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Merchant Fraud in 2026: Seven Real Patterns & How Practitioners Catch Them

June 18, 14:00-15:00 EST

As fraud tactics evolve faster than ever, many of today’s highest-risk merchants still appear legitimate at onboarding. Join practitioners from the acquiring landscape as they unpack real fraud cases and the signals teams use to catch them before losses escalate.

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Meet the Speakers

Robert Ellenhorn
Risk Expert
Joe Palombo
VP Payments Risk
Evan Canavan
VP Risk Management

Join industry practitioners as they unpack real acquiring and PayFac fraud cases, revealing how modern schemes operate and the signals that exposed them.

Attendees will learn:
How fraud syndicates use AI and synthetic identities to outpace traditional controls
  • Why high-risk merchants appear legitimate at onboarding and reveal risk later in the lifecycle
  • The patterns behind hidden aggregators, ghost merchants, logistics clustering, and negative-option scams
  • How leading risk teams investigate fraud at the network level, not merchant by merchant
  • Which operational signals flag emerging fraud before losses escalate
  • What modern merchant risk programs do differently to stay ahead of evolving tactics
The session features four case studies, practitioner insights from the field, and a live discussion on how acquiring and PayFac teams are rethinking fraud detection in 2026.