Survey: 80% of Organizations Experienced Payments Fraud in 2023, Significant Uptick from Previous Year
ROCKVILLE, Md., April 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Eighty percent of respondents report that their organizations were victims of attempted or actual payments fraud activity in 2023, according to the 2024 AFP Payments Fraud and Control Survey, underwritten by Truist.
- ROCKVILLE, Md., April 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Eighty percent of respondents report that their organizations were victims of attempted or actual payments fraud activity in 2023, according to the 2024 AFP Payments Fraud and Control Survey , underwritten by Truist.
- This number reflects a 15-percentage point increase in payments fraud over 2022 and the highest rate reported since 2018.
- Checks continue to be the payment method most vulnerable to fraud, with 65% of respondents reporting their organizations faced fraud attacks of this type.
- "These findings underscore the relentless evolution of payments fraud," said Chris Ward, Head of Enterprise Payments at Truist.