As we make more cashless payments for retail purchases, restaurants, and transportation – not to mention the increase in online shopping – wallets loaded with legal tender may become a thing of the past. According to 2018 research by BigCommerce, software vendor and Square payment processing solution provider, 51 percent of Americans think that online shopping is the best option. Last year, 1.66 billion people worldwide bought goods online. And the number of digital buyers is expected to exceed 2.14 billion.
Unfortunately, growing sales may mean not only greater revenue but also bigger losses due to fraud. For instance, 63 percent of businesses that participated in the 2018 Global Fraud and Identity Report by Experian claim to have the same or higher levels of such losses over the last year.
Originally posted on Altexsoft.com. Read the article here.
