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

Fraud syndicates now use AI and synthetic identities to clear traditional controls. This session breaks down the patterns risk teams are seeing and the methods used to catch them before losses hit.

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Meet the Speakers

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

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

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:
  • How fraud syndicates use AI and synthetic identities to get past traditional onboarding and monitoring controls.
  • Why merchants that look legitimate and high-value at signup turn fraudulent later.
  • The patterns behind hidden aggregators, ghost merchants, logistics clustering, and negative-option scams
  • How to run network-level investigations that connect related merchants instead of reviewing them one at a time.
  • Which operational signals flag emerging fraud before losses escalate
  • How to structure a merchant risk program built for the fraud conditions of 2026.
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.