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2008 Card Issuers' Identity Safety Scorecard: Customizing Account Controls to Fight Fraud and Strengthen Customer Loyalty

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: Javelin Strategy & Research
Published: April 2008
Product Code: R3424-58
Description
The Javelin Card Issuers’ Identity Safety Scorecard benchmarks 25 of the nation’s top credit card issuers on their identity fraud protection features that involve customers. Each year, Javelin incorporates the latest results of its annual surveys on identity fraud and consumer preferences, so that the Prevention, Detection and Resolution™ criteria reflect card features that address the most recent trends on how to most effectively battle identity fraud in the card portfolio. The objective of the scorecard is to assess how well issuers are doing the following: 1) addressing consumer perceptions and knowledge of identity fraud through effective education and outreach; 2) creating strong partnerships with customers to mitigate fraud and reduce losses; and 3) providing flexible and comprehensive fraud prevention and detection features to their customers.

Primary Questions
  • Which card issuers are security leaders in consumerfacing identity fraud Prevention, Detection, and Resolution capabilities?
  • Which customer-facing card features should issuers have in place to combat the latest identity fraud threats?
  • How can issuers increase fraud protection for their customers, improve fraud loss percentages, and strengthen customer loyalty?
  • What security services and features are the trends of the future?
Table of Contents
Overview

Methodology

Executive Summary

Cardholders are Key to Account Security

Average Issuer Scores for Major Fraud Mitigation Categories

Recommendations

Prevention

Detection

Resolution

Overall Category Winners

Prevention

Robust Authentication Must Extend to All Channels

Lack of Strong Phone Authentication an Increasing Source of Exposure

Detection

Issuers Are Making Good Strides in Offering Customer Alerts

Alerts for Changes to Personal Information Lacking

Resolution

100% of Issuers Provide Dedicated Fraud Resolution Teams, Relevant Resolution

Information for Victims, Zero Liability, and 24/7 Account Suspension

2009 and Beyond: What’s Next for Card Issuers?

Related Research

Javelin’s Prevention, Detection and Resolution™ Model

Appendices A to F

Table of Figures

Figure 1: Credit Card Issuers Evaluated for Identity Fraud Safety Features

Figure 2: Average Criteria Met By Issuers

Figure 3: Overall Category Average Scores

Figure 4: Top Six Rankings: Overall Highest Scoring Issuers

Figure 5: Overall Identity Fraud Scores for Issuers Ranked Eighth to Twenty-Fifth

Figure 6: Top Seven Rankings: Individual Prevention Scores

Figure 7: Individual Prevention Scores for Card Issuers Ranked Tenth to Twenty-Fifth

Figure 8: Percentages of Issuers Meeting Prevention Criteria

Figure 9: Percentages of Issuers Meeting Prevention Criteria for Security Education and UDLAPs

Figure 10: Top Nine Rankings: Individual Detection Scores

Figure 11: Individual Detection Scores for Issuers Ranked Tenth through Twenty-Fifth

Figure 12: Percentages of Issuers Meeting Detection Criteria

Figure 13: Percentages of Card Issuers Offering User-Defined Transaction Alerts

Figure 14: Top Scoring Issuers in Resolution

Figure 15: Individual Resolution Scores for Issuers Ranked Eighth Through Twenty-Five

Figure 16: Percentages of Card Issuers Meeting Resolution Criteria

Figure 17: How Prevention, Detection and Resolution™ Mitigate Fraud

Figure 18: Card Issuers’ Scores Based on Customer-Facing Identity Fraud Prevention,

Detection and Resolution™ Features and Services

Figure 19: Card Issuers’ Prevention Features and Services

Figure 20: Card Issuers’ Prevention Features and Services: Security Education and Tips and UDLAPS

Figure 21: Card Issuers’ Detection Features and Services: User-defined Transaction Alerts

Figure 22: Card Issuers’ Detection Features and Services: Personal Record Change Alerts

Figure 23: Card Issuers’ Resolution Features and Services
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