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Scammers Prove Corporate Payments Fraud Comes In All Shapes And Sizes

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But the BEC scam is not the only kind of business payments fraud plaguing firms today. This week's B2B Digest looks at how corporate finance scams come in all shapes and sizes, from employee expense fraud to invoice falsification. PYMNTS breaks down the numbers behind the latest cases below.

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Startup Riskified Seeks $200M To Fight eCommerce Fraud

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An Israeli startup that creates anti-fraud services that deal with online transactions wants to raise $200 million for expansion, according to a report in Bloomberg. Riskified , which was founded in 2013 and is based in Tel Aviv, is potentially considering going public, possibly by 2020.

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How Axis Bank Prevents Identity Fraud With Video-Based Onboarding

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The major cybersecurity issues that will continue to increase as digital becomes more prominent is fraudsters managing to get control of customers’ accounts,” he said. Fraud Threats To Digital Banking. Identity fraud accounted for $16.9 Leveraging Video-based Onboarding, AI To Prevent Identity Fraud.

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Fraud? Maybe Not, But Some Questionable Expenses Indeed

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The findings came from a survey of 2,000 individuals between 2013 to 2018. AppZen said there is no finding that certain verticals are more or less prone to expense fraud. As found in reports by The Economist Intelligence Unit , more than 60 percent of CFOs and other financial managers across the U.S.,

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How The Subscription Boom Can Detail Expense Management

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Employee fraud is a monumental issue, especially for small businesses (SMBs) without resources to track every penny workers spend. But that fraud is only part of the problem stemming from a lack of visibility into corporate spend. This creates an environment in which employee fraud can thrive.

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Bitcoin Daily: Gemcoin Founder Pleads Guilty In $147M Fraud Case; Dubliner Forfeits $67.6M In Bitcoin As Part Of Drug Case

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Steve Chen, the mastermind behind a $147 million gemcoin fraud from 2013 to 2015, pleaded guilty of his crimes of tax evasion and conspiracy to commit wire fraud, reported on Wednesday (Feb. The 62-year-old California resident will face a minimum of a decade in prison, according to the Department of Justice.

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Hacker Tracker: The Evolving Threat Of Tax Fraud

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Earlier this year, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration reported that there was a reduction in the number of fraudulent tax returns identified between 2013 and 2015. What’s Next In Tax Fraud. As of February, the number of mentions in 2017 so far was already over 40 percent of the 2016 total. But that’s not all.

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