Abrigo

MAY 12, 2022

Protect your financial institution from cybercrime With cybercrime constantly evolving, what can businesses and financial institutions do to prevent fraud? Cybercrime is a threat to businesses and institutions of all sizes and is at the forefront of the minds of those in the fraud prevention field. These measures can help.

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Abrigo

MAY 24, 2024

Takeaway 3 By following this 5-step plan to prepare for FedNow, your institution can avoid unnecessary risk and optimize the new service. Introduction Guidance for preparing to implement FedNow As the financial industry evolves, adopting new technologies like the FedNow Service can provide significant advantages for financial institutions.

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Abrigo

AUGUST 27, 2021

COVID-19 creates new opportunities for fraudsters Fraudsters have taken advantage of COVID-19-related fraud schemes with the influx of money from government stimulus and vulnerable individuals. Takeaway 1 COVID-19 has sparked new fraud schemes, and cyber-enabled fraud is on pace to reach new highs. Current State of Fraud.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

The number of real-time payments has risen dramatically in recent years, and APP fraud has grown alongside it. Bad actors typically perpetrate APP fraud in several ways. APP Fraud Ramps Up. Instances of APP fraud around the globe have continued to rise as real-time payment rails extend their reach.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

As more customers moved online, fraudsters took advantage of new and increasingly inventive opportunities to commit remote authentication fraud. These types of scams fall under the broad term of remote authentication fraud, and they’re increasingly common—and inventive. Examples of remote authentication fraud. New account fraud.

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Abrigo

MAY 8, 2024

You might also like this webinar, "The check's in the mail: Understanding and preventing check fraud." WATCH Takeaway 1 Understanding generative AI and how peers are using AI and genAI helps financial institution leaders and management vet the technology and related risks. Nevertheless, understanding the technology is crucial.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 19, 2019

Aided by technology – and emboldened by the rise of cryptocurrencies – fraudsters are stepping up ransomware campaigns. Ransomware groups tend to target people in the Anglosphere, who are seen as able to pay and deserving of what they get. Fraud that was in turn prevented by the unit amounted to as much as $8.2

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PYMNTS

APRIL 9, 2020

They then claim to be using blockchain technology. As reported by Cointelegraph.com , scammers use official-sounding names, such as the phony “World Olympic Sports Foundation,” to pitch fake investments in special products and “commercial developments” pertaining to the Olympics.

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FICO

JANUARY 15, 2021

Many in the industry know that I’m a strong proponent of Fraud and Financial Crimes Convergence, so I’m often asked about just what organizations should do from a technology standpoint. Check out this video as we discuss what you need to plan and implement to be able to converge fraud and AML technology.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

According to the latest research from Bottomline Technologies, businesses said the fraud threat is on the rise. Meanwhile, Forbes reported separate analysis from North Carolina State University warning that as pressure mounts for chief financial officers to hit their financial targets, they’re less likely to report fraud.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2018

In an effort to help authorized push payment (APP) fraud victims, The U.K.’s FCA Executive Director of Strategy and Competition Chris Woolard said, according to FT : “The FCA takes APP fraud and the harm it causes to consumers very seriously. in February warned that APP fraud is on the rise. A press release released by Which?

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Abrigo

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Key Takeaways FinCEN has released three COVID-19-related advisories that remind financial institutions to stay alert to increasing fraud trends. Adjust your scenario thresholds and ensure your front line staff is aware of these fraud red flags to help detect and deter COVID-19-related fraud.

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PYMNTS

MAY 28, 2020

Digital-fraud-protection company Kount said Thursday (May 28) that Mercator Advisory Group has named it the best eCommerce Fraud Detection Solution from among more than 40 products ranked. As fraud threats evolve, we will continue to advance our products to protect our customers.”.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Buguroo, a Spanish cybersecurity company, uses biometrics tied to behavior and deep learning processes to root out fraud. Conexo Ventures and Inveready Technology Investment Group also participated. Their technology is designed to recognize illicit activity that comes from either human cybercriminals or bots.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2020

Advances in fraud decisioning have cybercrooks scrambling into the new arcana of synthetic identities and fiendish mass bot attacks, looking for any possible opening to exploit. Some industries are more prone than others, as we discovered in the latest Fraud Decisioning Playbook , a PYMNTS and Simility collaboration.

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PYMNTS

JULY 6, 2017

API technology is opening new doors for the world of financial services, a trend that cultivates cooperation and collaboration between FinTechs and banks, once considered competitors. But newer technologies on the market are making it more difficult for everyone to get on the same page about how to use the tool. “Now,

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Ugandan police are investigating the hacking of a third-party processor of phone-based transactions, Bloomberg reported, that affected MTN Group and Standard Bank Group 's local units. While some services had to be suspended because of the hack, MTN said in a statement that no users' funds were affected.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 20, 2019

Retailers focused on combating fraud have credit cards in the cross-hairs of their efforts. But ramping up the war on card fraud can introduce a new risk to companies: false positives. This isn’t merely an issue for the B2C world, however. The False Positive Threat.

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Abrigo

JULY 10, 2020

Community banks and credit unions partnered with their communities to help families and businesses through these unprecedented times , causing spikes in consumer fraud that must be faced head on. According to the new advisory , t wo fraud typologies are trending: imposter scams and money mule schemes. C&I Loans.

