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JANUARY 31, 2020

And finally, there’s bitcoin, which has seen its use, transacting, trading and popularity fall off of late — except for among one group: criminals. If they can get it under control quickly, it will even then have an impact on GDP and the hundreds of brands that are in the Wuhan region. But that future won’t be built by bitcoin.

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MARCH 31, 2020

The partnership enables CoinEx users to buy cryptocurrencies like bitcoin (BTC), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Ethereum (ETH), Litecoin (LTC) and USDT with their Visa or Mastercard credit cards directly. Simplex processes credit card payments using artificial intelligence (AI) technology and guarantees fraud-free transactions.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

In a report titled “The Dark Side of Latin America,” IntSights, which monitors cyberthreats, said Latin America is among the top regions for money laundering, done at least in part through cryptocurrency, and that such tactics are favored by organized crime.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Pump and dump is a type of fraud that manipulates the price of an asset through a rush of high-volume purchases by fraudsters. In other news, researchers at An.Chain have published evidence of an alleged pump and dump manipulation involving the Chainlink (LINK) token.

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Abrigo

JULY 22, 2022

And while their privacy and security are excellent, cryptocurrency networks do not yet have regulations in place in case of hacks or fraud , so consumers who fall victim to financial crime have no recourse to recover. Characteristics of crypto fraud and money-laundering. Fraud Prevention. It is estimated that $2.8

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FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Despite CEO Jamie Dimon referring to bitcoin as a “ fraud ” in 2017, JPMorgan Chase & Co. Reuters reported early that bitcoin had slipped below $8,000 per coin, past what used to be a psychologically important threshold at $10,000. is among the FIs still allowing cryptocurrency purchases through company-branded credit cards.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

While a country of only 5 million people, Singapore is a a digital force, especially with it being the regional headquarters for Facebook, Twitter and Google. Stripe offers software tools for processing services for online and mobile transactions, as well as capability to manage security for customers’ data and fraud prevention.

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MARCH 12, 2018

Cooke doesn’t believe cryptocurrencies are the future of payments, however; instead he says digital offerings will supplant the promise and peril of bitcoin and its digital currency brethren. 86 percent | Percentage of companies around the world that experienced at least one cyberattack last year, according to Kroll research.

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MARCH 29, 2018

Emailage stopped almost twice as much potential fraud in 2017 as in the previous year. billion in potential fraud was prevented, compared to last year’s $1 billion. While some countries are struggling more than others, Emailage found that every region is facing new challenges in the wake of EMV going online.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 20, 2016

businesses last year due to cybercrime , a figure that marks a 22 percent increase in cybercrime in the nation, reports from Get Safe Online and Action Fraud said. reports said, as is corporate employee fraud. firms think bitcoin is a flop , found Smith & William’s Enterprise Index survey. billion in losses hit U.K.

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Celent Banking

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

Celent has been collaborating to help create the fintech ecosystem in the Latin American region since its inception and I had the honor, for 2nd time, to judge the fintech start-ups participating in the BBVA Open Talent, which brought the Latin American finalists into town as part of Finnosummit. Discover the finalists of all regions here.

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PYMNTS

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. A loss for KeyCorp – but by far not the weeks’ biggest, or most explosive case of fraud. Starting with.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Governments may not be too keen on bitcoin, but blockchain is another story. 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.”.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Not the financial industry’s “Troublemakers ” – those regional and community banks, credit unions and supporting fintech entrepreneurs who continue to engage customers and communities and find niches that keep the grassroots of our country’s financial system alive and kicking. billion bank in the Mid-Atlantic region.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Calamari, director of the SEC’s New York regional office, said in the press release. ” Zaslavskiy, REcoin and Diamond were charged with violations of the anti-fraud and registration provisions of the federal securities laws, and could be subject to permanent injunctions and disgorgement plus interest and penalties.

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JUNE 22, 2017

When most people picture the kinds of fraud and theft eCommerce had a tendency to attract, the popular mental image is of a fairly high-tech enterprise — hackers, crackers and data jackers vacuuming up card information en masse and either selling it to the highest bidder or using it to snag themselves some unearned lucre.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Reports indicated that four Amazon executives met in Governor Cuomo’s office with “the presidents of the New York State AFL-CIO, a regional chapter of the Teamsters and his group, as well as some officials from the governor’s office.” Card-present fraud slides, again: Continued traction is evident in the fight against fraud at the register.

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CB Insights

AUGUST 3, 2017

Latin America fintech companies are creating solutions aimed at rethinking banking, lending, and payments in the region. We used the conventional definition of Latin America to include all countries in the following regions: South America, Central America, the Caribbean, and Mexico. Bitcoin Capital, Digital Currency Group, FundersClub.

