PYMNTS

JUNE 22, 2020

It’s the battle against fraud that can be lost right at the beginning. Bad actors, are, increasingly, targeting online card applications, using stolen personally identifiable information to apply for credit, leveraging those ill-gotten credit lines to make fraudulent purchases. alone topped $10.2 billion last year. alone topped $10.2

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JULY 3, 2020

Financial institutions can keep customers safe by accurately determining when attempted transactions are legitimate versus when they are being made by fraudsters who have stolen customers’ cards or taken over accounts. You’re really wanting to start with almost a brand new transaction history.” .

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

In they went, stealing details of 30 million cards before the malware was discovered in December of 2019. card number. What’s clear is that fraud decisioning solutions have never been more necessary, as cybercrime enters a new phase of sophistication, diabolical creativity and global scale. Sealing It.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 20, 2019

Retailers focused on combating fraud have credit cards in the cross-hairs of their efforts. But ramping up the war on card fraud can introduce a new risk to companies: false positives. This isn’t merely an issue for the B2C world, however. The False Positive Threat.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

And even before then, as evidenced by an earlier conversation between Karen Webster and Drew Edwards , CEO of Ingo Money , mobile deposit fraud was increasingly becoming a favorite vector for criminals. Back then, Edwards noted that mobile check fraud was escalating so much that some banks were shutting off the feature entirely.

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JULY 22, 2019

Apps with a possible security flaw, a malware phishing scheme and possibly, payments fraud, all done in the blink of an eye? Security firm Symantec said this past week that it found a security flaw in Android apps for WhatsApp and Telegram, which can allow hackers to manipulate data that flows between users.

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OCTOBER 1, 2020

Kount , the Boise, Idaho-based Software as a Service (SaaS) platform designed to simplify fraud detection and improve profitability, announced it has partnered with Verifi , the payment protection and management company. In June, Visa signed an acquisition agreement with Verifi.

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OCTOBER 17, 2018

A new report from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) says that fraudsters are increasingly requesting to be paid with gift cards, with some even asking for certain brands such as Google Play and iTunes gift cards. Google Play cards were not reported in significant numbers until this year.

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PYMNTS

MAY 19, 2020

If exploited, The Hacker News said, it potentially could have allowed attackers to place a digital skimmer into the company’s official website to steal users’ payment card details in real time. to secure the two servers, The Hacker News reported. The company then contacted Amazon, which asked Natura & Co.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 12, 2020

Providers serving a wide array of businesses have access to more card or customer data than individual merchants, meaning they may be more able to flag individuals showing signs of fraudulent or unusual behavior. . Each sector and country encounters different fraud types that providers must be ready to detect and thwart.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 1, 2020

billion non-prepaid debit card transactions in 2018, solidifying debit as a staple payment type. They insert or swipe their debit cards at stores’ point-of-sale (POS) devices — or key in details online — and maybe enter PINs, but the behind-the-scenes processes through which transactions are routed are kept invisible. shoppers made 72.7

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Signifyd Vice President of Partnerships Skye Spear predicted that within three years merchants won’t be on the hook for credit card fraud online thanks to companies like Signifyd that use real-time machine learning to prevent fraudulent transactions from going through. Signifyd charges about 1 percent of the order for its protection.

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MAY 20, 2020

False positives are the bane of fraud fighters everywhere, as they penalize legitimate customers due to the behavior of bad actors illicitly armed with credentials, card numbers and accounts. Sixty-two percent of QSR customers are concerned about fraud when interacting with QSR apps, according to a recent study.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Fraudsters have been increasingly focused on mobile services, with one-third of all fraud attacks worldwide reportedly targeting mobile during the first half of 2018 — a 24 percent year-over-year increase. Fighting Fraud Visibly and Invisibly. STACK’s mobile app provides budget management and spending accounts, among other services.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Digital fraud is a long-running problem for merchants, retailers, banks and businesses of all types. Account takeovers and shipping fraud increased by 347 percent and 391 percent, respectively, between 2018 and 2019, and the pandemic has only exacerbated these issues. Developments From The World Of Digital Fraud.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 18, 2017

Retailers are retailers, not security experts. Too often, their best efforts can create friction at the point of sale for consumers, which leads to shopping cart abandonment and lost revenue, all while feeding the illusion of “too much security.”. There’s never ‘too much’ security,” Grant said.

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JULY 1, 2019

In payments fraud, it pays — literally — to change up the game a bit. The report shows the use of malicious emails, rather than attachments, is on the rise — which darkreading.com said comes along with new variants of impersonation fraud. The aim is to steal credentials or credit card data. The data across a sample set of 1.3

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

But those illegal marketplaces — often called the “Dark Web” — also present a juicy opportunity for those fighting fraud to detect and even preempt criminal activities than cost businesses revenue and, often, parts of their brand reputation. Early Warning Value. Enough of the basics. But that goes only so far.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Ordering must not only be seamless, but needs to keep customers’ identities and card details safe. The Tracker also looks at the security challenges that QSRs are tackling as they work to keep fraudsters away. As the mobile app space gets more saturated, most brands are leaning hard on their loyalty and rewards programs for a boost.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Mastercard Intros Mobilized Virtual Cards; Defines Intersection Between Functionality And Security. The virtual card offers a strong value proposition for corporates in the form of enhanced security and control over spend. But without support for mobile wallets, v-card adoption can lag. Why the disconnect?

