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How Technology Enables Businesses to Fight Fraud without Impacting Customer Experience

by Techeconomy
July 5, 2023
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Writer: MARK WELLS, Chief Customer Officer, Experian Africa

The continual growth in online fraud has led to a shift in Financial Services and Telecommunications business priorities. Experian’s latest research report shows that nearly 3 in 4 senior decision-makers are now prioritising investments to improve protection against fraud.

This illustrates the severity of the fraud threat as more organisations find it necessary to look for new solutions to this problem.

Of equal importance to fraud prevention is the need to improve customer experience (73%).

These top two business priorities are closely linked – as fraud checks often have a negative impact on customer experience and conversion rates.

In response to this challenge, many organisations are looking to use emerging technology that provides a way to improve both of these core priorities.

The advanced analytical capabilities provided by Artificial intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) are creating new opportunities for organisations to enhance the way they combat fraud and interact with their customers.

These innovative technologies are already having a considerable impact with 62% of the survey respondents saying that AI and ML are radically changing the way they do business.

Reducing fraud and meeting customer expectations is a key challenge

As digital adoption continues to expand there is a corresponding increase in customer expectations for fast and simple application journeys. Experian’s research highlights the fact that a simple application process is the second most important factor for consumers looking for a loan or credit card.

Apart from the cost of borrowing, a simple application journey is now more important than ensuring affordability, the security of the provider and the speed of access to the funds. This indicates how critical a simple customer application is for businesses to drive conversions and stay competitive.

When you consider that 43% of the surveyed consumers felt that an online application was inconvenient if there were too many fraud checks, the negative impact of a slow application journey can be significant to revenue growth.

Finding the right balance between adequate fraud prevention and rising customer expectations is challenging for many organisations.

The research indicates that around half of the surveyed businesses are responding to this challenge by increasing their year-on-year budgets for fraud prevention, advanced analytics and digitalisation of their customer and internal processes. Investment in these areas should provide substantial ROI with a reduction in fraud losses and growth in new customers.

Technology is driving change with innovative solutions 

The pace at which AI and ML are being adopted is a good indicator of the impact of this relatively new technology. Just over half of the surveyed businesses (53%) have already invested in ML with nearly a third (31%) planning to invest in the next twelve months. AI has a similar level of adoption with 61% having already invested and 27% planning to invest in the next twelve months.

The top three use cases for AI and ML are data management, fraud risk decisioning and credit risk models. In each one of these cases, AI/ML can provide a step change in the capability of organisations to analyse and interpret data.

This allows them to create, test and deploy new models in far less time than what was previously possible. This is particularly relevant in mitigating the threat of fraud where ML allows businesses to continually adapt to the latest fraud patterns without manual analysis from fraud teams.

The integration of AI and ML requires considerable computing power which is evident in the uptake of cloud computing. Cloud solutions enable businesses to scale more easily with 76% of the business respondents saying that the flexibility and scalability of cloud computing was an important reason for investing in this technology.

Using AI and ML to improve the accuracy of credit application decisions or online purchases allows businesses to increase automation and therefore streamline their customer experience.

It means less customers are incorrectly rejected, whilst also lowering the number of cases sent for manual review – allowing for faster decisions for the customer.

An automated AI future

With annual fraud losses sharply increasing the use of ML is fast becoming an essential tool to combat fraud.

By adopting the latest technology businesses can keep pace with a constantly evolving fraud threat while improving their customer experience at the same time.

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