Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

As more customers moved online, fraudsters took advantage of new and increasingly inventive opportunities to commit remote authentication fraud. These types of scams fall under the broad term of remote authentication fraud, and they’re increasingly common—and inventive. Examples of remote authentication fraud. New account fraud.

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PYMNTS

JULY 15, 2020

Judges dismissed a civil suit that alleged Wirecard of fraud weeks after the company filed for insolvency in a Munich court. The judge also found that the involvement of the Mauritius’ Emerging Markets Investment Fund (EMIF) was not a reason to suspect fraud. “As Still, this is not the end of troubles for Wirecard.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 19, 2019

In comments reported earlier this week, cyber insurance security responder Tom Bennett of CFC Underwriting told The Financial Times that that claims surged in June and July. Ransomware groups tend to target people in the Anglosphere, who are seen as able to pay and deserving of what they get. Corporate Wire Fraud.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 18, 2020

The London-based trade group for Europe’s ePayments community is waiting for the European Banking Authority , the European Union (EU) banking regulator, to provide the 27-nation bloc with an update on Strong Customer Authentication (SCA). Other, better security solutions should be considered collaboratively.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 5, 2017

Paygilant, the frictionless mobile payments fraud detection company, announced Tuesday (April 4) it was able to show how Citi was able to reduce operational costs associated with mobile wallet transactions. With mobile wallet transactions worldwide expected to exceed $1.5 This is extremely valuable to Citi,” he said.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2020

with money laundering, fraudulent banking and computer fraud, Reuters reported. “It It is not yet clear whether he participated actively in the theft or if he simply decided not to increase security measures after discovering it,” Ivano Gabrielli, director of the national center for cyber crimes (CNAIPIC), told Reuters. Meanwhile, U.K.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 20, 2020

Fraud attacks’ frequency and complexity will likely continue to rise despite merchants’ best efforts to prevent them. The Latest Fraud Decisioning Developments. Malware targeting computers running the Windows 7 operating system were especially hard-hit, rising 125 percent, according to the report.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 23, 2019

The initiative enables 2,000 corporate groups on the SWIFT network to utilize the KYC Registry by uploading and maintaining their KYC data with financial institutions. SWIFT’s decision to open up the registry also reflects the growing threat of fraud in corporate payments. Canada, Mexico, Sweden, Australia and South Africa.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 20, 2019

Retailers focused on combating fraud have credit cards in the cross-hairs of their efforts. But ramping up the war on card fraud can introduce a new risk to companies: false positives. This isn’t merely an issue for the B2C world, however. The False Positive Threat.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2020

An uptick in check fraud has financial institutions considering whether they should update methods and stop using checks, according to a report Wednesday (Jan. Check fraud, or the attempt to perpetrate it, has gone up from $8.5 Also, it makes up 60 percent of all attempted fraud against U.S. 15) by The Wall Street Journal.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 6, 2020

A fact of our new reality that has snapped sharply into focus over the last half year as restaurants of all sizes and descriptions have had to rapidly reset their operations for a world where restaurants were first closed down entirely and, even when they reopened, customers have remained reticent about dining out. Dining has gone digital.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Not so long ago, payments cyber fraud was done primarily by brute force, through guessing passwords and usernames — a scattershot approach akin to trial and error, conducted by lone individuals or small groups. Fraud is an industry for the crooks now. With the evolution of fraud, the detection and prevention efforts also change.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2020

Advances in fraud decisioning have cybercrooks scrambling into the new arcana of synthetic identities and fiendish mass bot attacks, looking for any possible opening to exploit. Some industries are more prone than others, as we discovered in the latest Fraud Decisioning Playbook , a PYMNTS and Simility collaboration.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 16, 2018

Through the collaborative efforts of those with backgrounds in payments and security, the Federal Reserve’s Secure Payments Task Force has published “Payment Lifecycles and Security Profiles.” They also cover security methods — and identity management controls — along with relevant laws and regulations, among other topics.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 29, 2018

There may come a day, a generation or two from now, when stories about the data breaches and other hacking threats faced by payments and commerce operators in 2018 seem quaint — or, at the least, like relatively primitive foreshadowing of a new type of digital criminality. But those gains come with fresh concerns about digital security.

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Gonzobanker

MARCH 6, 2020

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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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

One day — maybe one that has already happened for some PYMNTS readers — we might look back with fondness and nostalgia on that time when chargebacks stood as the main worry merchants and other organizations faced when it came to fraud and risk. That’s where Kevin Lee comes in. Changing Scope. The stakes could hardly be higher.

