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‘Death-Spiral Financing’ Leads to SEC Fraud Charges Against Penny-Stock Operator

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So much of the focus on fraud these days involves exploiting holes in software, hacking into systems to steal personal information and payment data, or otherwise using digital methods in heists. But recent news involving “death-spiral financing” reminds us that fraud is still conducted in other, relatively old-fashioned ways.

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MoneyGram Teams With Visa Direct, Checkout.com To Advance P2P Payments

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He added that teaming up with Checkout.com and growing its collaboration with Visa Direct is already resulting in “significant customer adoption,” which MoneyGram expects will help facilitate “strong digital growth in the European market this year.". using Visa Direct. MoneyGram is in favor of a proposal by U.S.

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World Password Day Highlights (The Annoying) Endurance Of A Weak Security Tool

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As far as marketing and education pushes disguised as pseudo-holiday type things, you could do worse than World Password Day , which is Thursday (May 2). Among the most recent examples comes from Microsoft’s Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) Bret Arsenault. Password Denunciations. Microsoft handles 6.5

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SaaS Firm CEO Resigns; Layoffs, SEC Investigation Follow

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NS8 , a Las Vegas-based online fraud prevention and detection software maker for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), has begun layoffs following the abrupt resignation of its CEO. 8) that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was investigating the company for alleged fraud. “We.

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Western Union Under Watch As EU Eyes Money Transfer Market

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Western Union is being questioned by the European Union’s antitrust regulators in relation to allegations that it conspired with banks to push its rivals out of the money-transfer market. World Bank research indicates that the global remittances market is expected to be a $441 billion market.

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Govt Eyes BEC, Govt Slammed By BEC

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Amid reports this week that changes to accounting standards are coming over the next few weeks, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has said that financial professionals, including accountants, must be mindful of cybersecurity risks. BEC, the acronym for business email compromise scams, is getting its share of attention.

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Deep Dive: Why Video-Based KYC Is Key To Seamless, Cost-Effective FI Onboarding

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identities took center stage in 2012 — the year HSBC, Europe?s The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, a private corporation that acts as a self-regulatory organization, adopted new KYC rules in 2012 requiring its broker members to use “reasonable diligence” to open and maintain every account. The London-based bank?s

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