High Risk and Problematic Products
Guidance and monitoring solutions to help platforms identify, assess, and manage products that pose elevated safety, compliance, or regulatory risks.
Some products pose higher safety or compliance risks for teams in charge of product monitoring or merchant monitoring. LegitScript helps online platforms and payments companies better understand the challenges and considerations of supporting higher-risk products. With our insights, trust and safety teams can develop better policies, make faster decisions, and reduce regulatory risk.
Supplements, which consistently draw regulatory scrutiny, are expected to exceed $218 billion in sales in the coming year. Companies with effective policies and enforcement mechanisms can take advantage of growing industries like this while staying compliant.
Blog Articles
Latest Blog Article
Card Networks Are on Notice: What Concerns About the ENDS Market Means for Payment Processors
July 30, 2026
A group of state attorneys general just told major card networks to stop processing for illegal vape sellers. Learn what the letter is asking card networks to do, and the exact questions banks, ISOs, and PSPs need to answer before regulators come knocking.
Understanding the Risk Landscape in Brazil and Latin America: Key Takeaways
Brazil has embraced digital payments faster than almost anywhere else in the world. That growth is a genuine success story — and it has created an entirely new risk landscape that payments companies and online platforms cannot afford to ignore. Read more.
July 30, 2026
What the July 2026 FDA Advisory Committee Meetings on Compounded Peptides Mean for Healthcare Businesses
Last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Pharmacy Compounding Advisory Committee (PCAC) met to evaluate several peptide substances and make recommendations to the FDA regarding whether they should be included on the list of bulk drug substances. Keep reading to learn what this means for peptides businesses and their partners.
July 27, 2026
by Naomi Moono
Guides
Navigating the ENDS Market Report
This report, compiled by LegitScript, examines the regulatory landscape shaping the ENDS market and what it means for the payment providers underwriting and monitoring these merchants. Download it now for valuable insight and analysis on how to compliantly manage ENDS merchants.
6 pages
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EU and UK Product Safety Alert Intelligence
This report, compiled by LegitScript, looks at product safety alert intelligence in the first half of 2026 for the European Union and the United Kingdom, which have some of the strictest and most aggressive product safety measures. These regions often set trends for product safety policy globally and therefore offer insight into potential trends globally. Get it now.
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Top 10 Problematic Products for 2026
Problematic products are evolving rapidly, creating new compliance and consumer safety risks for payments companies and online platforms. From unauthorized peptides to emerging illicit substances, knowing what to watch for is essential to avoiding regulatory scrutiny and reputational harm. This guide highlights the top 10 problematic products for 2026 and explains how to recognize and manage these risks.
26 pages
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Understanding Peptides
Peptides are gaining in popularity, but not all are legal or safe. For payments companies and online platforms, it’s critical to recognize the red flags of unapproved peptide sales to protect consumers, stay compliant with regulations, and avoid reputational harm. Read the guide.
24 pages
Webinars
On Demand
Connecting the Dots: How Investigation Teams Build Networks and Disrupt Criminal Ecosystems
This session from the 2026 San Francisco Marketplace Risk Management Conference features a panel discussion on how investigation teams build network intelligence to disrupt criminal ecosystems. The speakers, including representatives from TikTok and LegitScript, explore the complexities of identifying coordinated bad actors.
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On Demand
Trust and Safety Isn’t a Cost Center: It’s a Growth Engine
This session from the 2026 San Francisco Marketplace Risk Management Conference covers the role of trust and safety teams as a “growth engine” and how professionals in this field can navigate internal challenges and perceptions. Watch now on demand.
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On Demand
Trust Is Getting Harder to Prove: Rethinking Merchant Underwriting in the Age of AI
Leading payment service providers are rethinking onboarding and underwriting in a future undergirded by AI, moving beyond KYC to verify merchant intent, apply risk-based friction, and continuously defend their portfolios. Learn what durable trust models look like in the AI age.
