PYMNTS

JUNE 23, 2020

Federal Reserve has introduced a new effort to combat payments fraud. PYMNTS explores these stories and others in this week’s Payment Rail Innovation Tracker. Federal Reserve Tackles Fraud Across Rails. The solution supports the need to classify fraud independently of payment type or other payment characteristic.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 11, 2020

Idaho-based Kount has released a new product aimed at preventing insurance fraud as the industry increasingly turns to digital, and even mobile, setups. Kount’s fraud protection platform increases profitability and reduces fraudulent claims with digital identity verification and advanced artificial intelligence.”. In a Tuesday (Aug.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

As more customers moved online, fraudsters took advantage of new and increasingly inventive opportunities to commit remote authentication fraud. Say a scammer calls a community bank customer and gains their trust by using information obtained from a major data breach. Examples of remote authentication fraud. New account fraud.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Those new avenues of fraud have leveraged hallmarks of the current pandemic — fears over public health and concerns about stimulus checks issued by the government — to snare unwitting victims. . . According to some estimates, as many as 22 percent of Americans have been impacted by COVID-related fraud. . .

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

PYMNTS' September Preventing Financial Crimes Playbook , done in collaboration with NICE Actimize , analyzes the pandemic-era fraud landscape and identifies its many pitfalls. This fraud targets all demographics and generations, with U.S. This fraud targets all demographics and generations, with U.S.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

As for the areas where scammers managed the biggest hits, business email compromise (BEC), confidence/romance fraud and spoofing were the top three types of crime in terms of monetary losses. Fraudsters just need to be well-informed and reasonably good at social engineering.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 3, 2019

For credit unions (CUs), data analytics can deliver that insight, helping them to more effectively address their members’ specific needs, and informing CUs of the products and services that can deliver the most effective returns on their investments. Some CUs are much more likely to pursue innovations than others. For example, 91.7

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PYMNTS

MAY 4, 2020

Customers and merchants rely on their banks and credit unions (CUs) to ensure they have secure, convenient online transactions, and many FIs work to detect fraud by looking for abnormal purchasing behaviors that could indicate something is amiss. Around The FI Fraud Decisioning World.

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PYMNTS

JULY 29, 2020

That would be terrific news, Kount Chief Customer Experience Officer Rich Stuppy told PYMNTS in an interview, except for one thing: fraudsters love seeing consumer-centric innovations because those present fresh access points for ill-gotten gains. But he added that fighting fraud isn’t about building the highest possible wall.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Artificial intelligence (AI) can improve the eCommerce experience – not just in terms of warding off fraud, but also in making sure payments can be processed efficiently and that the most effective payment gateways are accessed. That information can include whether consumers are authenticated and where the point of sale is located.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Mobile and online banking providers have been upping their fraud protection measures over the last decade, making it more difficult for bad actors to rely on some of the schemes that previously worked in such channels. Banks are dealing with rapid rises in fraud schemes such as ATOs, synthetic identity fraud and account opening fraud.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Fraud Threats To Digital Banking. And then they’ll take that [information] and use the accounts.”. Another threat is identity fraud, in which bad actors will either steal an individual’s identity or forge a new one, and then use it to open new accounts or apply for fraudulent loans they have no intention of paying back.

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PYMNTS

MAY 24, 2016

It’s no secret that, as fraudsters continue to evolve and increase the sophistication of their tactics, the­ fraud prevention landscape must do the same in order to stay one step ahead. With global fraud attacks on the rise , Forter is looking to transform the need for retailers to manage these rules-based systems that produce scores.

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PYMNTS

JULY 21, 2020

They are going to have to update how they mitigate and control fraud and risk and update their systems. She added that even those that do tend to rely on credit header data or application data, which doesn’t work because “every fraudster in the world also has access to that information.”. There’s No Time To Waste.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 24, 2020

As Thorness explained, their embrace of ACH processing technologies is likely to have far-reaching impacts into how they send and receive payments with government suppliers, too, particularly as ACH innovation accelerates. The key is the remittance information that needs to be associated with B2B payments.”

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Banks lost about $4 billion to account takeover (ATO) fraud attempts last year and fraudsters have been reluctant to abandon the scheme as this year progresses. Fraudsters made off with account numbers and other personal details, which could later be used for different synthetic identity fraud or related schemes. digital bank Monzo.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Elder financial exploitation and elder fraud are rising at an alarming rate as they continue to be serious crimes in the United States. An increase in financial crime and fraud against the elderly is expected to continue to climb as the baby boom population (those born before 1964) age. The under-reported and growing crime.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 6, 2020

The rising tide of fraud in the prepared food segment got an unfortunate illustration this week as food delivery Chowbus suffered a data breach, with information on about 4,300 restaurants as well as data for hundreds of thousands of customers slipping out the door. Fraudster In Many Forms . Staying Ahead Of The Fraudsters .

