Abrigo

MARCH 4, 2022

Synthetic ID fraud is growing quickly and hurts FIs and customers Knowing the schemes associated with synthetic identity fraud and how criminals avoid detection can help minimize losses. Takeaway 1 Synthetic identity fraud is a growing form of identity theft in which an individual is impersonated by using stolen information.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 11, 2020

Idaho-based Kount has released a new product aimed at preventing insurance fraud as the industry increasingly turns to digital, and even mobile, setups. Kount’s fraud protection platform increases profitability and reduces fraudulent claims with digital identity verification and advanced artificial intelligence.”. In a Tuesday (Aug.

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Abrigo

JUNE 13, 2022

Elder fraud prevention and education Learn strategies for recognizing and reporting elder fraud and exploitation. . Takeaway 1 Elder abuse, exploitation and fraud continue to rise as the baby boomer generation ages. Takeaway 3 Education and reporting are key to preventing this type of fraud, so know your state's policies. .

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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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Abrigo

AUGUST 19, 2020

Key Takeaways BSA officers need to stay aware of emerging fraud trends that are a result of the pandemic. Consider a risk-based lookback for your PPP portfolio to fight fraud. COVID-19-related fraud schemes are escalating at an alarming rate. How can your transaction monitoring system detect trending COVID-19 related fraud?

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Abrigo

AUGUST 19, 2020

Key Takeaways COVID-19-related fraud are not new typologies; they just have a new spin. Adjusting your velocity scenarios can help detect money mule scams and check fraud. . COVID-19-related fraud schemes are escalating at an alarming rate. How can your transaction monitoring system detect trending COVID-19 related 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

DECEMBER 8, 2020

As the holiday shopping season kicks into high gear amid an unprecedented pandemic-era surge in online shopping, banks and merchants are bracing for an associated spike in fraud , disputes and chargebacks. Fighting Friendly Fraud. For every $1 in legitimate fraud, there is $13 in transaction value that is falsely declined,” he said.

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PYMNTS

JULY 21, 2020

Compromised credit card fraud increased 212 percent year over year in 2019, while customer credential leaks increased 129 percent during the same period. Credit card fraud is just one of many techniques that fraudsters leverage to scam FIs and their customers, but it is on the rise amid the pandemic. billion pounds ($5.2

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PYMNTS

JULY 29, 2020

For example, Stuppy said advanced loyalty programs that allow customers to convert loyalty points to gift cards or transfer them to family or friends “are dream setups for a fraudster.”. But he added that fighting fraud isn’t about building the highest possible wall. Climbing Fraud Mountain. Securing A Tempting Target Field.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Carlson Wagonlit Travel has debuted a study that shows that as many as 46 percent of American and European business travelers have said they used company cards to make personal transactions. Six in 10 corporate road warriors around the globe have corporate cards, said the data. Faster Payments/Faster Fraud in the UK?

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American Banker

OCTOBER 13, 2023

As false credit-card disputes spike, the networks have updated policies to provide merchants and issuers with more data to combat false chargebacks.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Spend management firm Oversight Systems is rolling out a new module designed to analyze spend on fleet cards. 19) that its Fleet module is now available to users of its artificial intelligence (AI) analytics platform that automates fleet card transaction analysis. The company said in an announcement on Thursday (Sept.

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BankBazaar

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

W e won’t change our ways; hence the onus is now on Credit Cards to make our lives simpler. Somebody said, ‘Make my life easy’, and Credit Cards appeared out of nowhere. Though that’s not how they came into existence, we’re certain that Credit Cards do indeed make our lives easy.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Spend controls were the focus of innovation in the commercial card space this week thanks to feature and program launches. This week’s commercial card innovation tracker includes a rollout of the next generation of authorization controls from Comdata Inc., Coupa Connects With American Express For B2B Virtual Card Payments.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

1) that a probe by international auditors is underway, examining a fraud that could be $200 million in scope at Aegean Marine Petroleum Network , tied to shell companies that ostensibly did business with the shipping fuel firm. Of that number, 59 were tied to gift cards, memberships, IT equipment and furniture. A Bit Of Victory.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 1, 2020

billion non-prepaid debit card transactions in 2018, solidifying debit as a staple payment type. They insert or swipe their debit cards at stores’ point-of-sale (POS) devices — or key in details online — and maybe enter PINs, but the behind-the-scenes processes through which transactions are routed are kept invisible. shoppers made 72.7

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Another kind of fraud is often underreported and still ruinous to QSRs’ margins if unblocked. It is called friendly fraud and causes great damage, despite its name. What is friendly fraud? What distinguishes friendly fraud is that a legitimate customer, not a bad actor, perpetuates the fraud. How can it be stopped?

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Corporate fraud comes in many colors, but for many businesses, the most unexpected threat is the one looming from within company walls. This week, IBM announced a collaboration with Raw Seafoods to develop a blockchain solution to address supply chain fraud in the seafood industry, including cases of incomplete documentation and mislabeling.

