US leads global commercial card market: report
Payments Dive
MAY 8, 2024
accounted for 58% of global commercial card spend last year, but also for 78% of total value lost to card fraud, according to a report by Euromonitor International.
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Abrigo
MARCH 8, 2024
Bank wire fraud is growing and becoming more complex. Takeaway 1 Bank w ire transfer fraud is increasing due to technological advances today. Takeaway 2 Transnational criminal organizations commit b ank wire transfer fraud and use a variety of techniques to make Americans their victims. billion in losses reported.
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Abrigo
JULY 13, 2023
Avoid fraud losses from pig butchering scams FinCrime professionals looking to prevent pig butchering scams in the age of cryptocurrency can follow these steps to tighten security. Takeaway 1 Investment fraud schemes known as pig butchering scams contributed to $3.3 billion in fraud losses in 2022. billion in 2021.
Abrigo
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
Court case: Credit union held liable for ACH fraud losses A construction company argued the financial institution "failed to establish a reasonable routine" for monitoring suspicious activity alerts tied to ACH. Takeaway 3 Remember that ACH fraud risk also occurs in the placement stage of a fraudulent or money laundering scheme.
PYMNTS
DECEMBER 28, 2020
Nacha is issuing a warning to accounts payable professionals with regards to the rising threat of fraud. Further, Nacha said, the survey revealed AP professionals are facing increasing fraud attempts that target AP processes specifically. But accounts payable is far from the only back-office financial workflow at risk of fraud.
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 29, 2020
An EY whistleblower has alleged the global accounting firm was warned as far back as 2016 that senior managers at Wirecard may have committed fraud and one had tried to bribe an auditor, the Financial Times (FT) reported. Wirecard paid the Emerging Market Investment Fund 1A 340 million euros ($399 million).
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 15, 2020
The FBI is warning homebuyers to be on the lookout for internet criminals who are sneaking into online conversations between buyers and mortgage companies or other participants in the sale process and providing false instructions that dupe purchasers into wiring funds to the criminals’ accounts, CNBC reported Thursday (Oct.
Abrigo
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
Adapt to a dynamic banking environment with real-time lending & credit data Lender dashboards and reports showing the lending pipeline, pricing trends, emerging risks, workflow bottlenecks, etc. Another hurdle for financial institutions can be identifying key reports that can help make more informed decisions.
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 15, 2020
A recent hack compromised around 2,000 Robinhood Markets accounts, suggesting the attacks were more widespread than previously realized, Bloomberg reported. Social media saw a deluge of complaints about the attacks, Bloomberg reported. Some users reported not hearing back from the company for multiple days.
Bank Innovation
MARCH 8, 2019
Wirecard AG expects the final report on an investigation concerning alleged fraud at its Singapore unit to be presented soon, according to a person familiar with the matter.
PYMNTS
AUGUST 27, 2020
Tens of thousands of stolen Fortnite accounts are being sold on the black market in a $1 billion a year trade, according to Bloomberg. The news outlet cited a report from Night Lion Security , which looks into companies' vulnerable points. If any of them match up with the game's accounts, they're sold on the black market.
PYMNTS
JUNE 29, 2020
In the ongoing scandal of Wirecard , under fire for fraud, the focus is now turning to auditors Ernst & Young (EY), which reportedly failed to report Wirecard’s “unorthodox financial arrangements” as far back as 2016, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported.
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 8, 2020
That includes new Chief Financial Officer Amaury Dauge , previously of Qontigo and Euronext , and new Chief Marketing Officer Varun Kohli , a seasoned Silicon Valley veteran. Feedzai has seen the increase in fraud and scams with the pandemic. percent of users who hadn’t experienced fraud were concerned about it, too.
PYMNTS
FEBRUARY 23, 2020
Binance , Nigeria’s cryptocurrency market, has seen sign-ups surge 50 percent so far in 2020. The market is scrambling to provide users with a stablecoin. Reginald Fowler, “an alleged operator behind payment processor Crypto Capital , was charged with wire fraud” on Friday (Feb.
PYMNTS
AUGUST 7, 2020
District Court for the Southern District of Florida with wire and bank fraud and conspiracy for seeking $24 million in forgivable PPP loans. They were charged with conspiracy to commit bank and wire fraud, bank fraud, wire fraud, false statements to a financial institution and money laundering.
PYMNTS
DECEMBER 18, 2020
Criminals seeking to exploit unmet demand for the COVID-19 vaccine are selling doses – many presumably fake – on the "dark web," the portion of the internet dominated by merchants who operate beyond easy reach of law enforcement agencies, the Financial Times reported on Friday (Dec.
Abrigo
JUNE 5, 2023
Banking reports to inform risk management and strategy These reports on capital, growth, and liquidity help financial institutions spot warning signs. Takeaway 2 Reports that assess capital, growth, and liquidity provide banking professionals data to drive decisions.
PYMNTS
JULY 27, 2020
This week’s Data Digest looks at the latest in B2B payments fraud and the invoice’s role in supplier payment redirect scams, credential theft and more. 43 percent of employees admit to mistakes that have caused cybersecurity repercussions, a new study has found, according to OnRec reported. In a survey of 1,000 U.K.
PYMNTS
DECEMBER 2, 2019
In recent announcements, the numbers have been supporting the argument that cryptos are becoming a favored avenue of theft and fraud. Consider the fact that, as estimated by CipherTrace’s third-quarter report for 2019, the total volume of fraud tied to crypto shows losses in the range of $4.4
PYMNTS
JULY 16, 2020
German market watchdog Federal Financial Supervisory Authority, or BaFin , has come under fire for its actions in the Wirecard scandal, as the regulator reportedly failed to investigate warnings about the payments firm and instead cast more scrutiny on accusers, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported.
PYMNTS
JULY 15, 2020
After weeks of relentless headlines on the collapse of Wirecard , the High Court of Justice in London handed the German payments company a victory on Wednesday (July 15), the Financial Times (FT) reported. Judges dismissed a civil suit that alleged Wirecard of fraud weeks after the company filed for insolvency in a Munich court.
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 13, 2020
The telecommunications industry is but one of many sectors looking to more securely verify customers and avoid fraud, which remains a growing problem. million) since 2015, with 483 incidents being reported in June alone. Protecting Against SIM Swap Fraud By Deploying Digital Identity. More than 6.2 About The Tracker.
PYMNTS
JANUARY 11, 2021
To that end, late last week Equifax said it had reached a deal to acquire fraud prevention and digital ID firm Kount for $640 million. As reported, the deal will enable Equifax to boost its global presence in digital ID and fraud prevention, including through the Kount Identity Trust Global Network. In a Monday (Jan.
PYMNTS
MAY 8, 2019
Caledon used to employ Meeks and Williams before they went to FreightRover, according to reports. Williams reportedly was president of a Celadon subsidiary called Quality Companies during the period of alleged fraud. Fraud Allegations. Leadership Changes. Here is what happened, at least according to the U.S.
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 10, 2020
PSCU , which is billed as the nation's premier credit union service organization (CUSO), has announced its new Enhanced Fraud Services system, which the company said “has helped 10 early adopter credit unions combat fraud of all types, ranging from first-party chargeback fraud to identifying card information being sold on the dark web.”.
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 19, 2018
Even the mightiest of tech firms are not immune to invoice fraud. Engadget reported that Jeff Tran, Microsoft ’s former director of sports marketing and alliances, was charged with five counts of wire fraud. Wire fraud has a sentence of up to 20 years’ imprisonment. Fraud On The Rise. Overall, there was $.46
PYMNTS
FEBRUARY 27, 2018
“Regardless of the reason, these methods can pose problems, including reduced spend visibility, making it difficult to both track and enforce policy compliance and to perform back-office functions, such as reconciliation and reimbursement as well,” said GBTA Foundation Director of Research Monica Sanchez in a statement when the report was published.
PYMNTS
JANUARY 15, 2020
The subscription business model is growing sharply around the world, but the industry is also dealing with the twin challenges of fraud and subscriber churn. As a result, companies are increasingly turning to high-tech fraud-busting solutions to entice and keep subscribers. 536.4M: Value of fitness subscription app ClassPass.
PYMNTS
AUGUST 5, 2020
One report found that the mobile gaming market is expected to be valued at $100 billion by the end of 2020, for example. One form of technology that could help to mitigate some of the rising forms of fraud on gaming platforms is biometrics. Deep Dive: Guarding Gaming Platforms Against Online Fraud.
PYMNTS
JULY 2, 2020
A report in The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) said EY is now facing claims that the firm failed to identify “unorthodox financial arrangements” dating back to 2016, and, according to emails seen by the publication, that EY may have had questions surrounding those arrangements, but signed off on Wirecard’s financials regardless.
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 25, 2018
Venmo , the digital money transfer service owned by PayPal , suffered payments fraud earlier in 2018 that played a role in the company posting losses that were higher than forecasted for the first quarter of this year. While that helps reduce fraud, the WSJ noted that real users were also impacted when their transactions were declined.
PYMNTS
JULY 21, 2020
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) testified before the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Manufacturing, Trade and Consumer Protection on Tuesday (July 21), detailing its efforts to combat coronavirus-related fraud, including sending warning letters and trying to educate customers on how to spot a scam, according to a press release.
PYMNTS
JULY 19, 2020
Wirecard AG’s accounting firm said an independent report failed to account for half of the German payment company’s revenue and all its operating profit, the Financial Times (FT) reported. . Reporting solely on KPMG’s forensic investigation carries the danger of misinterpretation,” they noted. .
PYMNTS
JUNE 22, 2020
It’s the battle against fraud that can be lost right at the beginning. There’s increased urgency on the part of financial institutions (FIs) to spend more time and money on battling fraud at the point of onboarding, especially as card-not-present transactions surge in the lingering wake of the coronavirus. alone topped $10.2
Abrigo
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
real estate market alone. If approved as written, professionals involved in real estate closings and settlements will have to report information to FinCEN about non-financed residential real estate transfers to legal entities or trusts. WATCH NOW Takeaway 1 Real estate money laundering is a serious issue , with a n estimated $2.3
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 4, 2019
In the company’s ongoing efforts to prevent fraud on its site, Amazon announced a new program, Intellectual Property Accelerator, last month to help sellers make sure their products won’t be copied or counterfeited. According to a new LexisNexis study , overall retail fraud attempts doubled year-over-year and tripled since 2017.
PYMNTS
JANUARY 21, 2021
Merchants, card issuers and banks are no strangers to facing off against evolving fraud threats. Debit-related fraud is a particular concern for businesses and banks as failing to thwart such schemes could have significant and costly consequences. Debit And The Fraud Catch .
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 9, 2020
found that 32 percent of consumers have been targeted by some type of pandemic-related fraud , for example. Properly verifying the email addresses attached to clients is therefore essential for companies in the present market — and to keep out fraudsters successfully, this must be done at the very start of new customer relationships.
PYMNTS
DECEMBER 17, 2018
A report from IT Governance at the end of last week showed that only 29 percent of firms in the EU have “fully” implemented the GDPR tenets, and the lack of full compliance means that possible penalties loom – to the tune of four percent of a fined firm’s annual top line. The report surveyed more than 200 firms across a range of industries.
PYMNTS
MARCH 25, 2019
A new report has revealed that invoice fraud cost U.K. Invoice fraud happens when criminals pose as a regular supplier and make a request for their bank account information to be changed, usually via email. Invoice fraud could happen to businesses of all sizes. Even tech giants can be hit with invoice fraud.
PYMNTS
AUGUST 22, 2019
Fraud, for instance, is an ongoing threat, with nearly three-fourths of U.S. financial institutions reporting growing losses attributed to online and mobile fraud. The automation factor makes the process hands-off and makes it “less likely for especially internal fraud to occur, but also external,” per Quaine.
PYMNTS
JANUARY 3, 2019
A new study has revealed that retailers will lose around $130 billion in digital CNP (Card-not-Present) fraud between 2018 and 2023. A layered FDP (Fraud Detection & Prevention) solution naturally helps directly preventing fraud, but it also offers major gains in terms of recovering potentially lost revenue through false positives.
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 24, 2018
billion in 300,000-plus reported cyberattacks last year, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Perhaps more troubling, however, is digital fraud’s projected future. Recently published research noted global fraud losses could top $6 billion by 2021, more than doubling the $3 billion lost worldwide in 2015.
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