PYMNTS

APRIL 9, 2020

They then claim to be using blockchain technology. securities laws. As reported by Cointelegraph.com , scammers use official-sounding names, such as the phony “World Olympic Sports Foundation,” to pitch fake investments in special products and “commercial developments” pertaining to the Olympics.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 19, 2019

Aided by technology – and emboldened by the rise of cryptocurrencies – fraudsters are stepping up ransomware campaigns. 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. Corporate Wire Fraud.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2020

A particularly harrowing cloud services-based fraud incident occurred last year, when a disgruntled AWS employee gained access to more than 100 million Capital One customers’ details. The cloud security space needs to completely rethink its options if such strong systems can still be breached.

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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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Abrigo

JULY 10, 2020

Community banks and credit unions partnered with their communities to help families and businesses through these unprecedented times , causing spikes in consumer fraud that must be faced head on. According to the new advisory , t wo fraud typologies are trending: imposter scams and money mule schemes. C&I Loans.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 29, 2018

The payment and commerce opportunities of such technology is obvious, and the wearables market is helping to guide the way toward the potential (likely?) 29) by Kaspersky Labs and the University of Oxford Functional Neurosurgery Group noted, the technology is quickly gaining ground. Memory Technology.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

According to the latest research from Bottomline Technologies, businesses said the fraud threat is on the rise. Meanwhile, Forbes reported separate analysis from North Carolina State University warning that as pressure mounts for chief financial officers to hit their financial targets, they’re less likely to report fraud.

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PYMNTS

JULY 6, 2017

API technology is opening new doors for the world of financial services, a trend that cultivates cooperation and collaboration between FinTechs and banks, once considered competitors. But newer technologies on the market are making it more difficult for everyone to get on the same page about how to use the tool. “Now,

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Payments messaging technology provider SWIFT recently opened up its Know Your Customer (KYC) platform, the KYC Registry , directly to corporates. 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.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Such a scenario stands as a terrifying example of not only the sophistication of criminals, but also the threat of fraud in a real-time payments environment. Ron Plesco, principal of Cyber Security, and Bob Ruark, principal of Banking and Financial Services Strategy and KPMG’s FinTech leader in the U.S. The antidote?

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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

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Ugandan police are investigating the hacking of a third-party processor of phone-based transactions, Bloomberg reported, that affected MTN Group and Standard Bank Group 's local units. While some services had to be suspended because of the hack, MTN said in a statement that no users' funds were affected.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Among the inventive ways that companies are fighting digital fraud in 2020 is Teradata’s new concept of analyzing computer mouse movements, as it turns out that hackers move their mice very differently than regular people. Fraud prevention tech has to scale. Clean’ and ‘Friendly’ Fraud are Neither. That’s “clean” fraud.

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Gonzobanker

JANUARY 4, 2023

Back in the day, when I was the CIO of a bank, we had a Technology Plan. It was a single document that had every aspect of the bank’s technology goals for the year – hardware, software, vendors, projects (all led by information technology, or IT, by the way) – the entire bank IT budget. John Brunner. digital banking).

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PYMNTS

JUNE 9, 2020

Reports of a hacker-for-hire group dubbed “Dark Basin,” which has targeted journalists, advocacy groups and elected officials, are rocketing around the world. The Citizen Lab report links Dark Basin “with high confidence to individuals working at an Indian company named BellTroX InfoTech Services,” which uses other names as well.

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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

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

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

JULY 15, 2019

As computers become more and more powerful and start to utilize quantum technology, today’s security measures, like encryption, will increasingly be at risk, according to reports. That’s why Dutch bank ABN AMRO has partnered with quantum technology group Qutech to get ahead of the technology and use it to improve security for banks.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 7, 2017

Today, APIs have become a popular way for banks to share this financial data with other services and have given rise to more possibilities for FinTechs in how they meet their customers’ needs — and more debate about the security of such facilitated information-sharing.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 2, 2017

First Data, the global commerce-enabling technology company, announced Thursday (June 1) the launch of Fraud Detect, a fraud solution for merchants around the world. According to First Data, using artificial intelligence, Fraud Detect analyzes vast data sets to identify fraud and potential chargebacks.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 20, 2020

We have deep dives into in-house restaurant ordering apps and cloud technology, as well as a report on banks running short on large bills amid the coronavirus crisis. It takes effort to balance seamless-but-fraud-free user experiences. This time, it has been brought about by Rosenblatt Securities Analyst Bernie McTernan.