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NCR

JUNE 1, 2016

That’s surely the simplest way to describe the Internet itself, of course, but does it also apply to blockchain as a whole and Bitcoin in particular? They know that many in the market see it as something between a fad and a fraud, and they inform more than they advocate. The high potential for cost-cutting.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

That includes anti-money laundering (AML) compliance, know your customer (KYC), fraud mitigation, marketing, privacy, document review, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) compliance, reporting and more. Being a program manager means handling everything other than card issuing, authorization and transaction processing.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

In June, CNBC reported that Holmes was indicted on criminal wire fraud charges— though she remains chairman of the Theranos board, despite the charges. That represents a 6 percent crash in over a day, kicked off by bitcoin dropping $300 in just over an hour and 4.5 percent on the day. What caused this flash crash? Amazon’s Prime Day.

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JUNE 30, 2017

Cybercriminals can put their botnets up for rent so that fellow cybercriminals can flood enemies, monetize them by clicking on paid advertisements hundreds of thousands of times, or mine bitcoin. No personal data is collected; WatchGuard simply looks to see which types of viruses are prevalent and which regions are most threatened by them.

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Let's Talk Payments

MARCH 29, 2016

The financial services industry in the region is no exclusion as some of. Scandinavian countries are known to be some of the most prosperous and developed ones in the world.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 17, 2021

From nowhere, sizable regional players are being created. Performance and multiples continue to be solid, outperforming most regional banks. We aren’t talking just Bitcoin or Ethereum. Fiserv DNA continues to rack up successes in large credit unions, savings banks, and even a few regional commercial banks.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Blockchains operate through decentralized peer-to-peer platforms, building resilience against the spread of corrupted information and boosting resistance to fraud. The intended goal is a reduction in legal, accounting, and transaction costs, as well as a decreased risk of fraud and corruption. Title Management. Source: Ubitquity .

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Tomorrow's Transactions

MARCH 16, 2016

From Chipping Away At Credit Card Fraud – Forbes. The net result is — entirely as expected and as it should be — that merchants see big increases in card-present chargebacks as previously hidden magnetic stripe fraud is revealed and transferred to them. . Per $1,000 in transactions, banks receive $14.20 Not one is chip and PIN.

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NCR

AUGUST 18, 2017

It started out as the rails for cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, but has evolved as a technology that can transform many legacy business paradigms in the banking sector. Nearly four out of ten firms (37 percent) highlighted this as a reason for their interest in the technology. The hurdles to be overcome.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 28, 2017

But these unsecured IoT devices are also leveraged for bitcoin mining and sending spam. Interpol and seven Southeast Asian nations recently led a major investigation into cybercrime in the region. The paper lays out the groundwork for four new rights: cognitive liberty, mental privacy, mental integrity and psychological continuity.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 23, 2016

Bank Central Asia, the largest credit card provider in the region, reportedly saw a 15 percent decline in card transactions and a 50 percent increase in credit card cancellations following the Indonesian government’s announcement. I think people should have the choice to use cash, apps, bitcoin, whatever.

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PYMNTS

JULY 15, 2019

To ward off the currency speculators that have tended to plague high-profile crypto projects like bitcoin , Libra will be a stablecoin, with its value pegged to the U.S. We have to understand what they really want: protecting consumers, avoiding fraud, avoiding terrorism financing, avoiding money launderers.

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CB Insights

MAY 15, 2019

Companies are turning to accelerators, funds, and labs to try to find the next big thing that will reduce fraud, speed up transaction times, and catch on with consumers. When Bitcoin gained popularity, Fidelity Charitable wasn’t equipped to accept it. One popular approach: in-house financial innovation labs.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2014

And won’t address the biggest area of fraud growth, which is card-not-present. The Bill Moyers “Johnny, we hardly knew ye” Award – Bitcoin’s short but brilliant and colorful life. The downfall of Bitcoin did to online narcotic sales what the decline of online porn availability would do to the Internet in general.

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William Mills

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

I like the idea but I am a bit concerned about the potential for fraud from both companies and investors. Demo: Customer Insight Dashboard for Regional Manager who can view their forward looking metrics such as customer attrition and look forward several quarters. users fall victim to fraud.” I need to learn more.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Users May Withdraw Stored Bitcoin until July. BTCjam, a P2P marketplace launched in 2012 to borrow and lend using bitcoin, announced the company has made “the difficult decision” to close up shop, according to multiple news sources. Title: Wyre Pivoted Away from Consumer Bitcoin Payments. Product: BTCJam. Read more here.

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