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The Future of Checks – Tales From The Crypt

South State Correspondent

The rise of card-not-present transactions for phone and then e-commerce, starting in 1994, cannibalized check volume, as did Paypal, retail ACH for phone and internet transactions in 1998. The debit card started to rise in popularity in 2004, as did an explosion of ATMs in 2005, affording the general population more access to cash.

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Hacker Tracker: Shimmers, Identity Fraud, And Hacked Hotels

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Just when payment card data seemed somewhat protected by EMV technology, hackers have found yet another way to steal information and gain access to PINs. As Datablink CEO Alex Cagnoni pointed out, card cloning devices are not something new; however, with the use of a chip, the attack has become more complex but still quite effective.

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MercadoLibre: The ‘Amazon Of Latin America’ Spreads Its Wings

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MercadoLibre is an eCommerce platform similar to Amazon , with its own payments infrastructure that has grown into credit, mobile payments and asset management capabilities. I would say the most relevant variables across Latin America are banking penetration and credit card penetration,” Gimenez noted. percent year over year.

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Fighting digital banking fraud – Part 1: Know the threat

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The ongoing development of digital technology has created unprecedented choice and freedom for consumers in how they manage their financial affairs. Research has shown that fraud has become a bigger threat as consumers and businesses have moved more of their financial processes into the digital space. An escalating threat.

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ACI Worldwide Amps Up Erste Bank Hungary Electronic Payments

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The new initiative is an upgrade from the older versions of ACI’s solutions, as EBH and ACI have been working together since 2003. In addition to the added payment options, EBH will calculate interchange fees using ACI Interchange, a central monetary transaction manager, as well as ACI Proactive Risk Manager, which manages fraud.

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State Employees In Mississippi Targets Of Direct Deposit Scam

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News comes this week from Mississippi that state workers are being targeted by similar fraud attempts. Separately, and in a more whimsical vein, amid the more outlandish attempts to wield the corporate credit card, Business.com reported that “there are no limits to what some people think is appropriate to expense.”. A Bit Of Whimsy.

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Govt Eyes BEC, Govt Slammed By BEC

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The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 requires companies to develop internal accounting controls that mandate that transactions are done only with management’s “general or specific authorization.”. The South China Morning Post reports that the SFC has set up a form online through a page titled “Reporting corporate fraud and market misconduct.”