PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2018

Credit Karma said yes to early tax refunds for consumers – for free. Good Tax Lending Karma. Good news for consumers avidly awaiting their tax refund for 2018: Credit Karma Tax is rolling out a new product call Earlybird Advance, an online refund advance service. And that was just Tuesday.

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FICO

AUGUST 12, 2019

Child identity fraud is an alarmingly large and growing problem. . A 2018 report released by Javelin Strategy & Research found that more than one million children were victims of identity fraud in 2017. As I’ve blogged about previously, synthetic identity fraud is rampant , and fraudsters are growing ever-more sophisticated.

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JULY 22, 2019

KeyBank’s Costly Payroll Fraud Problem . Regional banking force KeyCorp disclosed a massive fraud that could potentially cost as much as $90 million – according to reporting out of CNBC last week. An analyst at Baird said the revelations were “unfortunate” but “manageable.”. Starting with. Bulgaria’s Big Breach .

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

Internal Revenue Service (IRS) said that ahead of tax season, preparers and other victims received requests to change direct deposit activity. News comes this week from Mississippi that state workers are being targeted by similar fraud attempts. In December, the U.S. The IRS cited “spoofed” addresses that seemed official.

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Abrigo

JUNE 10, 2020

Consider outsourcing BSA/AML work as one option in order to remain compliant and meet short-term needs for alert or case-monitoring to address seasonal issues, such as tax season, or employee issues, such as a leave of absence. When the OCC terminated a consent order related to the AML program in December 2018, U.S. Fraud Prevention.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

The latest AMC/KYC Tracker examines current efforts to stop money laundering, fight fraud and improve customer identity authentication in the financial services space. Between 2008 and 2018, approximately $26 billion worth of fines were levied against banks for AML, KYC and sanctions noncompliance. The Cost of Compliance.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2019

Citing analysis from the Edelman Trust Barometer, the report noted that 2018 saw the largest-ever decline in public trust in businesses and government, and it’s causing significant financial losses in the form of stock devaluation, lost business and more. In the U.K., In the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

APRIL 1, 2019

workforce (36 percent) participated in the gig economy during 2018. A December 2018 survey from Connect Solutions found that this kind of remote employment offers perks for both workers and employers. This helps gig workers better manage their finances as they know exactly when their income will be accessible to them.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2018

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. In all, losses to this emerging and increasingly occurring form of fraud reached $40 million in 2017, doubling the $20 million in losses reported 2015.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 22, 2018

Prior to Mastercard, he spent 20 years at Citibank, where he held several leadership positions, including managing parts of Citibank’s Consumer Financial Services business in the United States, Brazil, Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom. The jump in cost suggests the breach could turn out to be the most expensive hack of a corporation ever.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Businesses depend on the public services tax revenues pay for: roads that facilitate deliveries, courts where firms resolve legal disputes and regulators that help protect businesses from fraud. Even businesses eager to pay their share, however, may feel that complying with tax laws is complicated. .

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 8, 2016

businesses are attracted to digital invoicing for a slew of financial benefits: faster, more efficient accounts payable and reconciliation processes, a reduction in the threat of errors due to manual data entry and ability to capture early payment discounts thanks to an accelerated invoice management process. In the U.S., Still, U.S.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

A regional government in Russia is now working with state-backed VEB, reports in CoinDesk said this week, as authorities explore how to use blockchain “to improve the quality of management decisions.”. In Spain, regulators are reportedly exploring how to support blockchain developers.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Amazon and the city of New York managed to pull off one of history’s more spectacular break-ups this week, with the Valentine’s Day announcement that the city and the nation’s largest eCommerce firm would not be joining forces to build half of Amazon’s HQ2 in Long Island City. MoviePass: Fade to black – at least on the stock exchanges?

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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2018

In this world, the only things certain are death and taxes. According to a Crunchbase article published in February of 2018, investments in blockchain and blockchain-related startups (excluding initial coin offerings, or ICOs) were already 40 percent of what they were in 2017. billion in 2018 growing to $1.1 Benjamin Franklin.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Fraud prevention tools. Stripe Connect and billing services help companies manage marketplaces, subscriptions. Additionally, the company must underwrite risk, and is on the hook in the event of fraud or returned items. Stripe Billing optimizes subscription and invoice management. Broadly enabling online commerce.

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Jeff For Banks

NOVEMBER 24, 2019

billion in assets, had 87 full-time equivalent employees, and accounted for two-thirds of the town's tax revenue. Harassment included a bellicose management team, scowls from the townspeople, and threatening sidewalk art outside of the bank. However, it seems unlikely that McConnell didn't orchestrate the fraud.

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FICO

JANUARY 18, 2019

Despite advances in customer due diligence, including the addition of advanced analytics to compliance officers’ toolkits, the scandals of 2018 confirmed that many banks are struggling to bring their operations up to regulators’ standards, to say nothing of best practices. Watch this space for more on financial crime compliance!

