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Checks, Spreadsheets Expose Firms To Growing Fraud Risk

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Corporate fraud continues to plague businesses large and small, and in this week’s B2B fraud tracker, many of the latest cases of nefarious activity within the enterprise can be traced back to the continued use of paper and legacy systems. The biggest story this past week, of course, was the revelation that as much as $2.1

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Visa Chip Cards Reduced Counterfeit Fraud By 87 Pct

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Visa announced that since their inception, chip cards have reduced counterfeit fraud by 87 percent. . Chip cards are increasingly becoming the norm as usage and acceptance has continued to grow since the EMV standard was first introduced in 2011,” the company said. Counterfeit fraud dollars for all U.S.

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

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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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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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Top News In Payments: Instant Payments Spread In The Gig Economy; Contactless Cuts Down On Counterfeit Fraud

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Also, Visa says chip cards have reduced counterfeit fraud by 87 percent since their inception, and Grab is planning to earmark $150 million for additional research into artificial intelligence (AI). Visa: Chip Cards Reduce Counterfeit Fraud by 87 Pct. Today in the payments news roundup, almost 40 percent of U.S.

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Model governance comes to fraud detection

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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

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This shift has created significant opportunities for local banks, however with this growth comes the inevitable threat of increased fraud, exacerbated by the Covid pandemic and the explosion in ecommerce and card-not-present fraud. Expansion Brings Fraud Challenges.

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