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Taking A Customer-Centric Approach To Fighting Fraud

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Social distancing mandates during the COVID-19 pandemic have advanced banking’s trend toward omnichannel operations. This means FIs and account holders must communicate effectively regarding potential fraud and work together to thwart it. Staying ahead of fraud requires constant innovation. Red Flag Behaviors.

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BEC Attacks Surge As Fraudsters Eye Pandemic Opportunity

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Wirecard continues to dominate the headlines in the realm of corporate fraud thanks to $2 billion missing from the company’s books, but it’s not the only company at the center of questionable activity. 34 percent of furloughed employees were asked to commit furlough fraud , according to a survey from U.K.-based

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Twitter Updates Users On Security Breach

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On Thursday (July 30) Twitter said of the 130 accounts targeted in the operation, tweets were sent out from 45 accounts. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Missouri) wrote to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey seeking a fuller explanation of how cybercriminals managed to get through Twitter’s two-factor authentication. “I

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BEC Run Out Of Detention Center Nets Millions

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Mobile means one can do just about anything by using their device: order food, bank online, read the news … even commit payments fraud, sometimes from the unlikeliest of places. He and an accomplice operated from Nigeria, targeting the U.S., New Zealand and a number of other countries. Noble personally gained $4.3

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Fantasy Sports Get A Legal Go-Ahead In New York State

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Indiana, Virginia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Missouri and Colorado have all affirmed daily sports betting as a legal alternative, but other states have seen the issue differently. While a court initially barred DraftKings and FanDuel from continuing to operate in New York, a higher court reversed that decision on appeal.

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Uber’s Rough Ride Of A Week

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The day before, the news broke that cybercriminals had managed to steal the data of 57 million customers and drivers. All in, hackers managed to nab names, email addresses and phone numbers of 50 million Uber riders around the world, as well as the data of about 7 million drivers, which includes 600,000 U.S.

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