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JANUARY 23, 2020

The European Union’s long-anticipated 5th Anti-Money Laundering Directive (5AMLD), which modernizes security rules to reflect the needs and threats facing today’s economy, took effect in mid-January, and its impacts are already being felt across the payments space. Fiat-focused digital wallets must also boost their security.

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AUGUST 24, 2020

In a case that highlights how anybody — truly, anybody — can be a victim of invoice fraud, federal officials have reportedly charged two brothers in New York State for an alleged $19 million scam targeting Amazon. Fitzhugh warned, "Invoice fraud is not a victimless crime. In a statement, Acting Manhattan U. Canada and the world over.

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AUGUST 3, 2020

When it comes to B2B payments fraud, it’s not a matter of if it happens, but when. Speaking with Karen Webster in a recent interview , OnPay Solutions President and CEO Neal Anderson explained that organizations have to prepare themselves to mitigate the fraud threat, even as employees work from home. ” $4.13 ” $4.13

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DECEMBER 6, 2020

MonetaGo , which specializes in blockchain technologies, and GUUD Company , which focuses on making international trade smooth, have teamed up on international financial transaction security, MonetaGo announced in a press release. Both companies are based in Singapore. Going paperless has to happen.”.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2023

You might also like this webinar, "Proactive measures to protect against check fraud and fraud loss." REGISTER now Takeaway 1 Phishing is not a new fraud trend, but the rise of smartphones means text messaging fraud is becoming more common. billion to fraud in 2021, a 70% increase over the prior year.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

The risk of fraud continues to climb for organizations of all sizes as the latest data reveals third-quarter spikes in business email compromise and ransomware scams. Plus, the latest allegations of fraud hit the PPE supply chain, and the U.S. Plus, the latest allegations of fraud hit the PPE supply chain, and the U.S.

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JANUARY 15, 2020

Fraud detection company DataVisor, which uses artificial intelligence (AI) to help find fraud activity and correct it, has released a new anti-fraud solution called dEdge, which can detect attacks and malicious operations in real time, according to a press release. .

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JUNE 25, 2020

Gareth David Long, a 41-year-old Las Vegas resident, was sentenced to 70 months in prison for fraud for stealing money from victims’ accounts, the Department of Justice said in a press release. Long pled guilty in November of 2019 to a scheme where he committed wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.

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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

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Fraud trends for financial institutions to watch for in 2023 Financial institutions should not expect a slowdown of any of 2022’s fraud trends. Takeaway 2 A worsening economy increases pressure to commit fraud, provides opportunities to commit fraud, and can be used as an excuse by criminals to rationalize their actions.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Pandemic-related fraud attempts continue to climb. This week's B2B Data Digest looks at the latest figures behind such fraud targeting corporate finance teams. According to the report, business leaders are more concerned about data security than ever before, citing the pandemic as one factor behind the fears. 45 percent of U.S.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2021

These struggles are leading many to examine cutting-edge tools that can help them better protect these transactions from fraud,” according to PYMNTS January 2021 Real-Time Payments Tracker® done in collaboration with The Clearing House. Protecting RTP is critical to its wide acceptance as another arrow in the payments quiver.

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

FinCEN provides guidance on Cyber Fraud What can financial institutions do to prevent and detect cyber fraud? You might also like this blog on FinCEN's AML/CTF priorities on cyber fraud. Takeaway 3 The FinCEN releases also focus on money mule schemes and imposter fraud, both increasing due to the pandemic. . Fraudsters.

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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. The product will also, the company said, protect against identity assumption, bot quotes, and “ghost brokering,” which is when fraudsters use fake documents. In a Tuesday (Aug.

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DECEMBER 29, 2020

With digital transactions and eCommerce soaring during the pandemic, the rate of increasingly sophisticated fraud has also risen. Unlike the crypto markets, Wingert said the banking and payments industries continue to be slow to adapt to the challenges of KYC and fraud prevention. In fact, a recent GeoGuard survey found that U.S.

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AUGUST 17, 2020

When it comes to fraud threats, no company — large or small — is immune. The Federal Trade Commission recently filed a complaint against Yellowstone Capital, Fundry and their officers, alleging the merchant cash advance companies had been withdrawing funds from small business bank accounts.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

The telecommunications industry is but one of many sectors looking to more securely verify customers and avoid fraud, which remains a growing problem. Robust digital ID verification practices could make many fraud schemes a thing of the past, but many banks and businesses have yet to adopt them. More than 6.2

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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. News came Thursday (Nov. The Email Scam Lures More Victims. A Bit Of Victory.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Recent reports indicate an uptick in fraudsters targeting large FIs, and headlines surrounding security breaches and cyberattacks fill the news on a near-daily basis. Visa and Mastercard designed the 3DS protocols and provide them under the names Verified by Visa and Mastercard Secure Code. s upgrades, however. For example, 3DS 2.0

