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Germany’s Deutsche Bank Offers A Lifeline To Wirecard Bank

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Deutsche Bank, the Frankfurt-based multinational financial services company, is in talks with regulators to rescue Wirecard Bank, the deposit-taking division of the German payment company that is facing one of the country’s biggest accounting frauds, the Financial Times reported. The action was triggered when accountants reported $2.1

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Pindrop’s Solutions Fight Call Center And Voice Fraud

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A classic image of payment fraud involves a fraudster stealing credit card numbers and shopping for goods in-person or online. Founded in 2011, Pindrop’s security solution was built to protect banks and other financial institutions from call center and voice fraud. While the roll-out of EMV in the U.S. at Georgia Tech.

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Branching Out: Physical Locations Boost CUs' Digital Plans

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While many credit unions had already begun implementing digital technologies before the health crisis began, they were forced to radically accelerate their efforts after stay-at-home and social distancing protocols gave them little choice. It also offers participating CUs customized consulting services.

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FinovateSpring 2016 Live Blog – Day 1

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One use case is to use a bot, via text messaging, to help customers when they have potential credit card fraud. Like a HELOC on your car but using a technology platform. Houston Frost (SVP, Prepaid Products). Houston Frost (SVP, Prepaid Products). Matt Decker (VP, Technology). Good job. ^WM.

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Facebook’s Libra, Uber Losses, Instant Deposits Top Week’s News

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Consumers have noticed the rising levels of fraud in digital banking, while fraudsters are relying on technologies such as machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI). That’s because China eCommerce company Alibaba apparently has removed any products related to the Houston Rockets from its search results.

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Will Children Point The Way Forward For Wearables?

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Children are the future — that’s just a biological fact, and the theme of an old Whitney Houston song. Those products, designed for children, lack payment capabilities, but the idea is to get kids used to wearable technology and hope they continue to use it as teenagers and adults.

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