Transaction Laundering Detection

Prediction markets promise crowdsourced forecasting, but they’re pulling payment processors into a regulatory gray zone. The CFTC treats them as futures contracts. Several states call them gambling. That split leaves acquirers and ISOs exposed to compliance risk they didn’t sign up for. Keep reading to learn more about these merchants.

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.

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.

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.

The better you can document a violation and your response to it, the less exposure your business carries. Keep reading to learn more about best practices for documenting violative merchant activity and how to incorporate it into your work.

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.

When you think of gambling, you might think of buying a lottery ticket or making a sports bet. But what about prediction markets and sweepstakes casinos? In this webinar, we’ll discuss the popular yet legally contentious state of online prediction markets and sweepstakes casinos and discuss their evolving risks.

The Safety Gate system in the EU is designed to find and remove dangerous products, but navigating it can be difficult. Failure to enforce these recalls can result in regulatory action and reputational damage. Learn more about Safety Gate and the products that are falling into its crosshairs.

Brazil and Latin America are not just grappling with fraud — they are at the epicenter of a global stress test exacerbated by AI-powered schemes that make merchants and sellers harder than ever to trust. In this webinar, we discuss the risks and regulatory challenges facing companies engaged in digital transactions in Brazil and LATAM. Sign up now.

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.

Telehealth Infrastructure-as-a-Service (TIaaS) providers build the platforms other digital health brands run on. But when your clients can’t advertise or process payments because they lack LegitScript Certification, that’s your problem too. Learn what TIaaS means, whether your platform qualifies, and how Enterprise Referral Partnership turns compliance into a core part of what you deliver.

Merchant underwriting used to follow a checklist process, but AI has turned that approach on its head, forcing underwriting teams to think differently. Learn more about how payments companies are rethinking their approaches to stopping merchant fraud in an era where technology is rapidly changing.

A new class of high-potency kratom derivatives is rapidly gaining traction across e-commerce, with 7-Hydroxymitragynine (7-OH-mitragynine) leading this dangerous market shift. Learn about the problems and dangers of this popular new product.

The regulatory environment for online marketplaces is more dynamic than ever, with new laws around the globe reshaping how platforms think about seller accountability. Read key takeaways from our recent webinar on how e-commerce marketplaces are successfully navigating global regulations.

Two antiparasitic drug ingredients that are making waves across e-commerce: ivermectin and fenbendazole. Keep reading to learn about what these drugs are, how they are being marketed, and what makes them problematic for customers, payment processors, and marketplaces.

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.

This session brings together practitioners on the front lines of e-commerce compliance to discuss what’s working, what’s not, and what’s coming next. Whether you’re navigating multi-jurisdictional requirements or trying to build a scalable risk program, get frameworks and insights you can act on. Watch now.

Streaming piracy isn’t just a headache for Hollywood — it’s a growing liability for payments companies. Learn how illicit IPTV works, why it almost always involves transaction laundering, and what payments teams should look for when assessing merchant risk.

In our recent webinar, Problematic Products and Regulatory Trends Driving Risk in 2026, LegitScript experts unpacked the product and enforcement trends creating the greatest risk for payments companies, e-commerce marketplaces, and online platforms this year. For risk and compliance teams, the message was clear: product risk in 2026 isn’t just about what’s illegal – it’s…

As telehealth and digital pharmacy models mature, what began as a convenience-driven expansion of care has evolved into a structurally important component of the healthcare ecosystem. With that maturity comes new demands, not just in how care is delivered and marketed, but in how it is paid for. Read more.