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Two Cyber Security Investments With a Silver Lining

Banking 2020

According to the Federal Trade Commission, only 26 percent of stolen identities are used for credit fraud. Hackers steal your customers’ identities for a variety of reasons: utility fraud, employment fraud, etc. Do your customers know about these other types of fraud?

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Is your bank stopping fraud?

Banking 2020

First the good news – banks in Britain stopped nearly £1 billion in attempted fraud in the first six months of 2015. Banks prevented £7 in every £10 of attempted fraud, according to Financial Fraud Action (FFA) UK, which reports that losses on payment cards, online and telephone banking and cheques totalled £325.3

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M-Pesa open API part of wider payments progress

Banking 2020

XS2A means banks have to build an API structure that any company registered with a ‘competent authority’ can use to provide services, so long as the customer consents. The Finextra study found that 88 per cent of bank respondents believe that data protection and risk to reputation are significant issues.

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Small banks' battle to thwart unemployment scams

American Banker

Peoples Bank in Arkansas and Main Street Bank in Massachusetts are getting smarter about spotting suspicious transactions tied to unemployment benefit fraud as well as warning customers what to watch out for.