PYMNTS

JULY 28, 2020

Fraudsters and financial institutions (FIs) are constantly evolving to best each other, and growth in synthetic ID fraud is revealing that many banks must enhance their security measures to stay in the lead. Researchers dubbed synthetic ID fraud the “fastest-growing form of identity theft” in the U.S.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 1, 2020

Credit unions (CUs), as much as other financial entities, are seeing a boom in competition as banking moves to online and mobile channels. Customers today expect to be able to access financial services instantly, which can put pressure on CUs that need to stretch restricted technology budgets into innovative new features.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

The latest Payments and the Platform Economy study examines how marketplaces are responding to the counterfeit threat as well as how they are continuing to innovate the customer experience. Online Resale. Sales of counterfeit goods through online marketplaces are expected to hit $1.8 billion per year to fake online sales.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Innovations — some more fantastical than others — keep emerging, though. Synthetic identity fraud continues to grow , but far slower than when it ran rampant in 2015 and 2016. billion in Q2 2018 to $1.02 The decline in synthetic fraud growth is attributed to greater adoption of fraud protection programs.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

When it comes to fighting fraud, it’s not really what you know – not exactly, at least. Fraud is big business, with online losses topping some $14.7 As Xie discussed with Webster, the best general practice is to take a proactive approach to fighting fraud – but that’s much easier said than done. New vs. Old Fraud.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 31, 2018

According to the report, cybercrime touched nearly every sector throughout 2018, including those that may seem less obvious, like education or manufacturing — and for one obvious reason: the money. Facebook’s 2018 regarding the stewardship of user data and privacy was one it would like to soon forget. Department Store Hacks.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 3, 2019

The index notes, “This is largely due to the prevalence of delivery, which has increased 15 percent since 2018 likely thanks to the rise of mobile order-ahead apps.” Even so, innovators from third-party apps to restaurant chains themselves are offering mobile options that extend beyond delivery. percent year over year in Q3.

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Insights on Business

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

According to recent information from Juniper Research , online payment fraud losses from e-commerce, airline ticketing, and money transfer and banking services are expected to reach $48 billion by 2023, more than double the $22 billion in losses estimated for 2018. Synthetic identities and new account fraud.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 30, 2020

Widely publicized data breaches and hacks have made today’s consumers especially concerned about fraud. Cautious shoppers may find comfort in debit, with fraud losses associated with the payment method declining over the past several years. Card fraud is an ever-present threat. A Big-Picture Approach To Thwarting Debit Fraud.

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Insights on Business

AUGUST 10, 2018

Given IBM’s experiences helping clients accelerate their digital transformation journey with Cloud and AI, we’re particularly excited that “Enabling the digital economy” is the Sibos 2018 conference theme. IBM at Sibos 2018. Stay tuned for more blogs on Sibos 2018! Jim Brill, IBM Financial Services Marketing.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 31, 2019

Instead, a deeper understanding of fraud — down to its genetic outline — is needed to be truly effective in fighting it. Fighting fraud is often a group effort, as can be seen in several global markets. In the UAE, for instance, a group of banks recently banded together to crack down on acts of check-related fraud.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

This is largely due to the increasing prevalence of delivery, which increased by 15 percent since 2018 primarily due to the rise of mobile-order ahead apps. Fraud is a constant concern for QSRs and their customers. Deep Dive: Exploring The Rise Of Gift Card Fraud. Developments From Around the Mobile Order-Ahead World.

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PYMNTS

JULY 13, 2020

Many customers have grown accustomed to virtual tours and online onboarding processes and may not wish to return to paper-based or manual methods. One study showed that 44 percent of individuals in 2018 began their house-hunting journeys by looking up potential properties online before contacting real estate professionals.

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PYMNTS

JULY 23, 2019

In April 2018, the RBI set a six-month deadline for payment firms to comply with data localization. . The Hyderabad center, PayPal’s third technology center in India, will focus on data science, risk management and machine learning to help businesses protect themselves from fraud.

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 27, 2018

P2P payment provider Zelle processed $25 billion in payments during the first quarter of 2018, the service reported yesterday, a more than 15% increase from last quarter.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 29, 2018

There may come a day, a generation or two from now, when stories about the data breaches and other hacking threats faced by payments and commerce operators in 2018 seem quaint — or, at the least, like relatively primitive foreshadowing of a new type of digital criminality. It’s already happening, of course, albeit tentatively.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Almost 33 years ago, David Letterman introduced his singular innovation in stand-up comedy: the Top 10 List. Since we would hate for anyone to go into the end of 2018 behind the eight ball, we decided to pay tribute to both a great bit and a great deal of news with our own top 10 list of the biggest news of summer 2018.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2020

As businesses and consumers become more comfortable using credit cards online, the proportion of US commerce that takes place online has steadily increased over the last 20 years. Specifically, the Collisons aimed to more seamlessly connect online businesses and payment processors, allowing more businesses to accept online payments.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2020

However, government bodies are unable to innovate at the same breakneck pace as retailers or other consumer service industries, as they must adhere to complex regulations, and ensure that their software is not leaving partners behind. Payment Challenges Stall Government Innovations . Fraud Issues Stemming From Paper Check Use.

