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The B2B Payments Fraud Threat Of Internal Employees

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The currency exchange company continues in the grips of a ransomware attack that has crippled its operations, as well as the foreign currency operations of its corporate clients, including HSBC and Barclays. Ten percent of business email domains are protected from spoofing , according to recent Security Boulevard reports.

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Lessons Learned From the Fourth United States Bank Failure of 2023

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Heartland Tri-State began operations in 1985 under the name First National Bank of Elkhart. In 2011, Hanes put together a local investment group that purchased the bank from its former holding company, and he became President and CEO of the new bank. He was promoted to President and CEO in 2008.

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Keeping Subscription Boxes Secure From STEM To Stern

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Such boxes represent a small segment of the broader subscription market, but they face the same challenges, including fraud attempts like card-and-wallet tests and account takeovers (ATOs). Box-of-the-month services constantly struggle to secure their payment processes and remain a step ahead of bad actors.

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Is AI The Ultimate Fraud Fighting Machine?

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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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FinCEN AML/CTF Priorities Part 6: Transnational Organized Crime (TOC)

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The FBI explains TOC groups are “self-perpetuating associations of individuals who operate, wholly or in part, by illegal means and irrespective of geography.” Crime proceeds linked primarily to the national sector such as fraud, burglaries, theft, robberies, loan sharking or protection racketeering were not included in these estimates.”.

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Synthetic Identities: From Data Breaches to Auto Loan Fraud

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Fraud and data breaches have always had a close, if destructive, relationship. As the US transitioned to hard-to-counterfeit EMV payment card technology several years ago, criminals flocked to card not present (CNP) fraud , often combining identity fragments and card numbers stolen in breaches to make illicit purchases online.

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Deep Dive: How Regulatory Compliance Tools Help Keep Remittances Flowing

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FIs that offer remittances must also comply with a variety of regulations intended to help ensure that terrorists and other criminals are unable to abuse the services to finance illicit operations and hide ill-gotten funds. Maintaining compliance with these important regulations can be challenging, but FIs cannot afford to slip up.