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Banks Turn To 3D Secure 2.0 To Fight Fraud

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Recent reports indicate an uptick in fraudsters targeting large FIs, and headlines surrounding security breaches and cyberattacks fill the news on a near-daily basis. Visa and Mastercard designed the 3DS protocols and provide them under the names Verified by Visa and Mastercard Secure Code. The evolution of payment protection.

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

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Last year brought the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) deadline, Europe’s attempt to boost online privacy and security for consumers — a law that just resulted in a $57 million fine against Google , which was accused of not doing enough to gain the consent of users when collecting data meant for targeted advertising. 3D Secure 2.0

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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. Passwords, security questions, and even biometrics can’t protect users from that sort of attack — because it’s coming from inside the app itself.

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Capital One Disclosed Inquiry Into Anti-Money Laundering Practices

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Capital One Financial disclosed in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing last week that it’s being investigated by the New York District Attorney’s Office, the Justice Department and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the Treasury Department for its anti-money laundering program. That all changed with the filing late last week.

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

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I’m taking suggestions here (so far: crypto, BNPL, earned-wage access, chatbots, deposit networks).

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Artificial Intelligence: FIs’ Friend Or Foe?

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It doesn’t mask murderous intentions with a calming voice like HAL of “2001: A Space Odyssey.” For instance, AI can detect fraudulent activity with much greater speed and accuracy than the human eye by watching for known fraud patterns and behaviors to flag suspicious transactions. Another use case is application processing.

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In Payments Security, Hunting For The Goldilocks Effect

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To put it another way, the theme of the fairy tale applies to the transactional world in which we live — getting it all just right and in balance, a crucial concept when it comes to the consumer experience and security in card-not-present (CNP) transactions. Balance is the only way to boost card revenue. There will be 2.9

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