FICO® Card Alert Service

FICO® Card Alert Service

Identify mass compromises across the ATM and Debit network with FICO analytics and team of seasoned investigators.

Product Details

Pinpoint ATM and debit card transaction fraud early to spot fraud at its inception, before significant losses occur. Identify and isolate the at-risk cards that are likely to incur future fraud losses.

With high-profile data breaches making headline news, financial organizations are on the defensive. FICO® Card Alert Service protects customers from fraudulent transactions and reduces financial organizations’ exposure to significant financial losses.

This FICO solution combines industry-leading predictive analytic software and investigative techniques to spot fraud in its earliest stages. It uniquely stops criminals through early fraud detection and identifies at-risk cards that may not yet have been used for fraudulent transactions. FICO’s Block & Reissue reports then empower card issuers to take back control.

Saves millions
FICO® Card Alert Service is used by leading card issuers to protect more than 60% of all US debit cards. It identifies counterfeited cards and fraudulent use before the majority of losses occur.

Comprehensive fraud protection
With same-day suspect identification and report, FICO® Card Alert Service delivers across the ATM networks, debit networks, and groups of issuers.

Realize significant ROI
For every dollar invested in FICO® Card Alert Service, financial organizations receive up to eight times’ return on investment.

Collaborate with your fellow fraud fighters
FICO Fraud Alert Network is a secure community focused on the detection and prevention of illicit debit card activity. Membership is open to employees of financial institutions as well as law enforcement professionals. Join us at: https://community.fico.com/s/fraud-user-forums

FICO® Card Alert Service uniquely combines early fraud detection, identification of common points-of-purchase (CPP), and predictive analytics. The service simultaneously analyzes transaction records across thousands of participating financial institutions, then, using broad-based analysis, FICO quickly identifies initial fraudulent usage of counterfeit cards and linked CPPs. Through statistical profiling, FICO Card Alert Service determines the parameters that will later be used to identify and isolate at-risk cards. FICO presents the card numbers to issuers via Block & Reissue reports. FICO also offers fraud management services for deposits, focused solely on single card deposit activity.

FICO<sup>®</sup> Card Alert Service

‌ Analyzes daily transaction activity to detect potential compromise at common points-of-purchase (CPP) to pinpoint potential fraud at ATMs and debit cards.

‌ Provides optional links with law enforcement to expedite investigations and broaden cases beyond a single issuer.

‌ Combines analytic software and services to provide dynamic analysis, counsel, and onsite training.

‌ Incorporates transaction data across ATM and debit networks and multiple card issuers to identify fraud.

‌ Analyzes data from across financial institutions to identify the highest probability of skimming fraud.

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FICO® Card Alert Service

Exposure to fraud and the losses associated with counterfeit debit card crime plague almost all financial institutions today. With the vast amount of technology available to any criminal with access to the internet, the environment for man...
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Managing Card Compromises from the Issuers Perspective

Large-scale payment card compromises and account data breaches continue to occur with frequency year after year, with the number of cardholders affected sometimes reaching startling levels. As a result, savvy card issuers have adopted a ri...