange platforms...

Identity verification 3 min read

KYC’s Role in Reshaping Africa’s Mobile Money Industry

The mobile money industry in Africa is more popular and more successful than...

Digital commerce risk 4 min read

Counterfeiting vs. IP Infringement: Understanding the Difference

To protect the brands that sell on their sites, marketplaces – as well as the...

Merchant risk 2 min read

The Risky Business of Binary Options

If it sounds too good to be “two”... it's probably a binary option. The...

Merchant risk 2 min read

Merchant-Based Carding – An Emerging Threat

Carders have been operating since the 1980s, using a variety of methods to...

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