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The Future of Checks – Tales From The Crypt

South State Correspondent

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. In addition to the logistics of check clearing and the availability of fraud, settlement is no easy feat. From there, checks steadily declined. That is an expensive item.

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Inside Kount’s Fraud-Fighting Machine

PYMNTS

Regardless of the company, its industry, its customers or location, online fraud remains top of mind. The urgency of robust and multilayered fraud detection systems becomes especially clear against a backdrop where card-not-present fraud is likely to grow by leaps and bounds in the wake of the EMV liability shift from last year.

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The Story Behind Europe’s €1.8 Billion Card Fraud Problem

FICO

FICO has just released an interactive infographic on European card fraud trends since 2006, showing that card fraud in the 19 countries studied has hit a new high of €1.8 In the UK, card fraud also a hit a new high in 2016, £618 million, though the rise was less than the rise from 2014 to 2015. CNP Fraud Takes Over.

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BEC Run Out Of Detention Center Nets Millions

PYMNTS

Mobile means one can do just about anything by using their device: order food, bank online, read the news … even commit payments fraud, sometimes from the unlikeliest of places. In Australia, news came that police have charged a quartet of alleged fraudsters with running a business email compromise (BEC) scam.

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17 Of The Biggest Startup Frauds Of All Time

CB Insights

Below, we take a look at some of these frauds and the lessons they can teach entrepreneurs hoping to launch their own products, companies, and funds. Mozido’s fintech fraud fiasco. Virgin Hyperloop One’s utopian vision derailed by fraud. Mozido’s fintech fraud fiasco. And others disappear forever.

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3D Secure 2.0: How Card Issuers Can Prepare

PYMNTS

Get individual and industry perspectives on: – Payment authentication, its importance to fraud prevention and to ecommerce security. Vice President, Product Management, Payment Security at CA Technologies. James Rendell heads Payment Security Strategy and Product Management for CA Technologies. – Successful 3DS 2.0

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Why Paper Checks Continue To Dominate Online Rebates

PYMNTS

PYMNTS recently spoke with Kristen Gall, general manager of cash back and shopping rewards company Rakuten Rewards , and Craig Cassata, president of online rebate site Mr. Rebates , about checks’ role in online rebates, and why they are unlikely to disappear — regardless of their obvious payment detriments. Rebates’ customers.

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