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In Payments Fraud, Impersonation Gets Personal

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In the United Kingdom, it’s not just late payments bedeviling small and mid-sized firms. There also is the specter of payments fraud. In a recent report via Lloyd’s Bank, trends point toward growth in what is known as impersonation fraud, perhaps more commonly known as business email compromise. Call it “ghosting.”

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Keap Partners With Stripe For Small Business Payments

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Keap, an Arizona-based customer relationship management (CRM) software and marketing platform for small business, announced a partnership with Stripe on Monday (March 30). Mask said Keap is consolidating several providers and promoting Stripe as a preferred payments partner to customers.

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Q4 transactions: Ally, Microsoft team up on gen AI

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based bank and fintech advisory company Cornerstone Advisors of Arizona said U.S. banks are most eager to partner in the following three areas: Payments and money movement; Fraud and risk management; and Mobile […] A December report by Scottdale, Ariz.-based

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Taking A Data-Driven Approach To Meeting CU Members’ Banking Needs

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This shift to primarily digital comes with some perks, such as easier transactions and more connectivity for CU members, but it also means an increase in online payment volume that represents an irresistible opportunity for fraudsters. Deep Dive: Emerging CU Fraud Threats And How Data Analytics Can Help.

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Bitcoin Daily: Block.one Gets Patent For DLT That Monetizes Social Media Posts; Bitfinex Seeks US Subpoenas To Track Down $800M In User Funds

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In other news, crypto exchange Bitfinex wants to get back over $800 million in seized funds in four different countries via an investigation into payment processor Crypto Capital, according to CoinDesk. Other Crypto Capital officials were charged with fraud and conspiracy around the same time.

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New Digital Experiences Keep Credit Unions Relevant – And Then Some

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For this reason, the Tracker notes that “many CUs are focusing on entering the small business banking market and are looking to snag some of the $500 billion that small to mid-sized businesses (SMBs) are spending on bookkeeping, invoicing, payments and related services. They must confront one major obstacle in doing so, however: big banks.

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Why Voice Authentication’s Doing Prison Time

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What eventually becomes cutting-edge in retail and payments often originates in places that are dedicated to security, not commerce. Authorities and prison technology companies say this mass biometric surveillance supports prison security and fraud prevention efforts.”. New technology often starts out at the U.S. Yes, prisons.

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