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Cybersecurity Awareness Month: How financial institutions can stay safe and secure online

Abrigo

It’s the time of the year when we celebrate Cybersecurity Awareness Month, a global initiative to raise awareness and educate people about the importance of staying safe and secure online. Cybersecurity Awareness Month is now in its 20th year and has a new enduring theme: Secure Our World. Stay up to date with cybersecurity threats.

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Prevent pig butchering scams: Safeguarding against investment fraud

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Avoid fraud losses from pig butchering scams FinCrime professionals looking to prevent pig butchering scams in the age of cryptocurrency can follow these steps to tighten security. Would you like other articles like this in your inbox? A scam usually begins with online contact via social media or dating apps.

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Bank wire fraud – How social engineering and technology perpetrate fraud losses

Abrigo

Would you like other articles like this in your inbox? They employ technology and social engineering tactics, reaching victims through email, social media, and text messages. Create and follow your internal processes for communications and security. Bank wire fraud is growing and becoming more complex.

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Fair Value Accounting and Silicon Valley Bank Failure

South State Correspondent

Analysts, regulators, legislators, and bankers have been attributing the root cause of SVB’s failure in the past month. Some blame the dilution of the Dodd-Frank provisions, others the lack of oversight by regulators, and others still blame social media for exacerbating the deposit run.

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Brazil Banking Head Calls For Probe Into WhatsApp Payments

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Roberto Campos Neto also said in a webcast reported via the Congresso Em Foco news site that the government never blocked the service, which Facebook shut down last week — just days after launching it — due to what reports at the time said was a mandate from banking regulators. This news is not true,” he continued. and other countries.

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The Current Banking Crisis – 10 Not So Apparent Lessons

South State Correspondent

This article highlights ten not-so-evident lessons of the banking crisis that every banker must consider going forward. Now, customers and analysts will pay more attention to Loans + Securities-to deposit ratio. Instead of just looking at LTD, investors, and depositors, will now look at loan plus securities to total deposits.

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Twitter Data Breach Prompts GDPR Investigation

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The Irish Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) is Twitter’s lead regulator in the European Union. 25), the DPC said it was again looking into the social media giant because of another breach notification it received from the company, according to a report from Reuters. On Friday (Jan.

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