Globe and the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to build a stronger, more coordinated framework against fraud, scams, and other ICT-enabled crimes.
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has launched the “E-Commerce Philippine Trustmark,” a digital badge for legitimate online businesses, as part of its campaign to build trust and ensure safety in digital transactions.
The Philippines recorded the second-highest suspected digital fraud rate among countries surveyed in 2024, according to new insights from TransUnion’s global intelligence network.
A new analysis by TransUnion, a global credit reporting agency and information solutions provider, reveals that 15 percent of all attempted e-commerce transactions in the Philippines on Black Friday, Nov. 29, 2024, were flagged as potentially fraudulent.
TransUnion’s latest State of Omnichannel Fraud Report, which showed that 70 percent of Filipinos have been targeted by fraud attempts, made this initiative a timely and critical step in addressing the growing threat of digital fraud in the Philippines.
The country saw a fraud rate of 18 percent in this sector in the first six months of 2024, which was higher than the global rate of 11.5 percent. It also marked a 35-percent increase from the same period in 2023.