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Mastercard

AI screening for fraudulent transactions

Mastercard detected 3x as many fraudulent transactions with AWS AI and machine learning

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Problem

Mastercard needed to detect fraudulent payments globally while limiting false positives that disrupted legitimate customers.

Approach

Mastercard used AWS AI and machine-learning services to improve global fraud detection. Its Cyber & Intelligence team described an operational solution that increased detection while reducing false positives.

Results

3xamount of fraudulent transactions detected, per AWSVendor case study[1]
10-foldreduction in false positives, per AWSVendor case study[1]

Takeaway

Mastercard's reported improvement covered both finding more fraud and reducing false alarms in payment screening.

Categories

Business function
Finance, risk and legal
Innovation type
Process innovation
Evidence
Vendor case study

Sources

  1. Mastercard Uses AWS AI and ML Services to Detect and Prevent Fraud
    Amazon Web Services9 Apr 2024Vendor publication

Source summaries

[1]Amazon Web Services9 Apr 2024

AWS reported that Mastercard's fraud-detection solution detected 3x as many fraudulent transactions and reduced false positives tenfold. The story described improved customer experience from these changes. The page carries no date; the Internet Archive first saved it on April 9, 2024.

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Added 4 Nov 2026 · Updated 4 Nov 2026
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