Fraud & Risk Intelligence
Real-time fraud detection before losses hit P&L
System Operations · Works with any commerce platform
Fraud costs 1-3% of revenue - transaction fraud, account takeovers, promotional abuse, return fraud, payment fraud. Manual review doesn't scale. Rule-based systems create false positives that frustrate legitimate customers. By the time fraud is detected, losses have accumulated.
Fraud & Risk Intelligence uses AI to detect fraud patterns in real-time. Scores risk per transaction, customer, and behaviour pattern. Prevents account takeovers, blocks fraudulent transactions, identifies promotional abuse, detects return fraud. Works with any commerce platform via Bytebard Data Mesh.
Built for operations where fraud prevention directly impacts profitability and customer trust. Reduces fraud losses while minimising false positives that hurt legitimate customers.
What you get
Real-time fraud scoring for every transaction and customer interaction. AI analyses hundreds of signals - device fingerprint, behaviour patterns, order characteristics, payment details, shipping addresses. Detects anomalies humans miss.
Automated fraud prevention blocks high-risk transactions before processing. Manual review queues for medium-risk cases with context and recommendations. Pattern analysis identifies organised fraud rings, promotional abuse, account takeover attempts. Integration with payment processors, identity verification, commerce platforms.
Our customers use Fraud & Risk Intelligence to reduce fraud losses 60-80%, cut false positive rates 70%, and automate 85-90% of fraud decisions that previously required manual review.
Powered by: Insights · AI Assistants · Workflow Orchestration · Bytebard Data Mesh
Core capabilities
Real-Time Transaction Scoring
Scores fraud risk for every transaction in milliseconds. Analyzes device, behavior, order characteristics, payment details, shipping address. Blocks, allows, or queues for review automatically based on risk score.
Account Takeover Prevention
Detects account compromises through login behavior analysis, device recognition, location changes, password reset patterns. Triggers additional authentication or blocks access when takeover suspected.
Promotional Abuse Detection
Identifies customers exploiting promotions: creating multiple accounts, using stolen codes, abusing referral programs, circumventing limits. Prevents promotional fraud before losses accumulate.
Return Fraud Detection
Flags wardrobing (buy, use, return), serial returners, item swapping, false claims. Cross-references with Returns Intelligence System for comprehensive fraud prevention across purchase and return.
Payment Fraud Prevention
Detects stolen cards, card testing, synthetic identity fraud, friendly fraud. Integrates with payment processors for additional verification (3DS, AVS, CVV). Prevents chargebacks.
Fraud Ring Detection
Identifies organised fraud: linked accounts, shared devices, coordinated timing, similar shipping addresses. Detects fraud rings operating across multiple accounts systematically.
Bot & Scraper Detection
Identifies automated traffic: inventory scrapers, account creation bots, credential stuffing, checkout bots. Protects inventory, prevents account abuse, maintains site performance.
Intelligent Review Queue
Routes medium-risk transactions to manual review with full context: risk factors, customer history, similar cases, recommended action. Streamlines fraud analyst workflow, improves decision quality.
How it integrates with your systems
Step 1: Connect via Bytebard Data Mesh
Integrate with commerce platform, payment processor, identity verification services. Historical transaction, fraud, customer behaviour data flows into Fraud & Risk Intelligence.
Step 2: Train AI on Fraud Patterns
AI analyses historical fraud cases, chargebacks, account takeovers, abuse patterns. Builds fraud detection models specific to your business, products, customer base, fraud vectors.
Step 3: Deploy Fraud Prevention
Real-time scoring activates: every transaction, login, account creation scored. High-risk blocked automatically, medium-risk queued for review, low-risk approved. Fraud analysts see prioritised queue with context.
Step 4: Adapt & Improve
AI learns from fraud discoveries, false positives, analyst decisions. Models adapt to new fraud tactics. Detection improves continuously as fraud patterns evolve.
What this solves
Problem
Transaction fraud, account takeovers, promotional abuse, return fraud cost 1-3% of revenue. Manual review can't scale with transaction volume. By the time fraud is caught, losses have accumulated. Chargebacks damage merchant accounts.
Solution
Real-time scoring catches fraud before processing. Pattern detection identifies organised fraud rings. Automated blocking prevents losses. Chargeback prevention protects merchant standing.
Typical impact: Fraud losses down 60-80%, chargeback rate reduced 70%, prevented fraud value 2-5x higher than detection cost
Problem
Rule-based fraud systems block good customers: declined cards, delayed orders, additional verification steps. Customer frustration, abandoned carts, support burden. Lost revenue from legitimate transactions blocked.
Solution
AI distinguishes legitimate high-value orders from fraud. Behavioural analysis confirms customer legitimacy. Fewer false positives mean better customer experience and higher revenue.
Typical impact: False positive rate down 70%, customer complaints down 60%, revenue recovered from legitimate orders previously blocked
Problem
Fraud teams manually review suspicious transactions: checking addresses, googling phone numbers, validating emails. Can't keep up with volume during peak times. Review backlog delays legitimate orders.
