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Deep Dive: How FIs Can Keep Their Digital-First Innovations Secure

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Banks’ use of such innovations is predicted to expand, too, with 60 percent of FIs saying they aim to gain customers and improve customer experiences using digital channels. This increased digital presence also brings a greater risk of digital fraud, however. The Fraud Threats Facing Digital-First Banks.

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First Bank Takes Two-Pronged Approach To Fighting Internal, External Fraud Threats

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This increased digital engagement can create challenges, however, as it opens up new avenues for fraud in addition to making transactions more convenient for customers. A Lloyds Bank study found that this type of fraud has increased fivefold over the past year, accounting for up to 1 percent of all loan applications.

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Feedzai Reports 44 Pct Increase In First Half Of 2020

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Risk management platform Feedzai announced a 44 percent increase in growth for the first half of the fiscal year for 2020, which a press release says was one of the company’s most successful so far. The deals sometimes concerned big players, including “some of the largest and most innovative companies in the world (e.g.

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Strategies for fighting remote authentication fraud

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As more customers moved online, fraudsters took advantage of new and increasingly inventive opportunities to commit remote authentication fraud. These types of scams fall under the broad term of remote authentication fraud, and they’re increasingly common—and inventive. Examples of remote authentication fraud. New account fraud.

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GIACT: It’s Time To Fight Back Against Fraud

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Melissa Townsley-Solis, head of GIACT , discusses one of the negative effects of COVID-19: the escalation of fraud in the payments arena. She stresses the importance of small businesses fighting back against fraud in 2021 in order to achieve economic recovery. Fraud was red-hot in 2020. Businesses across the U.S.

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PAAY Partners With Bluefin To Further Secure eCommerce Transactions

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Atlanta payments encryption firm Bluefin is partnering with New York mobile payments processor PAAY to advance eCommerce security. Founded in 2007 by Miles and John Perry, who serves as chief executive officer, Bluefin specializes in encryption and tokenization payment and data security. . Each $1 of fraud costs retailers $3.13. .

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ACI: Innovation Will Accelerate The Digital Economy In 2021

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"Even after the pandemic subsides, the digital acceleration we experienced in 2020 will not — it is here to stay," she says in " A Look Forward: What Executives Wish for America and the World in 2021.". Merchants are expected to deliver enhanced consumer experiences while balancing data protection and fraud prevention across all channels.