PYMNTS

APRIL 27, 2020

As consumers shop amid ongoing public health restrictions, they almost invariably reach for their credit cards — whether the physical varieties in their wallets or the digital versions stored on their browsers and mobile devices. More than ever, credit cards are becoming the coin of the realm in the global connected economy.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

As for the areas where scammers managed the biggest hits, business email compromise (BEC), confidence/romance fraud and spoofing were the top three types of crime in terms of monetary losses. BEC fraud does not respect seniority, and it pays exceedingly well.”. billion (or slightly over half) of all losses tracked in 2019.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Spend management was the focus of innovation in the commercial card space this week thanks to partnerships and investments in firms aiming to help companies keep track of expenses. Monitoring fuel purchases through both cost and location is a valuable tool for fleet managers to prevent fraud and protect margins.”.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 13, 2020

PAAY has rolled out a partner platform to let merchants and payment providers implement and track EMV 3DS, a standard that aims to help prevent unauthorized card-not-present (CNP) transactions, throughout different merchant accounts. It is essential right now that businesses take measures to protect themselves against fraud.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

And consumers want to pay with their preferred methods, across cards or digital wallets. Artificial intelligence (AI) can improve the eCommerce experience – not just in terms of warding off fraud, but also in making sure payments can be processed efficiently and that the most effective payment gateways are accessed.

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FICO

MAY 18, 2023

The innovative pay-as-you-go solution allows Dock’s clients, including banks, fintechs, and retailers, to intercept fraudulent transactions and protect their operations, while also improving the user experience. The fraud prevention solution is based on FICO® Falcon® Fraud Manager and FICO® Customer Communication Services (CCS).

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FICO

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

I am always glad to see headlines like this one, which ran last summer in The New York Times: “ How to Reduce Credit Card Fraud.” Software does flag some transactions that seem out of place, but technology is often behind crooks who are getting more sophisticated at making their charges look legitimate.” Emphases added.).

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2020

billion chip-enabled consumer cards — credit and debit — are now in use across the world, according to EMVCo , the industry standard organization. Globally, more than 75 percent of all cards are now enabled with EMV chip technology. In development for over a decade, SmartMetric began designing products with biometric technology.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 19, 2021

Studies showed that many consumers in the United States have begun tapping their debit cards more often for payments, for example, with one report finding that debit use rose about 6 percent year over year. consumers now count themselves as “ debit-centric ” users, a sizable jump over the 33 percent who said the same about credit cards.

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Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

This week it was announced that InComm, a transaction solution and prepaid solution industry leader, will be piloting fraud prevention company Tender Armor’s CVV+ product in order to better protect cardholders against card fraud.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

As more customers moved online, fraudsters took advantage of new and increasingly inventive opportunities to commit remote authentication fraud. These types of scams fall under the broad term of remote authentication fraud, and they’re increasingly common—and inventive. Examples of remote authentication fraud. New account fraud.

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PYMNTS

JULY 2, 2020

Financial institutions (FIs) are therefore expected to offer more contactless cards this year and some are also unveiling services intended to help consumers easily add cards to their digital wallets. consumers to shift as much as $100 billion in annual spending from credit to debit cards. Around the Next-Gen Debit World.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 18, 2018

18) that cardholder signatures will now be optional for the back of credit cards and receipts. In a press release , Mastercard said it is making the changes due to advancements in technology and security. The survey also found that more than half of respondents believe they are secure without signing the cards.

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FICO

JANUARY 12, 2022

The changing global regulatory landscape and ever-shifting fraud vectors are just two of the biggest challenges facing financial institutions. I recently sat down with Sidhartha Dash, Research Director at Chartis Research, for a conversation about the technology and trends in enterprise fraud management.

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PYMNTS

MAY 4, 2020

Customers and merchants rely on their banks and credit unions (CUs) to ensure they have secure, convenient online transactions, and many FIs work to detect fraud by looking for abnormal purchasing behaviors that could indicate something is amiss. Around The FI Fraud Decisioning World.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

It’s happened to almost all consumers: They’re idly perusing their credit card statements when they come across completely confusing, seemingly random charges from businesses they don’t recognize in locations they’ve never visited. Depending on the industry, friendly fraud can account for anywhere from 25-80 percent of all fraud losses.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Canada’s Everlink Payment Services , a payment solution and service provider for banks, credit unions and small businesses, is strengthening its fraud controls for clients through a collaboration with ACI Worldwide. In a press release Monday (Sept.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

To help diners make the best use of their mobile devices to order meals, quick-service restaurants (QSRs) are tapping into mobile innovations. Technology that lets diners place their orders for pickup or delivery has become more common, and mobile devices are serving more restaurant functions than they have in the past.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Headlines are filled with reports of service outages and data breaches , and both banks and consumers are contending with rising fraud concerns as digital banking takes off. Fraud threatens everyone, yet customers rely on their banks for protection. The Technology Gap That Fosters Fraudsters.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Mobile and online banking providers have been upping their fraud protection measures over the last decade, making it more difficult for bad actors to rely on some of the schemes that previously worked in such channels. Banks are dealing with rapid rises in fraud schemes such as ATOs, synthetic identity fraud and account opening fraud.

