payment card fraud on UK cards was from abroad.
In 2020, criminals in the United Kingdom (UK) managed to steal approximately 1.26 billion British pounds (GBP). Almost half of all financial fraud in the UK was completed via payment card fraud. Payment card fraud includes credit, debit, charge and ATM only cards. In 2020, almost a quarter of all Distribution of financial fraud losses in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2020, by type
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