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FTC: Millennials Report Losing $71M To eCommerce Fraud In Two Years

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A new report by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has revealed that millennials are 25 percent more likely to report losing money to fraud than consumers ages 40 and over. Online shopping fraud reports include complaints about items that are never delivered or are not as they were advertised.

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Millennials Impacted By Fraud More Than Older Consumers

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A new report by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has revealed that millennials are 25 percent more likely to report losing money to fraud than consumers ages 40 and over. Online shopping fraud reports include complaints about items that are never delivered or are not as they were advertised.

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New Data: Consumers Want Banks To Use Location Data To Keep Accounts, Transactions Fraud-Free

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There are other benefits that the function could provide, however, including more robust fraud protection. Being granted access to their customers’ true geographic locations could give financial institutions (FIs) crucial access to data that could protect consumers’ accounts, especially as more of them use mobile channels to shop and pay.

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Banking Apps Shun Geolocation Data; Why Fraud Risks Could Follow

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At a time when 80 percent of apps ask for (and are usually given) users’ geolocation data, the fact that most mobile banking applications still don’t is unacceptable, GeoGuard CEO David Briggs told Karen Webster in an interview. So, the company simply promises to never share or sell location data to third parties. “My

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New Study Shows Millennials Are Guarded With Their Personal Data

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19) released a report, dubbed “Millennial Study: Privacy vs. Customer Experience,” which charts the digital consumer preferences and behaviors of millennials in seven global markets — the U.S., Germany, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Mexico and Brazil — and found millennials are guarded about sharing their personal data.

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AI/BOTS: AI Bank Tech And Millennials

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As more millennials become adults and baby boomers pass on, these young adults will have larger purchasing power. Just last year, Pew Research Center’s research , which included data from the U.S. Census, shared that the number of millennials (75.4 million) had surpassed that of baby boomers (74.9 million).

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Trending: Meeting The Millennial Need For AI-Powered Visual Shopping

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The Playbook also examines the increasing threat of fraud as more marketplaces deal with data breaches and their aftermath. Fraud remains an ever-present challenge, however, and marketplaces worldwide are deploying new defenses. An AI-Powered Visual Shopping Experience For Millennials, Gen Z.