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

Abrigo

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. . As with any global or regional disaster, illicit actors are taking advantage of the increased pool of possible victims. Spike or Anomaly Scenarios.

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

Abrigo

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. As with any global or regional disaster, illicit actors are taking advantage of the increased pool of possible victims. Spike or Anomaly Scenarios.

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LATAM’s Payments Innovation Renaissance

PYMNTS

“If a firm needs to digitally onboard someone and verify them, we can help that company do that fairly seamlessly,” Samer Atassi, regional director, Latin America and Caribbean for Jumio, told PYMNTS in a recent conversation. Part of that, he added, is across-the-board high standards when it comes to compliance and verification.

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Inside Synchrony Financial’s AML Playbook

PYMNTS

Consumers have noticed the rising levels of fraud in digital banking, and they are not pleased. Financial institutions (FIs) need to keep watch for newer schemes as they seek to prevent different forms of fraud, such as money laundering, on their online platforms. Synchrony Financial Upgrades Its AML Strategy As Fraud Grows.

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BNPL Fraud — When "Buy Now, Pay Later" Backfires

FICO

In this post, I’ll provide a quick overview of how BNPL works, and share my thoughts on how BNPL fraud can occur and where the financial liability lays. . The company says that over half of Afterpay’s customers in the United States are millennials, aged 25 to 40 years old. Strategies and Tools for Fighting BNPL Fraud.

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India’s Central Bank Holds Firm On Data Storage Mandate

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Companies based in the United States that contend the directive would be costly, were they to comply — costly to the tune of millions of dollars. The newswire stated the mandate in India may have a ripple effect and may push the needle toward a similar walling in of data. On the other side of the equation? That trio of U.S.

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Mastercard Posts 16 Pct. Cross-Border Volume Growth In Q2

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Within that number, the United States saw 10 percent growth to $486 billion, outpaced by the 14 percent growth seen in the rest of the world. Management said on the call that switched transactions showed double-digit growth across all regions globally. Switched transactions were up 18 percent to 21.4