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Idaho Optimizes Child Support Payments For Mobile

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Recently, for example, Idaho residents looking to make child support payments via mobile devices just got a boost in functionality. The revamped mobile web application reportedly meets international online accessibility requirements and is compatible with screen readers. But it’s not just Idaho. The move makes sense.

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The Pandemic’s Push For The FI/FinTech ‘Win-Win’

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Necessity being the mother of invention, consumers rapidly reset their lives around digital across the board — from working to shopping to learning to managing their financial lives online. Is a given FinTech looking ahead to technology shifts to things like real-time transaction cards? What is the process implementation period like?

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Kount Offers Anti-Fraud Product Aimed At Insurance Industry

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Idaho-based Kount has released a new product aimed at preventing insurance fraud as the industry increasingly turns to digital, and even mobile, setups. Due to the pandemic, many companies have rolled out new online portals that are convenient to their customers. In a Tuesday (Aug. These “are dream setups for a fraudster,” he added.

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Why US Credit Card Fraud Complaints Are On The Rise

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Credit card fraud complaints in the U.S. ValuePenguin analyzed data collected by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and found that there were approximately 70,000 credit card fraud complaints submitted in 2015. At the state level, the number of credit card fraud complaints were much more pronounced. Across the U.S.,

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SaaS Platform Kount Partners With Verifi To Help Firms Minimize Disputes, Fraud

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Kount , the Boise, Idaho-based Software as a Service (SaaS) platform designed to simplify fraud detection and improve profitability, announced it has partnered with Verifi , the payment protection and management company. In June, Visa signed an acquisition agreement with Verifi.

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Why State And Local Governments Struggle To Shred The Paper Check

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Studies show that digital disbursement methods could reduce these costs as well as make payments more efficient within Illinois, but the state also has to balance its budget and the security measures it will need to take for online payments before modernizing.

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BEC Run Out Of Detention Center Nets Millions

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Mobile means one can do just about anything by using their device: order food, bank online, read the news … even commit payments fraud, sometimes from the unlikeliest of places. In Australia, news came that police have charged a quartet of alleged fraudsters with running a business email compromise (BEC) scam.

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