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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. Contrast Security.

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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

JUNE 14, 2018

Equifax , the embattled credit scoring company announced Thursday (June 14) that it named Bryson Koehler as Chief Technology Officer. Equifax said Koehler will work with the company’s product, data and analytics teams to drive technology and data insights for customers and partners. ” .

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Federal Reserve System has appointed its Payments Security Strategy leader, the agency announced Friday (Dec. He will lead the Fed’s initiative to address payments fraud risk and boost the security of payments in the U.S.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 29, 2016

There seems to be no shortage of action in the corporate banking space, whether it be scandals (like Royal Bank of Scotland’s Global Restructuring Group fiasco ), cyberattacks (such as the $81 million stolen from the central bank of Bangladesh) or anomalies like Brexit impacting top financial institutions across the globe.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 5, 2020

Fraudsters looking for their own enrichment are also populating these platforms, however, making it imperative that both consumers and the companies providing these digital bowling, poker or roleplaying games take security seriously. Around The Digital Identity Ecosystem.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

The Payments Innovation Alliance, a membership group that includes financial institutions (FIs) and payment providers, has released “ Voice Payments: An Introduction and Overview ,” designed to deliver information on conversational payments and enabling technologies, including voice assistants and smart speakers.

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Celent Banking

MAY 20, 2016

Celent profiles two award-winning banks who have modelled excellence in their use of risk management technologies across their banks. Left to right, Martin Pilecky, CIO Alfa-Bank; Gary McAlum, SVP Enterprise Security Group USAA; Joan McGowan, Senior Analyst Celent). USAA: SECURITY SELFIE, NATIVE FINGERPRINT, AND VOICE SIGNATURE.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

The rate of contact center fraud has skyrocketed recently, growing by 350 percent during the past four years. However, call centers need to implement these security measures in a way that doesn’t introduce frictions into the customer experience.

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Gonzobanker

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Treasury management provider Dragonfly Financial Technologies launched independently from an ACI Worldwide sale. Core: Core-n Mazes and Hayrides FIS acquired embedded finance provider Bond Financial Technologies and announced plans to spin off merchant solutions (to be named Worldpay ).

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 26, 2018

Maeder, co-founder of the Loyalty Fraud Prevention Association , a group that offers resources, information and best practices to companies with loyalty programs, digital fraudsters have been using account takeovers (ATOs) to target these offerings. The Rising Tide Of Rewards Fraud. According to Peter R. billion worldwide.

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FICO

MARCH 1, 2022

Fiserv, a leading global provider of payments and financial services technology solutions, has developed a new fraud mitigation service that has reduced fraud losses, which were already low by industry standards, by 10 to 15% for its small to midsize credit union and bank clients. Keeping Up With The Fraudsters.

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FICO

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Network International & FICO Bring MEA Enterprise Fraud Detection. With FICO Falcon Fraud Manager, Network International uses AI and machine learning technology to score transactions across a rapidly expanding array of payment options. The Need for Enterprise-Level Fraud Detection. FICO Admin. Thu, 12/19/2019 - 16:29.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 15, 2018

Businesses in nearly every industry need to worry about risks, especially when it comes to fraud and security. billion in emerging technologies, hoping to combat cybercrime and stop fraudsters in their tracks. billion in emerging technologies, hoping to combat cybercrime and stop fraudsters in their tracks.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 16, 2017

With a decent amount of this age group remembering a time without internet access, it’s likely this may have contributed to their cautious nature when it comes to online identity and payment security. What may be the issue for most is not only secure online payment options but the fear of stolen identities.

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