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Pennsylvania Attorney General files lawsuit against lead generator for role in assisting unlawful telemarketing calls

CFPB Monitor

On November 3, 2022, Pennsylvania Attorney General (and Governor-Elect) Josh Shapiro announced that his office had filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania against New York-based Fluent, Inc.—a million Pennsylvania consumers provided their information on one of Fluent’s websites.

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Enforcing AML/KYC Compliance When Legal Precedent Does Not Apply

PYMNTS

Social distancing restrictions implemented to curb the virus’s spread are preventing compliance professionals from obtaining physical identification documents and holding in-person meetings that typically enforced anti-money laundering/know your customer (AML/KYC) compliance. Compliance Enforcement Goes Remote With Biometrics.

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CFPB September 2016 complaint report highlights money transfer complaints, complaints from Pennsylvania consumers

CFPB Monitor

The CFPB has issued its September 2016 complaint report which highlights complaints about money transfers and complaints from consumers in Pennsylvania and the Philadelphia metro area. Many of these complaints are the product of company risk-based assessments, review for OFAC compliance, and consumer identification efforts.

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U.S. Card Skimming Fraud Grows 700+% in First Half of 2022

FICO

Card Skimming Fraud Grows 700+% in First Half of 2022. Credit card and debit card skimming fraud is back with a vengeance in the US, while other fraud types are seeing global growth. At FICO World 2022, I hosted a session where we talked about global fraud trends like authorized push payment scams and romance scams.

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Location Detection: Building The Bank Business Case For Better Geolocation Data

PYMNTS

But as GeoGuard CEO David Briggs and People’s United Bank VP of Financial Crimes and Fraud Intelligence Karen Boyer told Karen Webster, realizing the full benefits of using geolocation will take a bit of education – for consumers, yes, but also for banks. Not all data are created equal, of course. percent,” he said. “I

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US Card Skimming Grew Nearly 5x in 2022, New FICO Data Shows

FICO

A cluster of states in the northeastern US accounted for an additional 29%, and included New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia. When looking at total fraud cases related to skimming, we saw that 70% were tied to POCs in 5 states: California (38%), New York (16%), Pennsylvania (6%) and Florida/Washington (5%).

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Credit Unions Doing Cyber-Battle

PYMNTS

When hackers hit Pennsylvania-based fuel and convenience retailer Wawa, they made off with the credentials of potentially thousands of credit union members. That sounds ominous because it is, and CUs that don’t take identity fraud and cybertheft super seriously face losing more than what hackers steal.