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Mastercard's new GMAP and revised QMAP add to its scam monitoring rules. Here's what high-risk merchants should ask their processor now.

Banks are declining AI startups outright — not for fraud, but because nobody can predict what the product will do. Here's the underwriting problem.

Crowdfunding looks easy to underwrite — until adverse media and campaign-level fraud risk enter the picture. Here's why processors hesitate.

Mastercard's revised scam merchant monitoring rules take effect July 24, 2026. Here's what merchants need to know about triggers and thresholds.

Adult subscription platforms see some of the highest VAMP ratios of any vertical. Here's the mechanism and the fixes that actually work.

25+ US states and France now require age verification before adult content loads. See what merchants need for compliance — and what happens if you don't.