The true impact of loyalty card fraud
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As banks and credit card issuers invest more resources in making card fraud tougher, criminals are following the money and setting their sights on loyalty points programmes. Loyalty card fraud is a growing problem for retailers; these accounts are regarded as ‘easy pickings’ by the fraudsters, typically only protected by a username and password combination and often left to languish.