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FICO Survey: APAC Banks Expect Rise in Tax Evasion

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million digital records exposed the dark deeds of dirty money and tax evasion and burst the bubble of pretense that the world is effective at dealing with corruption. One in five banks in Asia Pacific say that they expect tax evasion to increase 100 to 500 percent over last year’s levels according to a recent poll by FICO.

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Mastercard Tops 20174Q Views on Robust Cross-Border Transactions

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tax laws had on other firms recently reporting results, Mastercard put up numbers Thursday (Feb. Excluding the aforementioned tax impact, earnings per share came in at $1.14, two pennies better than Wall Street expectations. As for its own tax savings, the company will use at least part of the money to boost financial inclusion.

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Nordea Accused Of Handling $790M In Suspicious Transactions

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Nordea, the biggest bank in the Nordic region, is being accused of handling millions of dollars in suspicious transactions for several years. The bank reportedly handled 700 million euros or $790 million in transactions that were questionable from 2005 to 2017. The investment firm rates Nordea at underperform.

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Equifax Names Ex-Mastercard CEO To Its Board

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At Mastercard, he created and structured a business where he served as president of Mastercard’s Europe, Middle East, Africa and Canada regions until his appointment as president and CEO. At the end of 2017, the cost from the data breach stood at $439 million.

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Migration and the “Cloud Ceiling”: 5 Compliance Predictions for 2017

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That means 2017 should be a risky year from a compliance standpoint. Just as in adjacent spaces — fraud, cybersecurity — analytics help investigators pick the most suspicious activities based on study of a wide range of factors. Today, it’s really only Tier 1 banks that use analytics in AML, KYC and tax compliance areas.

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Data Dive, Fall Chill Edition: Fraudsters, Sears And India’s Data Privacy Laws

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And New England isn’t the only place enjoying the autumn chill as it sets in — although we are perhaps enjoying it more colorfully with the region’s famed foliage. The report excluded data on shop-at-home purchases and includes information about frauds reportedly directly to the FTC between January and September of this year.

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A Global Approach To Local B2B Payments Digitization

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The 2017 report , released Monday (Oct. Although the rate of adoption is good, corporates are not leveraging all the benefits of the digital transformation to provide new propositions to their clients, to help them move away from checks and increase overall efficiency in reconciliation and fraud,” the report concluded. Regional Trends.

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