Synthetic identity fraud is on the rise across financial services, ecommerce, public sector, health and utilities markets. The long-term impact of synthetic identity remains to be seen and will hinge largely upon forthcoming efforts across the identity ecosystem made up of service providers, institutions and agencies, data aggregators and consumers themselves.

With so much data being generated by our social media obsession, should lenders consider social media insights to assess credit risk?

Our national survey found that consumers struggle to find a credit card that meets their needs. They say there are too many options and it’s too time-consuming to research. Here’s what they want: