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Fraudsters Try New Spins On The BEC Scam

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Below, PYMNTS explores the numbers behind the latest cases of B2B payments fraud — from attacks targeting government entities to banks’ struggle in managing the fraud threat from real-time payments. The losses for one Texas school district totaled to $2.3 million, thanks to a phishing scam.

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FEMA Looks At Blockchain To Aid Disaster Payouts

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The report cited disasters, such as Hurricanes Maria in Puerto Rico or Harvey in Texas, where those affected might not have any access to the information needed to file a claim, such as policy documents, land ownership records, personal identification and more.

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Easy Ways BSA Officers Can Get Their Required Training

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One option that makes it easy for BSA officers to complete required training is to attend regional meetings. For example, Abrigo is hosting regional seminars in six cities across the U.S. Cost for these regional meetings is $100, and dates and locations are: Sept. 21 in Houston, Texas Nov. Fraud Prevention.

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Today In Digital-First Banking: Paya To Buy The Payment Group; Purdue Federal Credit Union Taps Payrailz For Payment Services

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TPG of Texas offers payment solutions to over 600 utility firms and governments. An executive for the company said per reports that virtual cards are a method of helping to stop fraud, with the capacity for virtual payments to occur without bank data being traded. Paya To Purchase Utility Payments Processor, The Payment Group.

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Imposter Scams Top FTC’s List of 2018 Consumer Complaints

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Credit card fraud was the most common type of identity theft report. Florida, Georgia, Nevada, Delaware, and Tennessee had the highest fraud reports per capita. Georgia, Nevada, California, Florida, and Texas had the highest identity theft reports per capita. declined by 24% from 2017.

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Fraudsters And The Retail Identity Crisis

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Most of those gains, however, were lost later in the day following Mastercard’s separate announcement of a potential regulatory fine from the European Commission over its inter-regional interchange fees. He noted that Mastercard’s push payment’s solution, Mastercard Send , is now capable of reaching “pretty much all debit cards in the U.S.”

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Mastercard Stock Rises On  Q3 Growth, Falls On Regulatory Concerns

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Most of those gains, however, were lost later in the day following Mastercard’s separate announcement of a potential regulatory fine from the European Commission over its inter-regional interchange fees. He noted that Mastercard’s push payment’s solution, Mastercard Send , is now capable of reaching “pretty much all debit cards in the U.S.”

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