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Changes in U.S. Payments Fraud 2012‒2016
Talk About Payments Webinar
November 1, 2018

Federal Reserve Payments Study
Federal Reserve System

CHANGES IN U.S. PAYMENTS
FRAUD FROM 2012 TO 2016
Evidence from the Federal Reserve Payments Study

Views expressed in this presentation are those of the presenters and do not necessarily reflect the
views of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, the Federal Reserve System, or its staff.

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Webinar presenters
Mary Kepler
Senior Vice President, Chief Risk & Compliance Officer
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Geoffrey Gerdes
Principal Economist, Payment System Studies
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Claire Greene
Payments Risk Expert, Retail Payments Risk Forum
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

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Today’s conversation
• Data, environment & scope
• 2012‒15 noncash payments fraud
• Rates
• Distribution by type
• 2015‒16 card fraud
• PIN use and fraud
• Methods of fraud
• Mix by debit and credit
• Mix by location
• Mix by chip and no-chip

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Just a taste: Key findings
2012‒15

Rates of payments fraud, number & value, increase
Card fraud by value increases
• <2/10 of 1 percent of card payments
• Increased from ≈ 2/3 to >3/4 of all
ACH fraud rates stable
Check fraud, value & rate, declines

2015‒16

Rate of card fraud by value stable
In-person counterfeit card fraud declines
Remote card fraud increases
Credit card fraud rates remained higher than debit rates

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FRAMEWORK
A framework for looking at noncash payments fraud

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Why study payments fraud?
• Payments are vital to

U.S. economy

Prevent

• Measurement aids

understanding

Detect

• Data informs efforts to

improve infrastructure
•

Mitigate

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Federal Reserve Payments Study
Estimates of total number and value of all U.S. noncash payments
Noncash payment
instruments
Cards
• Credit
• Non-prepaid debit
• Prepaid debit
ACH
• Originated
• Received
Checks
Wires

Economic actors
• Government
• Business
• Consumer

Respondents
•
•
•
•

Banks
Savings institutions
Credit unions
Card
• Networks
• Processors
• Issuers

Reports & Data: https://www.federalreserve.gov/paymentsystems/fr-payments-study.htm

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Third-party payments fraud defined
Paying bank perspective

Depositing
customer charged

Returned

Gross Fraud

Courtesy write-off

Recovered from
3rd party

Cleared &
Settled 3rd
party

Accountholder
charged

Cleared, not
settled
Not returned

Courtesy write-off

Recovered from
3rd party
Source: Federal Reserve Payments Study.

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2012–2015 NONCASH
PAYMENTS FRAUD
Depository institution survey

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Fraud increased by value & number
8.3

61.7

6.1

31.4

2012

2015
Value ($ Billions)

2012

2015

Number (Millions)
Source: Federal Reserve Payments Study.

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Fraud rates increased 2012–15
Payments fraud rates (basis points)
4.38

2.60

0.38

0.46

2012

2015
Value

2012

2015
Number

A basis point is 1/100 of 1 percent. Source: Federal Reserve Payments Study.

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Fraud a small fraction of payments value
• 46¢ for every $10,000

in payments in 2015

Not Fraud 99.9954%

• <1/200 of 1% of all

noncash payments by
value

Fraud 0.0046%
Noncash payments, shares by value, 2015. Source: Federal Reserve Payments Study.

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Most payments fraud is by card
Fraudulent payments
Shares by value, 2015
Checks
8.6%

ACH
14.0%
ATM, 4.3%

Debit
cards
26.6%
Value share of payments fraud 0.0046%

• Card fraud by value: 77.5%
• Card fraud by number: 97.8%

Credit
cards
46.7%

Card
>75%

Source: Federal Reserve Payments Study.

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Card fraud rates exceed ACH, check
10.80

6.07

Cards

0.08

0.25

ACH

Check

Value

Cards

0.33

0.32

ACH

Check

Number

Rates of fraud 2015 (basis points). Note: A basis point is 1/100 of 1 percent. Source: Federal Reserve Payments Study.

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Of cards, credit fraud rates highest,
increased most rapidly
Rate of payments fraud from credit card payments, debit card payments, and ATM
withdrawals, by value, 2012 and 2015 (basis points)

13.88

9.97

9.17
7.20
4.65

3.73

Credit cards Debit cards
2012

ATM
Credit cards Debit cards
ATM
withdrawals
withdrawals
2015

Rates of fraud by value (basis points). Note: A basis point is 1/100 of 1 percent. Source: Federal Reserve Payments Study.

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ACH rates low and (relatively) stable
0.89

0.59
0.48

0.13

0.14

0.12

0.05

0.05

ACH credit
transfers

ACH debit
transfers

ACH credit
transfers

2012

ACH debit
transfers
2015

Value

Number

Rates of fraud (basis points). Note: A basis point is 1/100 of 1 percent. Source: Federal Reserve Payments Study.

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CNP more prone to fraud
Fraudulent
Value

40%

Non-fraudulent

30%

Fraudulent
Number

45%

Non-fraudulent

17%

Card-not-present

Card-present

Distribution of fraudulent and non-fraudulent card-present and card-not-present payments, 2015.
Source: Federal Reserve Payments Study.

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PIN helps protect against fraud
17%

Value

Fraudulent

Non-fraudulent

12%

Number

Fraudulent

39%

Non-fraudulent

33%

PIN

No PIN

Distribution of fraudulent and non-fraudulent card-present payments, 2015. Source: Federal Reserve Payments Study.

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2015–2016 CARD
PAYMENTS FRAUD
Card network survey

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Card fraud methods realign, 2015‒16
• By value
• Counterfeit most
common in 2015
• Account number fraud
most common in 2016

Value of card fraud, 2016
(by industry category, $billions)

Fraudulent use of
account number

3.46

Counterfeit card

2.62

• Counterfeit declined
• Account number fraud

increased

Lost or stolen card

Other

0.81

0.60

Source: Federal Reserve Payments Study.

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Underlying fraud channel mix alters
In-person fraud $ rate decreased

Remote fraud $ rate increased
18.71
15.45

12.17
9.34

2015

2016

2015

2016

Rates of fraud (basis points). Note: A basis point is 1/100 of 1 percent. Source: Federal Reserve Payments Study.

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Sharp increase in chip use at POS
2016
Value

27%

2015

3%

2016
Number

19%

2015

2%

Chip

No Chip
Source: Federal Reserve Payments Study.

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Remote card channel increasingly popular
overall—especially for payments fraud
2015–16 percentage change in value, remote
card payments
34.6%

11.1%

All remote

Fraudulent remote
Source: Federal Reserve Payments Study.

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DISCUSSION
Questions & comments

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Questions & Discussion
Ask a Question
• Click the “Ask Question” button in the webinar tool
• Email rapid@stls.frb.org

Reports & Data
https://www.federalreserve.gov/paymentsystems/frpayments-study.htm

For more information
Nancy.Donahue@atl.frb.org

Resources
• Federal Reserve Payments Study
• Survey of Consumer Payment Choice
• Diary of Consumer Payment Choice
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Survey of Consumer Finances
Survey of Household Economics and Decisionmaking
Survey of Consumer Expectations
Consumers & Mobile Financial Services

• Blog: Take On Payments every Monday
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