By TradingView
Publication Date: 2026-10-21 22:01:00
Semiconductor and infrastructure-software giant Broadcom (AVGO) launched Arcot Scam Defense on Wednesday, targeting online card scams that slip through successful authentication. Shares traded at $333.60, down approximately 0.23%, at 10:42 a.m. ET. The pitch is straightforward: entering the right password does not mean a payment is safe when a scammer is coaching the customer.
The financial stakes are clear. Broadcom said a pilot using one month of live data from a major card issuer indicated that reviewing the riskiest 1% of successful authentication challenges could have prevented an estimated $4 million in fraud. The tradeoff was a projected 0.38-percentage-point reduction in authentication success. Those are estimates from one issuer, leaving broader adoption and performance across different banks as the next tests.
The valuation chart puts the shares 22.73% below the $431.75 GF Value estimate, suggesting potential upside if the business delivers. That estimate is no guarantee….
