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January 2026 | Newsletter

NEW GUIDE

Top 10 Problematic Products Guide for 2026

Let’s look at problematic products that we observe trending based on our work monitoring billions of data points across merchant portfolios, e-commerce marketplaces, social media content, and more. We’ll explain what these products are, what makes them problematic, and how you can more easily spot them.

 

CONFERENCE

NEAA: Feb 4-5, Boston

Heading to the Northeast Acquirers Association at Encore Boston Harbor? Connect with Michael Snow to learn how LegitScript helps teams onboard customers faster, underwrite with confidence, detect transaction laundering, and identify unsafe or prohibited content.

WEBINAR

Merchant Onboarding & Risk Mitigation Webinar

Join us as we compare provisional onboarding approvals with traditional underwriting models, discuss the operational and compliance implications of each, and show how technology can support both approaches without compromising oversight.

COMPARISON GUIDE

Merchant Risk Solutions Buyers Guide

The Merchant Onboarding & Monitoring Buyers Guide helps payments companies compare in-house risk management with third-party solutions. It explains how automated onboarding and continuous merchant monitoring can vet and manage risk more efficiently, outlines critical differences between DIY and expert-backed options, and offers questions to consider when evaluating vendors.

PLATFORM SOLUTIONS

LegitScript Surfaces What Other Approaches Miss

We help search engines, marketplaces, and social platforms uncover high-risk ads, listings, and user-generated content that violate policies or exploit enforcement blind spots. With expert-backed, enforcement-ready insights tailored to your platform and goals, LegitScript reveals patterns and violative behavior that evade conventional detection—enabling faster action, clearer visibility, stronger platform integrity, and reduced reputational risk.

 

CANNABIS

Federal Hemp Rules and Payments Risk

The new federal law on intoxicating hemp introduces significant compliance considerations for payments companies, as changes to the legal definition and regulation of THC and hemp products can impact underwriting, risk assessment, and payment acceptance policies. Read about key provisions of the law and areas where risk and enforcement ambiguity remain.

TRENDING PRODUCTS

New York Times Covers ‘Chinese Peptides’

Gray-market peptides have recently flooded parts of the tech scene, appearing in hacker houses, startup offices, and even supplier-sponsored peptide raves. In this New York Times story, LegitScript’s Gerard Olson discusses how online advertising of unauthorized peptide formulations is helping fuel the spread of these gray-market drugs throughout Silicon Valley.

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