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Study Finds Half Of UK Firms Vulnerable To Invoice Fraud

PYMNTS

Invoice fraud, where emailed requests trick employees of various firms into sending money to scammers’ bank accounts, has been making the rounds in the United Kingdom. firms are vulnerable to that type of fraud. In one case, a scammer asked for help via text message to purchase iTunes gift cards. Department of Justice.

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Mastercard’s Kirkpatrick: Transit Is The Ticket To Everyday Spend

PYMNTS

Loading funds onto a prepaid card that opens the turnstile once scanned, swiped or inserted works terrifically well – until the customer forgets to check the balance on his transit pass, and finds himself locked out at the turnstile. What better to get top-of-wallet relevance than embedding a contactless chip in your card?”

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Watch 10 Fintech Startups Pitch at FIS Demo Day 2020 (April 14)

Fintech Labs Insights

HQ: Denver, CO. Description: Biometric authentication system to reduce fraud while protecting user privacy. Description: Automated expense/card management solutions for SMB customers. The MVP company will automatically receive a slot to present at Finovate next year. Cirrus Secure 7-minute demo @FIS Fintech Accelerator Demo Day.

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FinDEVr Feature — Modelshop

Fintech Labs Insights

They were solving the credit card fraud problem using Neural Networks. Fast forward 25 years and I’m still creating solutions in financial services using data and analytics to solve tough problems such as credit pricing decisions, fraud detection and portfolio optimization.

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Fintech Fundings: 23 Companies Raise $530 Million Week Ending July 8

Fintech Labs Insights

HQ: Denver, Colorado. Multi-merchant credit/debit card loyalty progam. Credit card & mobile payments fraud protection. Tags: Consumers, mobile payments, credit/debit cards, security, fraud protection. Source: Crunchbase , Finovate. P2Binvestor. Receiables financing marketplace. Latest round: $5.1

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Data Architecture: 10 Reasons Why It Should Be In Your Strategic Plan

South State Correspondent

The company slowly pivoted to offering business computers but failed to realize that businesses don’t need high-end sound and graphic cards like gaming computers do. In addition to credit risk, fraud is a rapidly growing area that data architecture is winning the day.

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Fintech Fundings: 36 Companies Raise $480 Million Week Ending March 18

Fintech Labs Insights

Emailage raised an undisclosed sum for its fraud prevention technology keyed off email address. HQ: Denver, Colorado. HQ: Denver, Colorado. Fraud solutions based on email addresses. Fraud solutions based on email addresses. Tags: SMB, merchants, payments, acquiring, credit/debit cards. P2Binvestor.

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