2026 Global ecommerce payments & fraud report

Our annual Global eCommerce Payments & Fraud Report, produced by the Merchant Risk Council along with Visa Acceptance Solutions, surveyed merchants of all sizes from around the world to offer valuable insight into current payment acceptance and fraud trends. The report includes how merchants accept payments and what’s coming next, how fraud is managed across the commerce lifecycle, where disputes, refunds, and abuse are showing up, how payments and fraud trends differ globally as well as how merchants are integrating AI into their fraud strategies.