Ecommerce Industry News
Amazon has issued several warnings about scams that target online sellers, indicating it’s taking the problems seriously and wants its third-party sellers to do the same. The warnings issued to sellers, all published this month, […]
Around 100 Amazon merchants were victim to a six-month hack in 2018, according to Bloomberg, which said an “extensive” fraud let thieves steal cash from the merchants’ accounts. But rather than its own system being […]
An online seller was indicted for fraud involving shipping insurance claims and was arrested. According to the US Attorney’s Office, the indictment alleges that the man filed false insurance claims with the Parcel Insurance Plan […]
The Western Union Company (Western Union), a global money services business headquartered in Englewood, Colorado, has agreed to forfeit $586 million and enter into agreements with the Federal Trade Commission, the Justice Department, and the […]
Tom Brennan published the following post on Alibaba’s Alizila.com corporate blog: Alibaba Group has announced a new alliance with international brands including Louis Vuitton, Samsung and Mars that will leverage big data and the latest […]
According to data by Radial, cross-border ecommerce is proven to be much more susceptible to fraud than domestic ecommerce. The data, which covers over 100 clients in eight different verticals and over 100 million transactions, […]
As ecommerce continues to expand, online payment security is a top concern for merchants and consumers, according to a new report from American Express. The 2016 American Express Digital Payments Security Survey (PDF format) found that 70% […]
A sports fan is short for sports fanatic, a truism for the more ardent supporters of the myriad pro and other organized teams in the sporting world. Many fans want a part of their sports […]
This story from the Delaware State News is cause for concern – hopefully it’s not the beginning of a trend. A woman noticed her mail stopped arriving – turns out someone filed a change of […]
A 30-year-old man was charged with eBay fraud over the alleged sale of phony autographed baseball cards, and authorities believe he had help from his 61-year-old mother. The pair are accused of being the masterminds […]