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

A network to better coordinate financial innovation among federal and state regulators is being launched by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in partnership with several states, the agency said in a press release. State regulators in every state were invited to join. .

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PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2019

Fraudsters are muscling their way into new territories when it comes to how they approach consumers for their personal information. Around the Digital Fraud World. Some are bringing new technologies into their fraud attacks, especially as those new technologies become more prevalent in certain markets. CEO for N26.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The technology is also credited with helping them meet diners’ demands for seamless purchasing experiences as well as enabling them to battle fraud. . Lots of companies have a lot of product mix information, and an AI platform can easily take that information and use it to make better decisions,” he said.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 17, 2020

With a new solution announced Tuesday (March 17), identity trust and digital fraud protection firm Kount seeks to help people avoid the pitfalls and annoyances of account takeover fraud. Kount also recently set up the Identity Trust Global Network , which attempts to build a large database to help clear up fraud issues in the future.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 11, 2019

Payment fraud is an ideal use case for machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI), and has been used by financial institutions (FIs) to great effect. In fact, a typical consumer who gets a fraud alert might not even know there was an algorithm working behind the scenes that spotted suspicious activity. Most FIs (63.6

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

To help diners make the best use of their mobile devices to order meals, quick-service restaurants (QSRs) are tapping into mobile innovations. From Dunkin’ Brands to Grubhub , QSRs and ordering platforms are driving innovation with mobile ordering technology.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 20, 2020

Fraud protection techniques have advanced rapidly over the past decade to keep pace with fraudsters preying on emerging weak points. Banks, businesses and others still have numerous fraud problems to address, from text-based scams and phishing to synthetic identity theft. The Technology Barrier .

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Spend controls were the focus of innovation in the commercial card space this week thanks to feature and program launches. This week’s commercial card innovation tracker includes a rollout of the next generation of authorization controls from Comdata Inc., as well as the launch of the Flex by Finaxar initiative from Finaxar.

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PYMNTS

JULY 28, 2020

Fraudsters and financial institutions (FIs) are constantly evolving to best each other, and growth in synthetic ID fraud is revealing that many banks must enhance their security measures to stay in the lead. Researchers dubbed synthetic ID fraud the “fastest-growing form of identity theft” in the U.S.

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PYMNTS

JULY 25, 2019

Customers have varying banking needs, but the global fraud phenomenon tends to have equal impacts. Challengers see fraud protection as especially important, particularly as they attempt to ween customers away from legacy FIs and their own nimbler FinTech competitors. Bringing a global fraud approach to a new local market.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2021

Equifax has inked a deal to purchase artificial intelligence (AI)-powered fraud prevention and digital identity technology provider Kount for $640 million. Kount’s staff members will become a part of Equifax’s United States Information Solutions (USIS) business unit and will still be based in Boise, Idaho, according to a Friday (Jan.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

This has become a larger problem for FIs as they must not only deal with protecting customers from fraud, but also guard against bad actors armed with 4.1 Account opening fraud is a favorite tactic among such cybercriminals, many of whom rely on these credentials to pose as legitimate customers. billion stolen credentials.

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PYMNTS

MAY 28, 2020

The bank robbers who decades ago would have pulled off in-person heists have in many cases instead become cybercriminals who hack into mobile accounts, purchase stolen credit card information on the dark web and impersonate customers online or over the phone. Staying ahead of fraud requires constant innovation.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 17, 2020

Simply put, the back-office systems are ill-equipped to handle the demands of technological innovation, especially as financial services cross channels. The Challenges Of Multi-Channel Payment Innovation. For many firms, with legacy infrastructure that has been in place for decades, scale becomes difficult.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Companies are getting much better at fraud detection and prevention, partly in response to its rapid spread. A leading index of digital theft found that loyalty fraud exploded by 89 percent over 2018, opening a vast new front in the battle. For their part, the anti-fraud community is hitting back hard. Fighting Fakes With Fire.

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Perficient

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Utilize advanced algorithms and data analytics to enhance risk assessment methodologies, allowing banks to identify and mitigate default risks more effectively, thereby making more informed lending decisions. Explore and integrate alternative data sources and innovative scoring models to offer fairer assessments of creditworthiness.

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PYMNTS

JULY 10, 2020

Whether it be the requirement to manually enter in bank account details and other information, or the pain point of a lack of transaction data, legacy payment solutions can not only create inefficiencies, but expose companies in the market to risks of non-compliance, fraud and other threats.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 22, 2017

Fighting fraud is a lot harder online, and a lot harder for merchants and consumers, as card-not-present transactions become the preferred method of malfeasance. In one recent announcement, payments provider TSYS and real-time learning technology platform Featurespace said they were joining forces to offer fraud prevention tools.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 24, 2020

With corporate travel still on pause, commercial card innovation has taken a different direction. Elsewhere, a cyberattack raises concerns about the vulnerability of employee data when commercial card information is compromised. Nium Uses Cards For Credit. Swile Lands VC For Corporate Meal Card.

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