Solution
AI handles 85-90% of decisions automatically (clear fraud or clear legitimate). Manual review focuses on ambiguous cases with full context and recommendations. Review time per case drops significantly.
Typical impact: Manual review volume down 85%, review time per case down 60%, fraud team capacity freed for strategic fraud prevention
Works with your existing systems
Fraud & Risk Intelligence integrates with any commerce platform, payment processor, identity verification service via Bytebard Data Mesh.
Compatible commerce platforms
- • Shopify & Shopify Plus
- • Magento (Adobe Commerce)
- • BigCommerce
- • Salesforce Commerce Cloud
- • Custom platforms
Compatible payment processors
- • Stripe (Radar integration)
- • PayPal & Braintree
- • Adyen
- • Authorize.net
- • Square
- • Custom payment gateways
Compatible identity & verification
- • Sift
- • Forter
- • Riskified
- • Kount
- • Signifyd
- • Custom fraud tools
Also integrates with
- • Customer service platforms (fraud case management)
- • Returns management systems (return fraud detection)
- • Email/SMS providers (suspicious account activity alerts)
How customers use Fraud & Risk Intelligence
High-Volume D2C Electronics
Systems: Shopify Plus + Stripe + Signifyd
Challenge: High fraud rate (3.2% of revenue). Manual review overwhelmed during Black Friday/Cyber Monday. False positives blocked legitimate international orders. Chargeback rate approaching payment processor limits.
Solution: Fraud & Risk Intelligence with real-time scoring, automated blocking, intelligent review queue.
- • Fraud losses: 3.2% → 0.6% of revenue (saved £640K annually on £25M revenue)
- • False positive rate: Down 75% (recovered £180K in legitimate orders)
- • Manual review volume: Down 88% (handled peak periods without hiring)
- • Chargeback rate: 1.2% → 0.3% (well below processor thresholds)
- • Customer satisfaction: Improved (fewer false declines)
Fashion & Apparel Retailer
Systems: Magento + Braintree + custom fraud rules
Challenge: Account takeover attacks increasing. Promotional code abuse (customers creating multiple accounts for first-order discounts). Return fraud suspected (wardrobing). Rule-based system blocking too many legitimate customers.
Solution: Fraud & Risk Intelligence with account takeover prevention, promotional abuse detection, return fraud detection.
- • Account takeover attempts: 95% blocked before access granted
- • Promotional abuse: Detected and prevented (saved £85K in discount abuse)
- • Return fraud: 23 wardrobing cases identified and addressed
- • False positives: Down 80% (better customer experience)
- • Fraud team focus shifted from transaction review to strategic fraud prevention
Multi-Brand B2C + B2B Hybrid
Systems: Custom platform + multiple payment processors
Challenge: Organised fraud ring detected after £120K in losses. Bot activity scraping inventory and pricing. Card testing attacks consuming payment processing capacity. Different fraud patterns for B2C vs B2B channels.
Solution: Fraud & Risk Intelligence with fraud ring detection, bot detection, channel-specific scoring models.
- • Fraud ring: Identified 47 linked accounts, blocked before further losses
- • Bot activity: Reduced 95% (protected inventory data, reduced infrastructure costs)
- • Card testing: Detected and blocked (prevented processor penalties)
- • B2C vs B2B: Separate risk models improved accuracy for each channel
- • Total fraud losses: £120K last 6 months → £18K next 6 months
How we work together
We take a phased approach: connect your systems, train AI on your historical fraud patterns, deploy real-time scoring, optimise based on fraud discoveries and false positive feedback.
Every implementation is different - timeline and scope depend on your systems, transaction volume, fraud history, and risk tolerance. We'll work with you to define the right approach.
What's typically required
- • Access to commerce platform, payment processor data
- • Historical fraud and chargeback data (12-24 months ideal)
- • Fraud team time for rule configuration and review
- • Testing period to calibrate risk thresholds
Investment and timeline depend on your specific requirements. Let's discuss your fraud challenges and determine if this fits.
Built on WithPraxis platform
Fraud & Risk Intelligence leverages core WithPraxis capabilities
Insights
Powers fraud pattern detection, behavioural analysis, anomaly identification. Provides intelligence for risk scoring and fraud prevention.
Learn more →AI Assistants
Provides fraud analysts with natural language queries: "Show me suspicious accounts from last 24 hours" or "Which orders are similar to this fraud case?"
Learn more →Workflow Orchestration
Automates fraud decision workflows, review routing, account suspension, customer communication. Manages multi-step fraud prevention processes.
Learn more →Bytebard Data Mesh
Connects Fraud & Risk Intelligence to commerce platform, payment processors, identity verification services, customer service systems.
Learn more →Ready for a complete platform?
Fraud & Risk Intelligence is one component of Adaptive Commerce, our complete AI-native commerce platform. Adaptive Commerce includes:
- • Everything in Fraud & Risk Intelligence
- • Plus: AI storefront, predictive ordering, dynamic pricing, smart fulfillment, conversational commerce, unified operations
Many customers start with Fraud & Risk Intelligence on their existing platform, then migrate to Adaptive Commerce for complete transformation.
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Let's discuss whether Fraud & Risk Intelligence fits your operations.
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