Research and Report
Cifas
Fraudscape 2026
(April ’26)
Fighting Fraud and Financial Crime Together.
Pioneering intelligence, analysis and statistics to illuminate the fraud and financial crime landscape, and direct our shared strategic response to the threats.
Cybersource
2026 Global Ecommerce Payments and Fraud Report
(May ’26)
Each year, Cybersource and the Merchant Risk Council join forces to release the highly anticipated Global Fraud and Payments Report. Based on extensive research in key markets, this online fraud report offers valuable insight into the latest trends in payments technology and fraud.
GASA
State of Scams in the USA
(Jun ’26)
This study of 3,110 U.S. adults shows that scam exposure remains widespread, with 82% of participants encountering a scam in the past year. While 86% say they are confident in recognizing scams, 43% still interacted with a scammer (56% of those exposed). Ultimately, 9% experienced financial or data loss, with only 4% reporting the incident to authorities. Among victims, the impact extends beyond financial harm, with 59% reporting effects on their mental wellbeing, and more than half experiencing repeat scams.
Inscribe
2026 Document Fraud Report
(Jan ’26)
Document fraud has been around for centuries, but the methods used to create fraudulent documents have become more sophisticated over time. At Inscribe, we're processing millions of documents each month — which makes it possible for us to uncover new trends in how fraudsters are evolving their document manipulation techniques.
LexisNexis
Global State of Fraud 2026
(Jan ’26)
In an increasingly complicated world, trust is the foundation of every confident business decision. Yet, establishing trust is increasingly challenging. First-party fraud is surging, the dark web has become a thriving marketplace for criminal activity and the complexity of digital identities is escalating. Meanwhile, the battle between “good” and “bad” AI is intensifying, with both sides racing to outpace the other.
Nasdaq Verafin
2026 Global Financial Crime Report
(March ’26)
Financial crime has entered a new era defined by AI-powered threats, industrialized fraud, and criminal networks operating with the scale and coordination of multinational corporations.
Persona
2026 H1 selfie fraud report
(Aug ’26)
Persona analyzed over 27 million fraudulent selfies to understand how fraudsters are attacking selfie verification flows and found that the vast majority of attempts were relatively simple presentation attacks. And even within the more complex injection attacks, bad actors were more likely to inject videos of real people than AI selfies.