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Ghosts Of Payments Fraud Past: Enron CEO Skilling Freed From Custody

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As widely reported, Skilling helmed the energy giant before it collapsed into bankruptcy at the end of 2001. He served jail time in connection with fraud and conspiracy, centered on accounting tricks that were partly used to cover financial losses. Founder and Chairman Kenneth L. The charges state that as much as $2.5

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Banks Turn To 3D Secure 2.0 To Fight Fraud

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Both solutions provide increased fraud protection to online transactions made via debit or credit cards. 3DS was initially introduced in 2001, and has continued to evolve over the past 17 years. The changes also include enhanced fraud protections for merchants. s upgrades, however. For example, 3DS 2.0

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Capital One Disclosed Inquiry Into Anti-Money Laundering Practices

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According to the filing and a report in T he Wall Street Journal , the government agencies are looking into “certain former check casher clients” that were a part of its commercial banking business, as well as the anti-money laundering program at the credit card issuer. That all changed with the filing late last week.

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EMV Chip Cards: It’s Time to Educate Your Small Business Customers

Banking 2020

Big changes are happening in the credit card processing industry that will impact every business accepting credit card payments. Ideally, once EMV is fully deployed, credit cards will no longer be “swiped”. After the EMV authentication and verification, the credit card sale will be handled much like it is today.

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Startup Spotlight: Invisible Payments, Invisible Hacks

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From paying for groceries through Apple Pay to paying for a ride on Lyft, many popular services today require nothing but a phone – no need to pull out a credit card or sign a receipt. Even a perfect app can be plugged into a de-bugger and disassembled into pieces that a cybercriminal can use to commit fraud.

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Fintech Hall of Fame: The Top Digital Innovations in Financial Services

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Innovations from 1995 to 2014 (with launch dates) Note: Ranking as of Jan 2014 Wells Fargo is first in the world to offer Web-statement access (launched May 1995) Security First Network Bank launches first full-service Internet bank brand (Oct 1995, disbanded 2002) PayPal launches first online optimized payment system (Nov 1999, bought by eBay in 2003) (..)

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No Pain, No Gain? GDPR, PSD2 And The New Payments Reality

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Both solutions provide increased fraud protection for online transactions made via debit or credit cards. Initially, 3DS was introduced in 2001, and has continued to evolve over the past 17 years. Visa and Mastercard designed the 3DS protocols, providing them under the names Verified by Visa and Mastercard Secure Code.

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