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Deep Dive: Why New Hacking Technology Has Made Application Fraud More Difficult To Fight

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The financial industry is particularly vulnerable to digital fraud. Application fraud, which sees cybercriminals submitting financial product applications to banks with no intention of paying them back, is among the most popular techniques. Defining Application Fraud.

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Deep Dive: Why ML Plays A Key Role In Debit Issuers' Fraud-Fighting Strategies

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Debit card issuers face an ever-growing array of fraud schemes perpetrated against them and their account holders. Effective card offerings require financial institutions (FIs) to quickly and accurately detect myriad forms of fraud, forcing them into a delicate balancing act. The Face of Fraud.

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KPMG: How AI Defense Can Counter Faster Payments Fraud

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Such a scenario stands as a terrifying example of not only the sophistication of criminals, but also the threat of fraud in a real-time payments environment. And those criminals are experts at social engineering, enabling them to con people who might be on high alert for fraud attempts. That doesn’t mean all is hopeless, of course.

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GAO: Post-Equifax, Agencies Must Tighten Online ID Proofing

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“However, data stolen in recent breaches such as the 2017 Equifax breach could be used fraudulently to respond to knowledge-based verification questions,” GAO wrote. But GAO added that two of the six agencies that the watchdog reviewed have eliminated knowledge-based verification.

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Pindrop’s Solutions Fight Call Center And Voice Fraud

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A classic image of payment fraud involves a fraudster stealing credit card numbers and shopping for goods in-person or online. He gave a telling example: he and a colleague once conducted an experiment where Dewey dialed the call center listed on the back of the other’s credit card. While the roll-out of EMV in the U.S.

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Recap of Money 20/20 USA 2023 and 10 Banking Thoughts

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As can be seen, the conference largely revolved around payments, artificial intelligence, fintech partnerships/management, regulation, and fraud/identity in its various forms. Fraud & Identity: By far, the largest number of vendors and conversations were over fraud and identity.

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Fiserv Rolls Out Enhanced Consumer Authentication Solutions

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Fiserv, the global provider of financial services technology solutions, announced on Wednesday (Aug. 22) that it has rolled out two enhanced consumer authentication solutions, step-up authentication and identity verification, to mitigate card fraud within call centers. According to Fiserv, fraud reached a three-year high of $16.8

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