...each year bounce, but one-third of check fraud stems from closed accounts and "check kiting," according to the Nilson Report, a news service for the payment services industry. MOVE QUICKLY: Collecting on bad checks can be difficult, if...

...in the offline world. "It's a damnable problem for Web merchants," said David Robertson, the publisher of The Nilson Report. The trade publication estimates the rate of credit card fraud to be 18 cents to 24 cents per $100 of online sales...

...around in the offline world. "It's a damnable problem for Web merchants," said David Robertson, publisher of The Nilson Report. The trade publication estimates the rate of credit card fraud to be 18 cents to 24 cents per $100 of online sales...

...are just holding onto a younger person's behavior even in their 50s," said David Robertson, the publisher of the Nilson Report, a consumer payments newsletter. "They are using revolving credit as a financial tool." On average, Americans...

...companies lose annually to fraud, according to the Nilson Report, an industry newsletter. And with the per-unit cost...United States, says David Robertson, president of Nilson Report. And the security enhancements are a big plus: When...

...plop down a smart card as easily as they do credit cards or cash are crazy," said Spencer Nilson, publisher of the Nilson Report, an Oxnard, Calif., newsletter focusing on the credit card industry. "I've been hearing about how smart cards...

...Robertson, the publisher of The Nilson Report, a newsletter that's been following...credit card, according to The Nilson Report. Consumers, however, tend to...872 billion on debit cards, The Nilson Report estimated. Even though they aren't...

...card usage recently surpassed checks as a payment method in the marketplace, said David Robertson, publisher of The Nilson Report, which tracks consumer spending trends. "With greater frequency, people are reaching into their pockets and pulling...

...for 75 percent of all payments made in the United States in 1996, down from 80 percent in 1995, according to The Nilson Report, an Oxnard, Calif., consumer payments research company. Figures for 1996 were the most recent year available...