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Fraud Intelligence, Explained

Practical guides, product updates, and deep-dives on fraud prevention for modern merchants.

How to Reduce Chargebacks on Shopify (2026 Guide)

A practical 2026 guide for Shopify merchants: understand why chargebacks happen, tune Shopify Protect rules using your own data, and reduce disputes without increasing false declines.

FraudPulse Team

July 13, 2026

Insights4 min read

Should you build your own fraud system or buy a solution?

When chargebacks rise and approval rates drop, the default reaction is to find a tool. But the right answer depends on what you should control versus what you can delegate — and most teams land somewhere in between.

FraudPulse Team

July 9, 2026

Guide5 min read

How to audit your fraud acts in ~30 minutes. Here's how I usually approach it.

A practical 7-step framework to audit your fraud rules in about 30 minutes — map what you have, check impact, find overlap, review false positives, and identify what to remove, adjust, or rebuild.

FraudPulse Team

July 8, 2026

Product4 min read

FraudPulse Doesn't Replace Stripe Radar or Shopify Protect. Here's What It Does Instead.

One of the biggest misconceptions we hear is that FraudPulse replaces fraud consoles such as Stripe Radar or Shopify Protect. It doesn't — and here's why that distinction matters.

FraudPulse Team

July 2, 2026

News4 min read

Visa Reduced the Excessive Merchant Threshold from 2.2% to 1.5% Overnight

On April 1st, Visa reduced the VAMP excessive merchant threshold from 2.20% to 1.50% — a 32% reduction overnight. Here's what it means for how merchants need to think about risk management.

FraudPulse Team

June 30, 2026

Product3 min read

Demonstrating FraudPulse: From Data to Actionable Fraud Insights in Minutes

The idea behind FraudPulse is to make fraud analysis usable from day one — no complex setup, no technical barriers. Here's exactly how it works.

FraudPulse Team

June 25, 2026

Education5 min read

Fraud Trends 2026: Deepfakes, AI Agents, and the Sophistication Shift

Fraud losses are up 25%, deepfake attempts up 94%, and sophisticated fraud up 180%. Here are the five trends shaping how fraud is executed in 2026 — and what merchants need to watch.

FraudPulse Team

June 16, 2026

Insights4 min read

Why is up to 30-90% of fraud often classified as friendly fraud?

As strange as the name sounds, friendly fraud is when a legitimate cardholder disputes a transaction they actually made. Depending on the industry, it can account for 30% to 90% of all fraud cases — and it requires a very different response.

FraudPulse Team

June 7, 2026

Product5 min read

After 12 Years in Fintech, Here's Why We Built FraudPulse

After 12 years across fraud, risk, and data — at Riskified, Melio, and Creednz — one thing became clear: the problem is rarely the system itself. It's how it's understood.

FraudPulse Team

June 2, 2026

Education5 min read

Overfitting: The Most Common Mistake in eCommerce Fraud Prevention

A fraud pattern appears, pressure builds, and teams react fast — but many of those reactions become too specific. Here's why overfitting is quietly undermining fraud systems everywhere.

FraudPulse Team

June 1, 2026

Education5 min read

The Hidden Cost of False Positives in Fraud Systems is Often Larger Than the Fraud Itself

Most fraud teams track fraud that gets through. Almost no one tracks legitimate customers who got blocked, declined, or abandoned checkout after unnecessary friction — and that cost is often bigger.

FraudPulse Team

May 30, 2026

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