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PYMNTS

JULY 2, 2020

Although CU members want innovation in member loyalty and rewards, most credit unions are not delivering these programs up to the desired standards. Credit union members’ high expectations when it comes to loyalty innovation do not necessarily make or break their banking relationships. Loyalty Innovation Strategies .

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 31, 2020

We have deep dives into virtual card adoption and self-service technology, as well as a report on Kobe Bryant’s legacy. Bank Is Doing to Drive Virtual Card Adoption. Accounts payable (AP) professionals and vendors still have reservations about adopting virtual cards despite their many benefits.

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PYMNTS

JULY 10, 2020

Speaking with PYMNTS, Muller highlighted the opportunity that the cannabis space has to adopt payments and other financial technologies that have leapfrogged over legacy solutions. Muller explained that the technology augments existing rails like eCheck and ACH to enhance data capture and transmission to complete a transaction.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 24, 2020

He told PYMNTS in a recent interview that as consumers prioritize cost savings over shoring up rewards and airline miles, citizens are preferring to use ACH to pay their government bills and fees online rather than pay the processing fees often associated with cards. ” Accelerating ACH Innovation. ” .

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Banks lost about $4 billion to account takeover (ATO) fraud attempts last year and fraudsters have been reluctant to abandon the scheme as this year progresses. Fraudsters made off with account numbers and other personal details, which could later be used for different synthetic identity fraud or related schemes. digital bank Monzo.

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PYMNTS

MAY 28, 2020

The bank robbers who decades ago would have pulled off in-person heists have in many cases instead become cybercriminals who hack into mobile accounts, purchase stolen credit card information on the dark web and impersonate customers online or over the phone. Staying ahead of fraud requires constant innovation.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

A majority (55 percent) of corporate professionals identified real-time payments as their top B2B payment service priority, according to the Real-Time Payments Innovation Playbook. With innovation comes new challenges. Losses from fraud were estimated to hit $4.2 The real estate market also recently saw innovations.

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FICO

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

For 2022, we saw a significant increase in compromised cards resulting from skimming activity. Total compromise cards were up 368% from 2021, with more than 161,000 impacted cards identified — nearly a 5x increase over 2021. Now that we have data from the entire year to review, we are seeing the alarming trend continue.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

The fact that fraud is on the rise is not new, nor is it surprising that banks are turning to artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to fight back. In the latest Digital Banking Tracker , PYMNTS looks at how banks are currently approaching their use of AI and machine learning in fraud protection and technology innovation.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 22, 2017

Fighting fraud is a lot harder online, and a lot harder for merchants and consumers, as card-not-present transactions become the preferred method of malfeasance. In one recent announcement, payments provider TSYS and real-time learning technology platform Featurespace said they were joining forces to offer fraud prevention tools.

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PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2019

In the latest Digital Fraud Tracker , PYMNTS examines how fraudsters are utilizing mobile and app-based channels for fraud attacks, as well as why fraudsters are still relying on phishing as a major fraud strategy even as they increase their use of new technologies and techniques. Around the Digital Fraud World.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2020

Virtual cards have been spreading across the B2B payment space because of their cost-saving benefits for both companies and suppliers. These cards’ account numbers correspond with certain vendors, and have predetermined spending limits, enabling accounts payable (AP) professionals to better manage expenses, control cash flow and fight fraud.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2020

Innovation is no longer optional – it’s table stakes to stay in the game. The good news: There is no shortage of innovative ideas and options for today’s FIs to offer to their customers: digital wallets, P2P payments, card controls, fraud and security protection, and loyalty and rewards perks among them.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Before CEO Toffer Grant founded PEX , he worked in the world of prepaid cards (gift cards in particular), where Christmas was the biggest challenge of every year. Gift card use would faithfully and intensely spike around Christmas, only to settle back to a more typical baseline six to eight weeks after the “event.”.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

A series of payment innovations are promising to put an end to some common B2B payment frictions, including online portals, same-day ACH and automated accounts receivables (AR). With total losses from fraud reaching $4.2 Fraud Epidemic. trillion in losses related to fraud activities last year alone.

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FICO

MARCH 18, 2020

As I recently blogged , the use of prepaid cards is growing, in forms ranging from one-time gift cards to reloadable payment mechanisms for benefit distribution. models are available to clients using the FICO Falcon Platform , and the MLSC technology is also used in our Retail Banking DDA models. . Dealing with Multimodality.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2020

It’s an innovator’s job to look at the status quo and disrupt what has always been done in favor of progress. Increasingly, however, payment rail innovators are also introducing ways to bypass traditional banks altogether, with many in favor of distributed ledger technology to move money between businesses and across borders.

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