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Sift Science Eyes Global Fraud Prevention With $53M In Funding

PYMNTS

Fraud detection startup Sift Science has raised $53 million in a series D round, bringing its total amount raised to $107 million. Founded in 2011, Sift Science plans to use this latest round of funding to grow its fraud detection and prevention product globally. For example, Palo Alto-based Simility received $17.5

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Ex-Barclays Head Is Acquitted In Fraud Trial

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Former Barclays boss John Varley has been acquitted in a fraud trial regarding payments made to Qatar while the financial crisis was in full swing, according to a report by the Financial Times. billion but that the deal was not disclosed properly to the market or other investors, and that it secretly paid Qatar £322 million.

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Is AI The Ultimate Fraud Fighting Machine?

PYMNTS

After its launch in 2011, HiGear, a San Francisco, Calif.–based While the fraud-fighting technology available six years ago didn’t stand a chance of protecting HiGear, the current car-sharing market , which is projected to be worth $16.5 billion by 2024, continues to experience similar fraud attacks.

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Model governance comes to fraud detection

Insights on Business

Payment fraud detection has always had a bit more latitude than its counterparts in anti-money laundering, customer due diligence and even trade surveillance compliance. Unlike the latter areas, fraud prevention is an area not as heavily governed by regulations or specific rules of what a financial institution should or should not allow.

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ELO and FICO Partner to Bring Reduction in Transaction Fraud

FICO

The payments market in Brazil is undergoing radical change as the country moves from a traditionally cash-based society to new flexible payment products and services. To counter this threat, Elo needed a best-in-class transaction fraud solution for their expanding network of issuing banks, both large and small.

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The Russian bank, the Bruce Willis ad and the $900m sanctions battle

TheGuardian

Ministers warned that millions owed after alleged fraud by ex bosses of National Bank Trust could help fund Putin’s war effort In one of Russia’s most high-profile marketing campaigns, film star Bruce Willis appeared in cinematic advertisements with a car chase and a rooftop rescue, ending with the slogan, “Trust is just like me, but a bank.”

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Raising Elder Fraud Awareness to Prevent Real Estate Scams

FICO

All too often, elders today are the targets of residential real estate fraud and scams. Scammers capitalize on a hot real estate market. However, the hot real estate market has been a stark contrast to many seniors’ cooling personal finances. Here are two popular real estate scams targeting the elderly. by Darryl Knopp.

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