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Gonzobanker

JANUARY 4, 2023

Back in the day, when I was the CIO of a bank, we had a Technology Plan. It was a single document that had every aspect of the bank’s technology goals for the year – hardware, software, vendors, projects (all led by information technology, or IT, by the way) – the entire bank IT budget. John Brunner. digital banking).

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Many FIs and merchants that have fallen victim to fraud traditionally respond by assessing the damage, pinpointing how the attack succeeded and implementing new measures to prevent similar schemes from happening again. The push for more intelligent anti-fraud solutions comes as the costs of such attacks are reaching new heights.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 28, 2020

Coupon fraud is particularly dangerous for the restaurant industry, where margins are razor-thin and any profit decline could spell disaster. What Is Coupon Fraud? Fraudsters exact coupon fraud in various ways. Coupon fraud costs U.S. There is a distinct difference between extreme couponing and coupon fraud, though.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

In today’s top news in digital-first banking, NYMBUS has appointed a banking tech veteran to its chief executive position, while J.P.Morgan Chase is strengthening its payment fraud protection for small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs). JPMorgan Ups Payment Fraud Protection for SMBs. NYMBUS Names Bank Tech Veteran to Top Post.

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PYMNTS

JULY 21, 2020

Compromised credit card fraud increased 212 percent year over year in 2019, while customer credential leaks increased 129 percent during the same period. Credit card fraud is just one of many techniques that fraudsters leverage to scam FIs and their customers, but it is on the rise amid the pandemic. billion pounds ($5.2

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PYMNTS

JULY 23, 2020

YouTube is seeking to dismiss a lawsuit against it from crypto firm Ripple alleging that YouTube doesn’t do enough to remove scams and fraud, according to court documents. In other news, Ant Group , the FinTech arm of Chinese eCommerce company Alibaba , has launched its own new blockchain brand called AntChain, according to The Block.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Among the inventive ways that companies are fighting digital fraud in 2020 is Teradata’s new concept of analyzing computer mouse movements, as it turns out that hackers move their mice very differently than regular people. Fraud prevention tech has to scale. Clean’ and ‘Friendly’ Fraud are Neither. That’s “clean” fraud.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Payments messaging technology provider SWIFT recently opened up its Know Your Customer (KYC) platform, the KYC Registry , directly to corporates. The initiative enables 2,000 corporate groups on the SWIFT network to utilize the KYC Registry by uploading and maintaining their KYC data with financial institutions.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 29, 2018

The payment and commerce opportunities of such technology is obvious, and the wearables market is helping to guide the way toward the potential (likely?) 29) by Kaspersky Labs and the University of Oxford Functional Neurosurgery Group noted, the technology is quickly gaining ground. Memory Technology.

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FICO

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Last week I shared FICO’s insights into fraud patterns related to spending on medical devices , including personal protective equipment (PPE) and medical devices such as nebulizers. This post examines whether increased food deliveries are causing a similar rise in food delivery fraud. Key Takeaways on Food Delivery Fraud.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 19, 2018

These tactics cast a wide net of fraud over the fleet card industry – from issuers and acquirers to fleet managers, employers and employees themselves. The company’s latest solution, EazyFuel , offers fraud and risk management directly to all players in a fleet card transaction, in addition to payment processing and other capabilities.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 9, 2020

Reports of a hacker-for-hire group dubbed “Dark Basin,” which has targeted journalists, advocacy groups and elected officials, are rocketing around the world. The Citizen Lab report links Dark Basin “with high confidence to individuals working at an Indian company named BellTroX InfoTech Services,” which uses other names as well.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

But in a new PYMNTS interview , DataVisor CEO and co-founder Yinglian Xie told Karen Webster that digital technology has created convenient access to financial services for everyone, everywhere in the world. That’s not the only increasing area of fraud enabled by better technology and technological deployment.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Such a scenario stands as a terrifying example of not only the sophistication of criminals, but also the threat of fraud in a real-time payments environment. All that info has been mined by organized crime groups and other actors,” he said. That doesn’t mean all is hopeless, of course. The antidote? Friction can also play a role.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

One day — maybe one that has already happened for some PYMNTS readers — we might look back with fondness and nostalgia on that time when chargebacks stood as the main worry merchants and other organizations faced when it came to fraud and risk. That sort of fraud prevention spends 100 percent of the time on that one aspect of fraud, he noted.

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PYMNTS

JULY 23, 2019

China’s banking regulator is introducing stricter requirements on banks and insurance institutions that provide supply chain financial solutions in an effort to curb fraud, according to China Daily reports last week. Technology, he said, is key to that endeavor. “As JD.com, Suning.com Spark Concerns.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 2, 2017

First Data, the global commerce-enabling technology company, announced Thursday (June 1) the launch of Fraud Detect, a fraud solution for merchants around the world. According to First Data, using artificial intelligence, Fraud Detect analyzes vast data sets to identify fraud and potential chargebacks.

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American Banker

MARCH 11, 2024

Later this month, a federal judge will hear arguments over whether an animal rights group may proceed with its lawsuit that says an industrial ag company violated state and federal animal-protection laws and as a result must repay its Paycheck Protection Program loan.

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