Fraud is scaling through connected networks, shifting payment methods, and account attacks that are harder to spot in isolation. Sift’s Q2 2026 Digital Trust Index analyzes activity across the Sift Global Data Network to reveal where fraud risk is concentrating, how coordinated rings operate, and why customer retention now depends on faster detection, smarter friction, and stronger incident response. Use the report to benchmark fraud trends across industries and see how leading teams are adapting their defenses as digital activity grows.
What you’ll learn
- How transaction growth across the Sift Global Data Network is expanding both revenue opportunity and fraud exposure
- Why users tied to fraudulent chargebacks showed 15.8x higher Mean Global Linkage than users without chargebacks
- How coordinated fraud rings exploit fragmented visibility across accounts, devices, merchants, and payment instruments
- Where account takeover risk is concentrating, including Internet & Software’s highest single-quarter ATO reading
- How payment fraud is shifting across industries, payment types, and average order values
- Why low-value card testing and wallet provisioning abuse require more precise payment-method controls
- How fraud incidents affect customer trust, retention, and brand abandonment
- What leading fraud teams are doing to connect identity, behavior, payment, device, and outcome data into faster decisions
