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How US Mobile Leverages Digital Identity To Protect Against SIM Swap Fraud

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Digital identity has become a crucial part of the telecommunications industry as the proliferation of smartphones and the personal data they hold makes security paramount. Such security methods can be critical to preventing fraud that targets mobile users, of which one of the most prevalent types is SIM swap fraud.

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How Swap.com Kept Fraudsters From Ruining Christmas

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One unfortunate result of this shift has been an uptick in fraud, with bad actors taking advantage of digital channels to victimize customers and retailers more easily than they could during face-to-face interactions. It’s a lot of people [who] have gotten ahold of someone else’s credit card number and are placing orders with it.”.

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Fintech Fundings: 28 Companies Raise $400 Million Week Ending May 20

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Consumer credit card management. Fraud detection for ecommerece & financial services. HQ: Miami, Florida. Tags: SMB, merchants, acquiring, credit/debit card processing, hospitality, restuarants, underwriting, POS. Source: Crunchbase. Tally Technologies. Latest round: $15 million Series A. Total raised: $15 million.

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The 2015 GonzoBanker Awards

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Now, to avoid any cue card and teleprompter issues, we’ll just go with the written list again this year. FFIEC’s Cyber Security Self-Assessment Tool. “We teach you to make sure you use our system in a manner that doesn’t open any security loopholes.” Popular Community Bank in Miami. THE BANKING AWARDS.

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X-Border Sales Dream Team?

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The solution helps merchants make the most of cross-border opportunities – enabling payments for goods purchased, while staying on the right side of fraud, risk, tax and regulatory and legal compliance. Rubio added, “We tried our best to verify these international credit cards, but maybe we weren’t as thorough as we needed to be.

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Fintech Fundings: 26 Companies Raise $280 Million in 4th Week of June

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Gift card payment network. HQ: Miami, Florida. Tags: Consumer, SMB, merchants, security, authentication, Finovate alum. Source: FinDEVr. Digital bank startup. Latest round: $40 million Series B. Total raised: $52.7 HQ: Berlin, Germany. Source: Crunchbase. Invoice lender to small businsesses. Latest round: $30 million Debt.

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Does Trump’s Cybersecurity Platform Have A Leg To Stand On?

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First, the bank’s fraud system detected suspicious activity , which led to thousands of customer cards being blocked from usage. Just days later, the fraud scare actually became reality. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) in the U.K. Hackers Lift $3M From Tesco Bank. The bank reported on Tuesday (Nov. 8) that £2.5

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