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In Australia, Card (And Other Payments) Fraud Is Big Business

PYMNTS

In Australia, a new report shows just how widespread internal fraud in the Commonwealth, aimed at government agencies, has become. This past week it was reported that, per an investigation by the Australian Institute of Criminology, such fraud amounted to $42 million over the past year. Grayson Jr., owner of Zealcon Corp.,

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Debt Collection Tops ID Theft On FTC Complaint List

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Identity theft, at the second spot in top complaints, jumped more than 47 percent year over year in 2015, with a chief impetus being tax identity theft. In total, through the past year, the network gathered more than 3 million complaints, with Florida, Georgia and Michigan at the top of the state list for fraud complaints.

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Fintech Fundings: 13 Companies Raise $900 Million Week Ending Nov 12

Fintech Labs Insights

HQ: Duluth, Georgia. Tags: Enterprise, fraud, security, online banking, payments, API, developers, big data. Here are the deals by size from 7 Nov to 12 Nov, 2015: NCR. ATMs, POS & financial technology. Latest round: $820 million Post-IPO equity. Total raised: Unknown. Source: WSJ. Equity crowdfunding platform. EDGARreader.

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Fintech Fundings: 36 Companies Raise $480 Million Week Ending March 18

Fintech Labs Insights

Emailage raised an undisclosed sum for its fraud prevention technology keyed off email address. HQ: Atlanta, Georgia. Fraud solutions based on email addresses. Tags: Financial institutions, enterprises, security, fraud prevention, Wipro (strategic investor), Finovate alum. Alt-lender to students. Connecture.

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How 60+ Startups Are Disrupting Retail And Commercial Banking Around The World

CB Insights

Neon quickly secured a new partner, BancoVotorantim, to resume card services. The most well-funded startup is Georgia-based Greenlight Financial, an alternative debit card issuer that allows parents to manage spending limits and allocate funds for their children through a mobile app.

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Finovate Fall 2016 Live Blog – Day 1

William Mills

03:04 pm Experian Fraud & Identity – https://www.experian.com/decision-analytics/identity-and-fraud/fraud-and-identity.html – @Experian – Adam Fingersh – GM and SVP, Fraud and Identity Solutions & John Sarreal. Besides Georgia, Texas seems to be a hot area for FinTech companies.

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