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Bad Actors Emerge in PPP Lending – More Expected as Forgiveness Guidance Emerges

Abrigo

Their loan requests, according to court documents, were made to pay employees for a business that was not operating at the time of pandemic and had no salaried employees. In the case of the two men in Rhode Island, there were several red flags pointing to fraud. In one instance, the business was not even owned by one of the borrowers.

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FedNow implementation: What fraud and AML professionals need to know

Abrigo

FedNow will operate around the clock every day of the year, so fraudsters can try to push through fraudulent transactions at any time. According to Staci Shatsoff, Assistant Vice President for secure payments with the Fed Bank of Boston , “The ability to stop the fraud as far upstream as possible is crucial to minimizing downstream impact.”

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Now is the time to prepare for the FedNow launch

Independent Banker

“In 2022, we’ve got some critical milestones around integration testing with all of our Fed systems, as well as pilot testing,” said Connie Theien, senior vice president and director, payments industry relations with the Federal Reserve System, to ICBA members during a November 2021 webinar ( see sidebar below ). payment system.”.

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15 Early-Stage Drone Companies To Watch

CB Insights

Industrial IoT Webinar. Headquarters: Boston, Massachusetts. MATTERNET is developing an automated delivery system built on a network of autonomously-operating Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). Iris Automation enables safer drone operation through intelligent collision avoidance using high-tech computer vision.

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Here Are 35 Casualties Of The Retail Apocalypse And Why They Failed

CB Insights

Modern-day retail is at an inflection point as retailers face struggling physical storefronts, massive debt, and inefficient operations, among other issues. In this webinar, we’ll dive into the AI startups and use cases making the biggest impact in retail, looking at investments, patents, and the store of the future.

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