How to Prep for the Holiday Shopping Season 2026

Consumers have powered the U.S. economy through repeated shocks, but new pressures are testing their resilience. As energy prices rise and economic conditions shift, the outlook is becoming more uncertain.

• Labor market strength is weakening
• Income and wage growth are slowing
• High equity exposure increases risk

Explore how modern fraudsters use coordinated, strategic attack methods—and learn how to detect, disrupt and prevent them using behavioral intelligence and real-time insights.

Key insights:

• Fraudsters use structured attack strategies like reconnaissance, blitzes and deception to exploit weaknesses
• AI-driven bots and automation are rapidly increasing the scale and speed of fraud attacks
• Behavioral analytics reveals hidden fraud signals traditional tools miss
• Early detection and layered defenses help stop attacks before they escalate

Uncover a coordinated account takeover fraud ring in action and learn how it was stopped using behavioral, device and network intelligence.

Key insights:

• Fraud rings operate with structured roles to efficiently execute account takeover attacks
• Compromised accounts can be connected across devices, revealing coordinated activity
• Behavioral, device and network intelligence expose fraud signals traditional tools miss
• Stopping ATO requires identifying and dismantling the full fraud ring, not just individual logins

In this webinar, Experian experts explore how organizations can apply proven consumer fraud prevention tactics to strengthen commercial lending defenses.

What you'll learn:

• How consumer fraud strategies can be adapted for commercial use cases
• Where commercial lending is most exposed and how to mitigate risk
• How shared signals across identity, behavior and devices can improve detection