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PYMNTS

APRIL 10, 2020

This brings a longstanding challenge to the fore: Healthcare organizations have long struggled with fraud, waste and abuse (FWA), costing the United States healthcare sector more than $200 billion annually by some estimates. Moreover, the benefit cited by the greatest proportion of healthcare firms (65.6

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JUNE 22, 2020

Corporate fraud continues to plague businesses large and small, and in this week’s B2B fraud tracker, many of the latest cases of nefarious activity within the enterprise can be traced back to the continued use of paper and legacy systems. billion may be unaccounted for on the books of Germany payments company Wirecard.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2020

Mobile banking is under constant attack from fraudsters, however, who are targeting both customers’ funds and personal data, such as account numbers, Social Security numbers, payment card data and login credentials. ATMs are common avenues for fraud, however, especially those that are running outdated software. billion by 2024.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Fraud continues to increase in many areas, despite extensive attempts to bring it to heel. Retail fraud attempts have doubled year over year, for example, while account takeover (ATO) fraud losses recently hit $14.7 billion , and phishing attacks now comprise 30 percent of all fraud attempts. billion to $7.2 million USD).

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2020

As has historically been the case with commerce security upgrades that roll in by government mandate, the path to European Union adoption of 3D Secure 2.0 That’s a path that McCutcheon said will have challenges, but perhaps fewer than we’ve seen in the recent history of security upgrades. also known as “3DS 2.0” Why 3DS 2.0

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AUGUST 27, 2020

Mitek , which offers digital identity verification services, has partnered with Lightico , which works in the field of identity verification and eSignatures, to provide a new way to complete transactions over a text message, a company blog post stated. It also uses Mitek's Mobile Fill for the same purpose.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2020

FinTech solution company Entersekt has upgraded its authentication technology in the DACH region of Europe, according to a release. The company recently announced that the software company Netcetera implemented the authentication system for Bank-Verlag, a company that makes and provides secure services for Germany’s banks.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

The number of real-time payments has risen dramatically in recent years, and APP fraud has grown alongside it. Bad actors typically perpetrate APP fraud in several ways. APP Fraud Ramps Up. Instances of APP fraud around the globe have continued to rise as real-time payment rails extend their reach.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Business email compromise (BEC) scams continue to ravage company coffers. But the BEC scam is not the only kind of business payments fraud plaguing firms today. This week's B2B Digest looks at how corporate finance scams come in all shapes and sizes, from employee expense fraud to invoice falsification.

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AUGUST 22, 2022

Emerging Check Fraud Trends to be Aware of It seems check fraud will never go away, it just changes its approach every opportunity. Check Fraud. Still the number one type of fraud in banking. There is also usually more than one signee assigned to those accounts, making them more susceptible to fraud.

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APRIL 6, 2022

New Rule Outlines Computer-Security Incident Notification Obligations for Banks Financial institutions and their service providers should prepare to meet new computer-security notice requirements by May 1, 2022. . Computer-security incident notifications required. Expand and Clarify.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 15, 2020

According to the FTC, there have been 18,235 reports of fraudulent activity or fraud attempts related to the coronavirus since Jan. million to fraud. On its website, the FTC breaks down the numbers of fraud cases by state. Fraud cases related to the pandemic have been surging with every passing week.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

In this week's B2B Data Digest, PYMNTS looks at some of those numbers, finding cybercriminals both within and outside of the enterprise don't discriminate across borders as attacks hit companies in New Zealand, the U.K. 1 million was stolen from the City of Industry via invoice fraud, claims officials in the California city.

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JANUARY 30, 2020

Widely publicized data breaches and hacks have made today’s consumers especially concerned about fraud. Cautious shoppers may find comfort in debit, with fraud losses associated with the payment method declining over the past several years. Card fraud is an ever-present threat. A Big-Picture Approach To Thwarting Debit Fraud.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Atlanta payments encryption firm Bluefin is partnering with New York mobile payments processor PAAY to advance eCommerce security. Founded in 2007 by Miles and John Perry, who serves as chief executive officer, Bluefin specializes in encryption and tokenization payment and data security. . Each $1 of fraud costs retailers $3.13. .

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MARCH 14, 2020

With the coronavirus putting eCommerce front and center, it has unfortunately been joined by its cousin: online retail fraud. According to online security company Signal Sciences , eCommerce retailers deal with an average of 206,000 web attacks per month. “The percent of all eCommerce fraud , is still account takeover.

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OCTOBER 9, 2020

found that 32 percent of consumers have been targeted by some type of pandemic-related fraud , for example. Digital-first banks, insurance firms and merchants are tasked with protecting against the schemes to keep their customers’ data secure. One report found that companies around the world collectively lose approximately $1.6

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Given the importance of banking, the growing prevalence of online banking and the inherent confidentiality of banking-related personal data, he said he sees the failure to use geolocation — a common but high-value fraud deterrent — as inexplicable. So, the company simply promises to never share or sell location data to third parties.

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