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Mastercard Rolls Out Security Tools To Prevent Gas Station Fraud

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Mastercard has announced a series of consumer protections aimed at protecting customers and merchants from fraud at fuel stations. The enhanced consumer protection program was designed to provide merchants and banks with tools to help them navigate the heightened risk of fraud, Mastercard said.

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US Mobile Adopts Digital Identity Protocols To Protect Against SIM Swap Fraud

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The telecommunications industry is but one of many sectors looking to more securely verify customers and avoid fraud, which remains a growing problem. Robust digital ID verification practices could make many fraud schemes a thing of the past, but many banks and businesses have yet to adopt them. More than 6.2

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Deep Dive: How QSRs Can Fight The Rise Of App-Enabled Friendly Fraud

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The growth in digital transactions is also spurring a boost in friendly fraud, which occurs when legitimate customers either knowingly or unwittingly claim that they did not make legitimate purchases and seek reimbursement for them. It also analyzes how focusing on the customer experience can help prevent such fraud in the first place.

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10 Lessons We Learned at the Nacha Smarter Faster Payment Conference

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The major themes of fraud, artificial intelligence (AI), expansion of instant payments, open banking, and regulation were particularly relevant to your roles as executives, risk managers, compliance officers, and technology leaders. Unfortunately, most banks don’t gather fraud data across payment channels or track “pre-crime events.”

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Security Demands Spur Virtual Debit Card Adoption

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Businesses are also examining virtual card options that can allow employees to make company payments securely and conveniently during the pandemic. Firms are also prioritizing security as they transact online more heavily as well. Virtual Cards To Bring Greater Security To Transactions. Read that story in the Tracker.

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As Fraud Feeds On Data, FIs Harness It With AI

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This is just one example of how the explosion of data can increase a company’s fraud vulnerabilities, but can also provide a solution if captured and utilized. Current and Future State of Fraud. Additionally, by 2025, nearly 30 percent of this global datasphere will be real-time information, up from 15 percent of all data in 2017.

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Securing Digital Identities In The Information Age

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. $59 billion: Estimated value of the global biometrics market by 2025. 13 billion: Projected value of the identity verification market by 2025. 48 percent: Share of millennial parents who would rather not eat at all than wait in long QSR lines. 30: Minimum number of countries where Visa is launching Visa B2B Connect to start. $13

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