Fraud detection

Fraud detection means spotting suspicious activity before it costs you money. For a small online store, that's orders paid with stolen cards, which turn into chargebacks weeks later. For an agency or charity, it's often fake invoices or emails pretending to be a supplier with new bank details. Payment tools like Stripe, Shopify Payments, and Square already score each payment for fraud risk and flag the odd ones. Turn those features on and read the alerts. AI can also help by reading incoming invoices and flagging changed bank details or unusual amounts. No tool catches everything. The simplest protection still works best, which is calling the supplier on a known number before paying changed bank details.