According to a survey to e-commerce merchants, a fifth of e-commerce fraud losses experienced by their companies in the previous 12 months were using credit transactions as payment methods. The 2025 study also reveled that debit cards represented the same share (20%) of the total fraud losses.
Share of total fraud losses suffered by e-commerce companies in the United States in 2025, by payment method
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487 risk and fraud executives in retail and e-commerce**
Supplementary notes
This question was phrased by the source as follows: "In thinking about the total fraud losses suffered by your company during the past 12 months, please indicate the distribution of various fraud costs for each of the payment methods used by your company. Please estimate to the best of your knowledge."
*According to the source, the data collection occurred during late 2024 and early 2025.
**Only e-commerce risk and fraud executives were considered.
Missing percentage points to 100 percent are probably due to rounding and the omission of the response "Other".
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LexisNexis. (March 12, 2025). Share of total fraud losses suffered by e-commerce companies in the United States in 2025, by payment method [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 01, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1611227/us-e-commerce-fraud-losses-by-payment-method/
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