The reported usage of third-party authenticator apps as a secondary authentication method increased to 19% in 2025, up from 16% in 2024.

Surveyed business leaders globally lost an average of 7.7% of equivalent annual revenue to fraud in the last year, which is an increase from 6.5% in 2024.

Nearly a quarter (24%) of business leaders cited scam/authorized fraud as the greatest source of fraud loss.

Business leaders claimed their companies experienced an 18% increase in fraud losses during the last year.

Account takeover was reported as the greatest source of fraud loss by 20% of business leaders.

Synthetic identity fraud was reported as the greatest source of fraud loss by another 20% of business leaders.

First-party fraud was cited as a prominent cause of fraud loss by 16% of business leaders.

Suspected digital fraud volume for the video gaming industry increased by 3% from H1 2024 to H1 2025.

Third-party fraud was cited as a prominent cause of fraud loss by 16% of business leaders.

The video gaming industry experienced the highest suspected digital fraud attempt rate globally in H1 2025 at 13.5%.

Nearly two in five consumers (39%) globally reported being targeted by an email, online, phone call, or text messaging fraud scheme between February and May 2025.

52% of the global population surveyed reported they were unaware of being targeted by fraud schemes.

Globally, 9% of targeted consumers reported they fell victim to the fraud schemes.

Vishing was reported by 33% of targeted consumers as a leading type of fraud experienced.

5% of digital account creation attempts from Latin American countries were suspected to be digital fraud in H1 2025.

Among targeted consumers globally, the leading type of fraud reported was smishing (36%).

Phishing was reported by 34% of targeted consumers as a leading type of fraud experienced.

US business leaders reported an average equivalent revenue loss of 9.8% due to fraud, a 46% increase from 2024, equating to USD$114 billion in total losses.

Canadian business leaders lost an equivalent of 7.2% of revenue to fraud, totaling CAD$111 billion, which is an increase from 6.2% in 2024.

31% of US business leaders cited Account Takeover as the most prominent cause of fraud loss.