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Deep Dive: How Reshipping Scams Deliver For Fraudsters

PYMNTS

These bad actors often take advantage of the chaos to steal credit cards, scam merchants and wreak other types of retail havoc. This type of fraud covers for cybercriminals by tricking unsuspecting consumers into believing that they have landed lucrative work opportunities when they are actually participating in criminal enterprises.

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iPhone Scam Reveals How Digital Criminals Find Vulnerabilities

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Think of the Apple iPhone, and thoughts are likely to turn to matters involving social media, selfies, family photos, mobile commerce and even payments. Counterfeit Debit Cards. The alleged thieves reportedly used “fake IDs and counterfeit debit cards” to pose as authentic customers inside mobile phone stores.

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Restaurant Ordering Apps, Cloud Technology, Cash Hoarding Top This Week’s News

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The Bank of America at 52nd Street and Park Avenue in New York City, in one case, ran out of $100 bills for a time due to large withdrawal attempts. It takes effort to balance seamless-but-fraud-free user experiences. Main Street USA Was Healthy In February, But Coronavirus Is The Wild Card.

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Trust And Speed Light A New Path To Omnichannel Retail

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Titled “Why the Future of Merchant Payments Requires a Digital-First Approach,” the webinar generally revolved around questions related to the development and ongoing rise of omnichannel commerce — already a major topic in the payments and commerce world in these first weeks of the new year. Shift Intensity. Trust Issues.

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Artificial Intelligence: Find it Right in Your Own Backyard

FICO

It seems like you can’t spend more than a minute or two reviewing online articles or social media without stumbling on something about artificial intelligence (AI) or machine learning. But while AI is heralded as amazing new technology, it is in fact an amazing 30+-year-old, proven technology. Fighting fraud.

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Artificial Intelligence: Find it Right in Your Own Backyard

FICO

It seems like you can’t spend more than a minute or two reviewing online articles or social media without stumbling on something about artificial intelligence (AI) or machine learning. But while AI is heralded as amazing new technology, it is in fact an amazing 30+-year-old, proven technology. Fighting fraud.

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Fintech Fundings: 15 Companies Raise $150 Million Week Ending August 31

Fintech Labs Insights

Social biometrics. HQ: New York City. Tags: Payments, ecommerce, prepaid, cards. Latest round: $2.5 million Debt. Total raised: $7.2 million ($4.7 million equity, $2.5 million debt). Source: Finovate. Mobile transaction security. HQ: Sunnyvale, California. Latest round: $2.2 million Seed. Total raised: $2.2

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