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NOVEMBER 10, 2017

No respondents have seen a boost in fraud. About 75 percent of firms plan to offer same-day ACH credit origination to their business customers by the end of 2018. Some 14 months since launch, and among 125 FIs surveyed, 66 percent are making same-day funds available.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

We had roughly 340 execs register to listen live to the two of us banter about the people, processes and tech necessary to do more than simply rebrand what’s typically described as the fraud and risk departments of digital platforms. I joked that I’d be a shoo-in for the job. All while keeping prices low for consumers.

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CB Insights

MAY 23, 2019

Below, we take a look at some of these frauds and the lessons they can teach entrepreneurs hoping to launch their own products, companies, and funds. Mozido’s fintech fraud fiasco. Virgin Hyperloop One’s utopian vision derailed by fraud. Some companies just push their luck a little too far. Total Funding: $1.1B.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Technology speeds commerce and eases daily life, but also acts as a conduit to payments fraud. To that end, Metro Bank said earlier this week that at least some of its customers had been victimized by fraud that focuses on text messages sent across telecom companies’ networks that Reuters reported are used to verify transactions.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2020

In the world of asset management, the biggest players are now dedicated firms like Vanguard. Total assets under management (AUM) at the top asset managers now dwarfs total AUM at the top banks. The disruption of asset management. The other functions of investment banks haven’t performed much better. Source: Getty.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Asia is highly competitive, with tech giants like Ant Financial and Tencent’s WeChat actively dominating mobile payments and expanding their reach in financial services across lending, wealth management, and insurance. of monthly spend across 28 countries in Europe as of September 2018. in funding and over 5.5M

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 31, 2020

As an ex-PayPal-er herself, Mielke noted that she is happy for PayPal — as having a partner like UnionPay paired with the payments license it managed to secure with the GoPay acquisition late last year are an incredibly powerful combination. That may not sound like a lot, but that is almost double from 2018.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 31, 2018

From fraud to fitness tracking, from cross-border to cryptocurrencies and from chargebacks to KYC, here’s how seven startups aim to change the game in 2018 (and how some of them already are). After cementing its presence in Europe during 2017, Emailage turns its focus to the Asia-Pacific region for 2018 expansion.

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South State Correspondent

MAY 13, 2024

The major themes of fraud, artificial intelligence (AI), expansion of instant payments, open banking, and regulation were particularly relevant to your roles as executives, risk managers, compliance officers, and technology leaders. Unfortunately, most banks don’t gather fraud data across payment channels or track “pre-crime events.”

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

How Wahlburgers Keeps Fraud Off The Order-Ahead Menu. Lawyer George Isaacson argued Wayfair’s side in the historic 2018 South Dakota v. Isaacson has watched remote sales tax policies unfold since that time in a flurry of new laws that differ by state, and even municipality. The survey showed that 60.5 Wayfair case.

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JANUARY 10, 2019

trillion) in 2018 alone, and growing at double digits into the current year. Platform operators and merchants must conduct due diligence related to everything from intellectual property and tariffs to tax laws and FX rates. One is account takeover — well-documented in this space — and the second type is merchant fraud.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Download the free report to find out how fintech is shaping the future of wealth management and investing. As millennials head deeper into adulthood and make more money, the personal finance space is adapting to their unique money management attitudes in a few key ways: From in-person to online. It acquired 1.5M

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

The importance of FinCEN’s Customer Due Diligence (CDD) Rule , effective May of 2018, is evident, and regulator expectations are high. Shell companies, particularly in tax haven countries, can be used for legitimate business purposes, but they are also known to be vehicles for money laundering.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2017

According to Jake Benson, CEO of back-office software provider Libra , that’s because traditional accounting and auditing software solutions aren’t compatible with blockchain, rendering them unable to access, manage and analyze financial data stored on distributed ledgers. Libra, which recently announced $7.8

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 29, 2018

in losses, declare bankruptcy at Westinghouse, and eventually to sell the Westinghouse unit to Brookfield Asset Management. Sears declared bankruptcy in October 2018. In 2007, Daimler sold off 80% of Chrysler to Cerberus Capital Management for $7B. Toshiba was forced to write off $6.3B eBay and Skype. Date : September 2005.

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CB Insights

JUNE 6, 2019

Accusations of fraud and mismanagement, and criticisms of the government’s decision to invest in Solyndra, were rampant in the days following news of Solyndra’s impending bankruptcy proceedings — but the core mistake here involved ignorance of a key aspect of Solyndra’s business. Declared Bankruptcy: 2018.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

But cybercriminals — as the January 2020 edition of the PYMNTS Digital Fraud Tracker points out — have found municipalities, and have been enthusiastically moving through them as they’ve discovered municipal employees, unused to being targeted, make an excellent target for phishing attacks. Cybercrime Comes To Call In Cities Large And Small.

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MAY 23, 2019

During his trial in 2018, prosecutors contended he was struggling to manage mountains of debt. Manafort is currently serving a seven-and-a-half-year prison sentence for committing bank and tax fraud , as well as acting as an unregistered foreign agent.

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