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Deep Dive: How Payment Card Networks Win Merchants Over

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This is thanks to a 2010 federal law known as the Durbin Amendment, which requires that merchants be able to select from at least two unaffiliated networks through which they can route their transactions. Debit cards secured with PINs came into wide use in the 1990s, and regional card networks often processed such payments at the time.

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Amex Acquires InAuth

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And beyond a storied history, Williams notes, Amex has some more contemporary numbers to back that up — fraud rates on its network are about half the rates at their card network competitors. The good news about EMV, Williams noted, is that it did make a notable dent in card-present fraud. The changing commerce landscape.

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LendingClub Settles With SEC, DOJ

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The SEC found LCA, LendingClub and Laplanche guilty of fraud for improperly using LCA assets to benefit LendingClub Corporation, LCA’s parent company for which Laplanche was both founder and CEO. In 2010, LendingClub added to its war chest with a $24.5 All but three of those loans were paid in full January of 2010. said U.S.

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What Iran Can – And Won’t – Do In A Cyberwar

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Iran’s options and goals on the geopolitical stage (without taking a deep dive into specific policy issues) should be examined against the backdrop that Iran — like, any number of countries, said Visner — is seeking greater regional influence, and greater international respect and leverage. cloaked well enough so that the U.S.

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Stripe Teardown: How The $35B Payments Company Plans To Supercharge Online Retail

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Brothers Patrick and John Collison founded Stripe in 2010 in an attempt to gain share in online payments, a then-nascent market with seemingly boundless growth opportunity. Fraud prevention tools. Sigma aims to streamline business operations. Online and offline payments. Supporting merchant partner growth. Virtual card issuance.

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The 2019 GonzoBanker Awards

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Whether it be voice technology with folks like Pindrop or digital identification with innovators like Alloy, balancing the need to combat fraud with the need for an oh-so-friction-free customer experience will mean managing and embedding many layers of new technologies. The NextGen Analytics Award Delivered Today – Goes to Incorta.

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17 Of The Biggest Startup Frauds Of All Time

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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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