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Top 5 Fraud Posts for 2022: Scams, Contactless and Money Mules

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Top 5 Fraud Posts for 2022: Scams, Contactless and Money Mules. In a year that saw the word "scamdemic" coined, scams such as authorised push payment fraud were top of mind, along with various other fraud schemes. Few things change faster in the financial services space than fraud trends. FICO Admin.

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How A Bank And A FinTechs Are Jointly Cracking The Code On Financial Inclusion

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The teams at FinTech startup LendUp and Oakland-based Beneficial State Bank think very differently about that relationship. According to Orloff, LendUp and Beneficial State came up with the idea to offer a socially responsible credit card product several years ago, but it only came to market this spring. percent to 29.99

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U.S. Card Skimming Fraud Grows 700+% in First Half of 2022

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Card Skimming Fraud Grows 700+% in First Half of 2022. Credit card and debit card skimming fraud is back with a vengeance in the US, while other fraud types are seeing global growth. Card Skimming Fraud – Old Threat, New Growth. through FICO’s Card Alert Service. Darcy Sullivan.

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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. 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. Source: Crunchbase.

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Fintech Fundings: 39 Companies Raise $930 Million Week Ending April 15

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Two Finovate alums raised fresh capital: Emailage raised another $5 million for its email-based fraud prevention solutions. HQ: Oakland, California. HQ: Oakland, California. Fraud protection for financial institutions. Tags: Enterprise, security, fraud protection, email, Finovate alum. billion, also double the $4.4

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The Nerd Oscars: 24 Best Data Science Moments in Movies

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It was a group of as many as 80 math-savvy MIT students and ex-students who travelled the world using card counting techniques to beat casinos at blackjack from 1979 until the late 1990s… raking in an estimated $57.6 million before they were barred from casinos. So when it comes to beating the odds, deal us in. The Weinstein Company).

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Fintech Fundings: 21 Companies Raise $260 Million Week Ending Feb 12

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HQ: Oakland, California. Underwrites & guarantees high-risk credit card transactions . Tags: SMB, POS, payments, credit/debit cards, restaurant merchants, acquiring. Here are the fintech deals by size from 6 Feb to 12 Feb 2016: Renew Financial. Financing for renewable energy and conservation projects. Total raised: $102.2

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