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PYMNTS

JULY 6, 2017

With the speed of payments accelerating and Same Day ACH initiatives continuing to roll out, NACHA has pulled together a group of industry experts to explore API standardization as a way to facilitate faster payment speeds and greater transaction security, among other use cases.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 22, 2019

An increasing number of customers want to onboard with retailers and banks through their mobile phones, putting greater pressure on businesses to provide robust, digital know your customer (KYC) checks and other security measures. How DraftKings Keeps Fraud Out of Fantasy S ports. Around the Digital Consumer Onboarding World.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 29, 2019

Indianapolis-based freight trucking company Celadon Group has agreed to pay its investors $42.2 As part of the agreement, the company must pay restitution to shareholders, as well as implement internal controls and cooperate with the investigations of the former executives allegedly involved in the fraud.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 1, 2019

Cybersecurity returned to the top of the B2B startup investment list as three companies in the enterprise security realm landed nearly half of the $246 million in B2B venture capital this week. Cequence Security. Also operating in the enterprise security space is Cequence Security, based in California.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Google, the FBI and White Ops, along with a handful of cybersecurity companies, recently collaborated to shut down a digital ad fraud scam that used 1.7 According to the report, 3ve (pronounced “Eve”), which is what the group called its online ad fraud campaign, was active since 2014 but could have been around for longer.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2020

Subscription’s promises of recurring revenue streams for companies and convenience for customers offer powerful benefits, but an unwelcome group is also subscribing to such services: fraudsters. Preventing fraud with seamless and secure onboarding solutions is key. million fraud reports in 2018, resulting in $1.48

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PYMNTS

MARCH 12, 2020

Payment processors expanding their operations into new industries and markets have their work cut out for them, however. Each sector and country encounters different fraud types that providers must be ready to detect and thwart. The card industry’s 3D Secure 2.0 Understanding The Merchant Sector. Attuning To New Markets .

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Federal Reserve System has appointed its Payments Security Strategy leader, the agency announced Friday (Dec. Kenneth Montgomery, first vice president and chief operating officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, is taking up the position.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2018

Microsoft issued an emergency security update for Internet Explorer after hackers were able to exploit a new flaw in several versions of the browser. Unfortunately, the security issue come right before what is expected to be the biggest shopping day of the year: the Saturday before Christmas.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2019

But an anonymous public letter posted online warned the group’s supervisory board members that they could possibly face personal liability if they chose not to investigate credible fraud allegations. This isn’t the first time FT has published a report accusing Wirecard of accounting fraud.

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Perficient

AUGUST 16, 2023

Heartland Tri-State began operations in 1985 under the name First National Bank of Elkhart. In 2011, Hanes put together a local investment group that purchased the bank from its former holding company, and he became President and CEO of the new bank. He was promoted to President and CEO in 2008.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 2, 2019

He is accused of setting up and operating Darkode, a black marketplace that operated between 2008 and 2013, as well as creating and deploying Mariposa, one of the largest botnets. And Samsung-backed Blocko is now in the UAE after it secured funding in Asia Pacific and Europe.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

PULSE , the debit/ATM network that operates as a Discover Financial Services company, said in a press release that it has adopted the FICO Falcon Platform to bring new fraud detection services to its network of more than 4,100 debit issuers. The platform also helps allow — or restrict — transactions for individual or multiple accounts.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2020

The military’s need for tracking its multi-part, expensive operations has only increased with the introduction of 3D printing, according to Coindesk. Robert Farkas, the 33-year-old co-founder of crypto project Centra Tech , has pleaded guilty in court to conspiring to commit securities and wire fraud, Coindesk reported.

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PYMNTS

MAY 8, 2019

The Indianapolis-based firm, which works to accelerate B2B payments to truck operators, apparently has removed its CEO and COO — the result of a financial accounting scandal at another trucking firm where FreightRover executives had worked. The problems reportedly stem not from FreightRover, but from Celadon Group Inc.,

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Which Mike Keegan, CEO of Transaction Network Services , said can only spell trouble for consumer adoption unless consumers are convinced that interacting with them digitally is totally secure. Instead, Keegan said operators can ensure more secure connections by establishing a direct link between the machines and the payment environment.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

The eCommerce company is reportedly paying the ransom , the hackers claim, though it is unclear exactly how the cyberattack group was able to gain access to the company's data. 1 million was stolen from the City of Industry via invoice fraud, claims officials in the California city. . $1 million per targeted attack.

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FICO

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Enterprise Fraud Solution Buyers Want More Agility, More Data. Our recent global survey reveals the investment priorities and functionality requirements for enterprise-level fraud solution buyers. We asked about priorities, plans and requirements for enterprise fraud prevention and detection solutions , and the results are fascinating.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 10, 2020

Members of this age group are moving into the workforce in growing numbers, making them a progressively influential demographic for FIs. This has increased the need for FIs to develop convenient mobile onboarding experiences, but those that lack confidence in their ability to secure such channels appear to be reluctant to offer them.

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Payments Source

AUGUST 22, 2018

Account takeover (ATO) fraud currently drives the largest fraud losses at North American financial institutions within digital channels, according to a new report from Aite Group and Early Warning, the bank organization that operates the Zelle payment network brand.

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