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Buying into AML risks in real estate

Abrigo

Key Takeaways Real estate markets are vulnerable to money laundering and fraud because of their transaction size and appreciation over time. The real estate market is enticing to more than just new homeowners or investors. Real estate market AML risks Real estate is a proven, traditional, and well-established marketplace.

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Wirecard’s Former CEO Markus Braun Arrested

PYMNTS

The 50-year-old executive faces charges of accounting fraud and market manipulation designed to artificially inflate the financial technology company’s balance sheet to make it look more appealing to investors and customers, the Financial Times reported. billion euros ($2.1 billion), prosecutors confirmed on Tuesday. billion euros ($2.1

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Lyft Taps Google Veteran As It Goes After Business Market

PYMNTS

The report noted that Gupta will also be in charge of the employees developing payments, working on fraud prevention and privacy. Prior to joining Lyft , Gupta was a Google employee since 2002, most recently heading up its Google Ads platform.

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PayU Taps Feedzai To Protect Its LATAM Payment Networks

PYMNTS

Online payment tech company PayU is teaming up with cyber-fraud prevention firm Feedzai to beef up its network protections in a key global market, the companies announced on Wednesday (July 29).

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Black Magic Slight-of-Hand: Trading an $11 Billion Fraud Problem for a $12 Billion One in the Post-EMV U.S. Market

Javelin Strategy & Research

Based on previous experiences overseas, it is expected that EMV will eliminate counterfeit card fraud, while removing the incentive for criminals to compromise card data from POS merchants. Yet, in our attempts to anticipate fraud after EMV is broadly adopted, we are again putting ourselves in a position to be misled.

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Deep Dive: Striking A Balance In Digital ID Security

PYMNTS

Experiencing such gains comes with risks, however, as digital IDs have presented new and underexplored avenues for fraud. This is an especially popular authentication method in China, where the facial recognition market is expected to reach $9.6 More than 4.5 AI can also be used to analyze biometrics, such as facial scans.

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UK’s Terrorism Reinsurance Fund Wants To Expand Coverage To Include Cyberattacks

PYMNTS

In 2002, for example, Pool Re expanded its coverage to include chemical and biological attacks after the 9/11 attacks in the United States. This is similar to what is done in the United States, where the cyberinsurance market paid out about $3.25 Claims are handed out if the British government concludes an attack was terror-related.