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The Big Spike In ‘CEO Fraud’

PYMNTS

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. BEC fraud does not respect seniority, and it pays exceedingly well.”. billion (or slightly over half) of all losses tracked in 2019.

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Is the U.S. Keeping Up in the Digital Asset Space?

Abrigo

Innovation is key in the world of decentralized currencies The United States will have to be creative to stay competitive globally as digital assets enter the mainstream. The innovative world of digital assets has made big strides since its inception in 2009. Would you like other articles like this in your inbox? Rapid Growth.

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Business Resiliency and Agility: The Need for Speed and Security

Cisco

The pandemic brought into focus the need for financial institutions to become more agile and resilient in the event of any disruption, not just from innovative competitors. Organizational agility is about looking for innovative ways to build resilience, protect revenue streams, streamline operations, and ensure employee engagement.

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Mastercard: Using AI To Cure Healthcare’s $240B Fraud, Waste And Abuse Problem

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Instead, she noted, an estimated $240 billion is going out the door to fraud, waste and abuse (FWA). We securely store over 18 petabytes of sensitive data — this is a significant amount of data that we’re dealing with every day,” she said. “And And we detect and defeat over 200 attacks on our network every minute of every day.

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B2B Financing Firm FreightRover Reportedly Impacted By Celadon Fraud Scam

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It hasn’t exactly been the best of times lately for FreightRover , at least not when it comes to legal drama and company leadership. PYMNTS readers might recall that late last year, FreightRover secured $500 million in financing to fuel its factoring operations, with the capital coming from Crayhill Capital Management.

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Fed Names New Payments Security Leader

PYMNTS

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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The Future Of FIs Is About Flexible Innovation

PYMNTS

Innovation is no longer optional – it’s table stakes to stay in the game. The good news: There is no shortage of innovative ideas and options for today’s FIs to offer to their customers: digital wallets, P2P payments, card controls, fraud and security protection, and loyalty and rewards perks among them.