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Major Retailers Brace For Gift Card Fraud

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To counter fraud as the holiday season approaches, Best Buy , Target and Walmart made changes to their gift card programs. With the new policies, changes include lowering the transaction limits on the sale of store-branded gift cards. They also come amid an initiative to take on fraudsters that has run for a year. “By

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5 Ways Your Transaction Monitoring System Can Detect Covid-19 Related Fraud

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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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5 Ways Your Transaction Monitoring System Can Detect COVID-19 Related Fraud

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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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The Many Faces Of Employee Fraud

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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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FinCEN’s AML/CFT Priorities: A risk assessment perspective

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When considering each of the eight AML/CFT priorities FinCEN identified in 2021, banks and credit unions must evaluate the risks and incorporate them into their policies and procedures to meet regulatory expectations. Fraud - Fraud is believed to be the largest generator of proceeds for criminals in the U.S. or internationally.

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Top News In Payments: The Fed Takes A Closer Look At Big Tech; Goldman CEO Denies Apple Card Credit Bias Claims

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Goldman CEO Denies Claims Of Apple Card Credit Biases. Richard Ashton, deputy general counsel for litigation, enforcement and system matters, said at a conference that the Federal Reserve is mulling an audit of the governance structures and compliance policies of tech firms. There’s no gender bias in our process for extending credit.”

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UK Study: Businesses See Fraudsters As ‘Ahead Of Industry’

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To that end, Vocalink , a Mastercard company, released its third annual Business Fraud Report , which found that as much as 73 percent of the U.K. Additionally, 22 percent of respondents said someone has attempted to commit payments fraud against their businesses. As reported last year, £1.2 The study found that only 32 percent of U.K.

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