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When Fraud Risk Is Credit Risk In Disguise

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Here’s a test: What’s fraud? Those questions also speak to the seemingly impossible tension in the world of payments and new card accounts: how to onboard and authenticate consumers as quickly and seamlessly as possible, while also protecting them and the institution from fraud. Fraud Getting Worse. Bad Timing.

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Can Digital Platforms Solve The Fraud vs. Friction Dilemma?

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These platforms promise fast, seamless transactions, which most deliver – but when platforms focus on reducing friction for users, it can backfire and create new vulnerabilities to fraud. An unexpected consequence of the retailer race to offer same-day and one-day delivery is increased fraud exposure. Nearly one-third (30.4

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 Netspend On How Increased Security Demands Spur Virtual Card Adoption

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State mandates have also forced some businesses to close or limit on-premises operations, prompting such merchants to connect with consumers online instead. Fraudsters have redoubled their attacks on eCommerce channels, however, making consumers more concerned about data security. Streamlining Onboarding Security.

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Uncovering the Hidden Efficiencies in Loan and Deposit Operations

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Addressing common loan and deposit operations process inefficiencies can help financial institutions deliver optimized value to customers and stockholders. In recent years, many financial institutions have been focused on improving their digital delivery capabilities, often at the expense of their operational groups.

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Bitcoin Daily: SEC Freezes Crypto Firm?s Assets, Alleging It Stole $12M From Investors; Hong Kong: 39 Pct Of New FinTechs There Are Blockchain Firms; Coinbase Eyes Selling Blockchain Analytics To IRS, DEA

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The Securities & Exchange Commission ( SEC ) has moved to freeze the assets of a $12 million cryptocurrency mining and multi-level marketing (MLM) scheme, Coindesk reports. In Hong Kong, 39 percent of new FinTech firms launched in the last year are now operating via blockchain, Cointelgraph reported.

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When Retail Fraud Is An Inside Job

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But the reality is that the greatest security threat facing retail companies, according to a number of recent surveys, often comes from within. It would appear, then, that not a lot of retailers are putting their money where their mouth is when it comes to protecting against cybercrime from within their own operations.

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E-Commerce Merchants: A Hot Commodity in the Dark Web

Abrigo

Financial institutions should be proactive with their fraud prevention on the dark web. . With prominent victims such as British Airways, Ticketmaster, and Newegg, among others, this type of attack became known as “Magecart” and gained notoriety within information security circles and beyond. Merchants of all sizes are being targeted.

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