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PYMNTS

JULY 30, 2019

A press release Monday (July 29) said Certify/ChromeRiver have reached a deal to acquire Emburse , a startup that provides virtual and physical commercial cards to manage employee spend as well as vendor payments.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 14, 2018

But of course, for our purposes, the focus is on payments – and here there are investigations, too, specifically into expense account fraud. Bloomberg reports that the bank is looking into fraud that may have occurred at investment banking and private banking units across Africa, Asia and the Middle East.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 26, 2017

And in New Mexico, two Santa Fe government employees were placed on leave following a report that fraud is running rampant in their department. Internal fraud is, unfortunately, an all-too-common problem for businesses and government entities, especially with regards to misuse of p-cards. And that’s just in the last month.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2018

As reported last week in CPA Practice Advisor , per AppZen, roughly 30 percent of expenses filed by employees in the professional services space get flagged when scrutinized against corporate policies. AppZen said there is no finding that certain verticals are more or less prone to expense fraud. The FBI noted that as much as $12.5

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 10, 2018

Oversight Systems has updated its Insights On Demand software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions to provide managers with quicker ways to identify expense report fraud. businesses lose $1 billion every year due to employee expense fraud. In an announcement on Tuesday (Jan. Oversight cited data from JPMorgan, which estimated U.S.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 10, 2018

With fraud on the rise, credit card networks have realized that customer signatures are simply not a reliable way to authenticate someone’s identity — and some of the country’s largest retailers agree. Each card network is setting its own set of rules regarding signatures. The plan is to soon get rid of them completely.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2020

one of the biggest payments processors in the world, one of the top 3 banks in Brazil, one of the big four banks in Australia, the largest national card processor in Europe, and several others),” according to the release. Feedzai has seen the increase in fraud and scams with the pandemic. And meanwhile, 35.7

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FICO

AUGUST 6, 2018

Fraud departments must juggle fighting financial crime with providing customers with an excellent experience – at the same time they must improve efficiency and drive down costs. What they do when fraud and security causes inconvenience. What the fraud department can do to improve customer satisfaction.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

That certainly presents problems for spend management, according to research from the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) Foundation, which found last year that non-corporate payment methods like cash and personal cards are limiting businesses’ access to transparency travel spend. B2B Payments a Major Pain Point.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 8, 2016

It is apparently getting harder to get a gift card out there, as retailers are making it harder to buy them. Some have started requiring cash-only purchases of the cards, others have cut them down to smaller denominations, others have put limits on buying multiple cards and some have just dispensed with selling them altogether.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

bank is banning customers from purchasing cryptocurrencies using its credit cards, according to Bloomberg reports. Bank of America (BofA) officially announced it “will begin declining credit card transactions with known cryptocurrency exchanges” today through a memo distributed to employees on Thursday (Feb. The second-largest U.S.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Less than a year after launching its corporate virtual card solutions, Australia-based DiviPay has announced new funding from the venture capital arm of ANZ Bank. “What we found was it was very difficult for small businesses in Australia to get access to corporate cards,” Kniaz said. 28) said the VC unit, ANZi, led a $1.56

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

13) that it disabled the ability for customers to add new credit cards as a payment method for those in the U.S. In recent weeks credit card companies have said they are banning the use of their cards to purchase digital tokens. customers should switch their payment method to debit card or a bank account.

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Abrigo

AUGUST 18, 2020

Key Takeaways BSA officers need to stay aware of emerging fraud trends that are a result of the pandemic. Consider a risk-based lookback for your PPP portfolio to fight fraud. Be aware of emerging fraud schemes. Any time there is a large-scale , global issue, you can expect to see a rise in fraud, and COVID-19 is no different.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 9, 2019

8) that his office, as well as 42 other state attorney generals, have settled with Neiman Marcus over a 2013 breach of customer payment card data at 77 of the retailer’s stores. million and put policies in place to resolve the litigation that involved the investigation of multiple states. In addition to paying the $1.5

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Abrigo

AUGUST 18, 2020

Key Takeaways BSA officers need to stay aware of emerging fraud trends that are a result of the pandemic. Consider a risk-based lookback for your PPP portfolio to fight fraud. Be aware of emerging fraud schemes. Any time there is a large-scale , global issue, you can expect to see a rise in fraud, and COVID-19 is no different.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2021

The shift to eCommerce has unfortunately come with an uptick in fraud, with bad actors turning to item-not-received schemes, false chargebacks and other abuses that scam retailers without the means to verify such claims. Fraud rates have hit record highs during the pandemic, even though they have been trending up for a long time.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

For any organization with an attitude of, “It can’t happen to me,” here’s a wakeup call: Corporate fraud is common and on the rise. One of the easiest areas for internal fraud to occur is in employee expensing. But always, in every organization, there are a few who are commuting fraud. It’s a very involved process. “The

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