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Insights on Business

AUGUST 10, 2018

Given IBM’s experiences helping clients accelerate their digital transformation journey with Cloud and AI, we’re particularly excited that “Enabling the digital economy” is the Sibos 2018 conference theme. IBM at Sibos 2018. Stay tuned for more blogs on Sibos 2018! Jim Brill, IBM Financial Services Marketing.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 11, 2019

Member ING Bank was fined 775 million euros ($852 million USD) in 2018 for failing to prevent criminals from siphoning millions of euros through it over a six-year period, for example. AML Strategies and Innovation Quirks. Mobile, online and phone channels all have distinct fraud challenges and customer needs, after all. “We

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2019

The global threat of fraud shows no signs of slowing down. Losses related to fraud are valued at $14.7 billion, according to the most recent DataVisor Fraud Index Report. Developments Around The Digital Fraud World. consumers lose more to romance-based fraud than any other type of scheme.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2020

A significant number of firms — notably small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) — still use such systems, as 25 percent of smaller firms stated in 2018 that their payroll involved pen-and-paper methods. A 2018 report found that 21 percent of the fraud SMBs see is expense reimbursement fraud from their own employees.

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FICO

DECEMBER 14, 2021

But European fraud and financial crime have continued to evolve. In the UK, Action Fraud reported several hundreds of cases of people receiving emails claiming to be from the NHS, offering them a vaccine passport, prompting them to click on a link and input their personal and financial details. Investment in Scam-Fighting AI.

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PYMNTS

MAY 6, 2020

Financial fraud costs businesses an estimated $1.45 trillion, and it resulted in almost half of global organizations noting they were victims of fraud in 2018. This includes exploring emerging anti-fraud solutions and the challenges arising in this space as fraud grows more complex. One recent breach at U.S.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2019

Online shopping network ShopRunner has had a big week. “The addition of UPS to our roster of investors only strengthens our collaboration around creating innovative products and services for both our consumers and retail partners.” In 2018, ShopRunner members spent over $2 billion in the eCommerce network.

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PYMNTS

JULY 27, 2020

“Given the seismic shift to digital, the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing retail to achieve innovation in three to six months that would otherwise have taken three to five years. The pandemic has brought uncertainty to many businesses, but at the same time, it has sparked innovation,” said Ro Bhatia , chief operating officer at sticky.io.

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PYMNTS

JULY 3, 2020

PYMNTS’ research indicates that 33 percent of CUs offered loyalty and rewards innovations in 2019, up from 29.4 percent in 2018. COVID-19 changed all that, bringing a new urgency to digital innovation and a top-down reimaging of CU loyalty. Dividends of Loyalty Innovation. Easy is the New Loyalty’.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Restaurants are diving head first into digital innovations, such as mobile ordering and rewards programs. These merchants have always been vulnerable to in-person fraud, including coupon or promotion scams, but digital channels create new avenues that bad actors can exploit. AI to the Rescue.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Further proof of that came recently from a young company based in San Francisco called Castle , which helps eCommerce operators such as Touch of Modern and Rue La La to defend against that type of fraud. We recognized that there was an opportunity to turn every online company into a security guardian who could keep their users safe.”.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

The number of facilities looking for alternatives has doubled since 2018, with 17 percent utilizing MFA to better protect against fraud. The need for newer, stringent authentication comes as call centers — especially those for banks and other financial services — are getting hit with increasingly sophisticated fraud.

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PYMNTS

MAY 1, 2020

The best way today’s businesses can digitize their payment processes is by transitioning to innovative platforms that work with existing systems and do not require large infrastructure investments or changes to current processes.”. postal mail, using APIs that work with existing software. Paper Wait.

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PYMNTS

JULY 5, 2019

That reminder sets up a story recently told via a PYMNTS podcast discussion with Yinglian Xie, CEO and co-founder at DataVisor , a company that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to defend against online fraud and other such digital attacks. Fraud Increases. trillion in 2018. Digital Evolution.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 13, 2019

But there’s a big problem in this realm — a shortage of cybersecurity experts, the people with the training and expertise to defend retail and payments from increasingly sophisticated online criminals. That compares to nearly 14 percent who are at least 60, according to figures from June 2018. According to Kaplan, some 3.5

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PYMNTS

MAY 28, 2020

In the May Digital-First Banking Tracker® , PYMNTS explores the latest in the world of digital-first banking, including the challenges facing deployment of APIs amid the COVID-19 pandemic, new online initiatives from nationwide FI chains and community banks and the security challenges that are plaguing digital banking programs.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

Now the Giving Block , a for-profit firm founded in 2018, is in charge of this year’s crypto Giving Tuesday with #BitcoinTuesday. And a hacking group has been mass-scanning the internet looking for Docker platforms that have application programming interface (API) endpoints exposed online. The event on Dec.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 2, 2019

While commercial card innovation certainly accelerated in 2018, progress can always continue. Its annual commercial card survey released in May found corporate executives are eager to at least learn about new innovations in electronic B2B payments, particularly as they seek increased efficiencies and value.

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