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OCTOBER 26, 2018

One recent report found that 86 percent of shoppers have joined loyalty programs, while another discovered that 71 percent of consumers found rewards programs to be a meaningful part of their relationships with brands. As a result of this lack of protection, loyalty programs are at particular risk for digital fraud. billion worldwide.

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OCTOBER 20, 2016

3D Secure 2.0 ’s Built around the increasing popularity of mobile commerce, 3D Secure 2.0 On Wednesday, November 2nd at 1:00 PM (EST) join ecommerce advisors James Rendell, CA Technologies ; Paul Baker, Mastercard ; and Karen Webster, Market Platform Dynamics for a live digital discussion surrounding 3D Secure 2.0. Paul Baker.

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AUGUST 5, 2019

Perhaps that’s why, in the midst of the seemingly never-ending stream of headlines about data breaches, account takeovers, stolen credit cards and online fraud , the notion of “check fraud” seems something of an outlier for the up-and-coming fraudster looking to make a decent living. The Whole New World of Check Fraud.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2019

While the holiday retail rush meant big gains for some retailers, it also came with an influx of fraud, both in-store and online, as fraudsters took advantage of a high-pace, high-volume period of transactions. In fact, over 5 percent of online retail revenue is now lost to fraud. credit card losses will exceed $12 billion.

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JULY 2, 2020

PYMNTS’ Credit Union Innovation Playbook found that nearly 50 percent of the 2,000 CU members polled said they want their financial institutions (FIs) to focus on loyalty innovations, such as rewards offerings, in-app coupons and card-based cash back programs. The Member-CU Loyalty Disconnect . Loyalty Innovation Strategies .

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JULY 15, 2020

Another involves heightened fraud vectors swimming like sharks around digital-first first-timers. On the upside, however, is the return of restaurant dining, many cool new takes on it, and the ways that financial institutions (FIs) and FinTechs are partnering to make dining yummy and secure. Defending Trust.

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JANUARY 28, 2020

Card-not-present theft — like when rideshare charges from a city you’ve never visited appear in your banking app — is traumatic enough for the typical person. The matter is explored in detail, with a special focus on threat intelligence, in The Digital Fraud Tracker ® for January 2020, a PYMNTS and DataVisor collaboration.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2017

Mastercard is teaming up with Oversight Systems to help government agencies detect payment fraud, according to a new announcement. The credit card conglomerate said Wednesday (Jan. 25) that it will collaborate with Oversight Systems to offer government agencies their collective data analytics and fraud detection solutions.

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JULY 30, 2019

A press release Monday (July 29) said Certify/ChromeRiver have reached a deal to acquire Emburse , a startup that provides virtual and physical commercial cards to manage employee spend as well as vendor payments. The company connects business managers to heightened visibility into employee spend and greater control over corporate expenses.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

They are buying fraud tutorials and data from other criminals online. They are eyeing juicy targets such as gift cards and loyalty programs, both of which are of increasing importance to merchants’ holiday revenues. The 2018 holiday shopping season has already started for people and organizations bent on fraud. Fraud Headstart.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Mastercard, through its collaborative fraud and dispute resolution technology Ethoca , will now offer a new version of online statements with added logos and clear business names for each transaction. The release said doing so is a way to both clear up confusion for customers and also to allow brands a way to establish more presence.

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JUNE 27, 2019

Payment Software-as-a-Service firm CardFlight is introducing Level 2 card processing data into its software SwipeSimple, aimed at lowering transactions fees for B2B vendors. In a press release on Wednesday (June 26), CardFlight said sellers will have the capability to collect Level 2 data when accepting commercial cards.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 9, 2020

Building a secure customer journey is always a bit of a balancing act. It has to be secure first and foremost, particularly when payments data is on the line. The battlegrounds for preventing fraud, he noted, are shifting — which means firms need to be able to shift with and ahead of the fraudsters.

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OCTOBER 18, 2018

17) that it will enable tokenization services on all cards by 2020, as part of its Digital Commerce Solutions, a suite of offerings geared toward making online transactions speedier and more secure. The company is also working with issuers, including Citi and Fifth Third Bank, to convert cards on file into tokens.

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MAY 13, 2019

These small entities are seeking to win trust despite not being established brands, but customers will only feel safe if they’re confident that their payment information will remain secure. . This month’s Deep Dive explores its key security risks and the ongoing efforts to mitigate them. . Security risks and defenses .

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AUGUST 1, 2019

Such boxes represent a small segment of the broader subscription market, but they face the same challenges, including fraud attempts like card-and-wallet tests and account takeovers (ATOs). Box-of-the-month services constantly struggle to secure their payment processes and remain a step ahead of bad actors.

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AUGUST 8, 2019

Apple's new credit card isn't just another virtual card in its virtual wallet. It borrows a lot of features from the most successful brands in payments and technology.

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