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China’s P2P Lending Crackdown Leaves $115B In Losses

PYMNTS

China’s peer-to-peer (P2P) lending sector, once 6,000 businesses strong, has been reduced to fewer than three dozen as the government tightened regulations, leaving billions in loans unpaid. But the news service reported the sector was plagued by fraud and defaults.

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Startups to take the stage at Bank Innovation Ignite

Bank Innovation

Bank Innovation has hand-selected 10 companies to participate in its DEMOvation Challenge at Bank Innovation Ignite, which runs from March 2-3 in Seattle. The companies focus on a variety of use cases including customer acquisition, loan underwriting technology, conversational AI, fraud prevention, and other digital capabilities.

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Fraud risk could run to billions in PPP loans

Bank Innovation

Fraud is a common trend with government relief programs. In fact, fraud estimates for previous stimulus programs indicate that the Small Business […].

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How Opening Bank Data Can Transform SMB Lending

PYMNTS

FinTechs continue to push the envelope to see how far open banking frameworks can go in improving the SMB banking experience, and increasingly, SMB lending is shifting to the center of these collaborative efforts. For lenders, unlocking data also means strengthened fraud mitigation. In the U.K., ” The U.S.’s

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Listen: BNPL providers face risk from synthetic fraud

BankInovation

The buy now, pay later industry (BNPL) provides an innovation rail for alternative lending processes and real-time fund access, but it is also opening doors for advanced fraud techniques. Featurespace uses machine learning […].

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Strategies for fighting remote authentication fraud

Independent Banker

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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First Bank Takes Two-Pronged Approach To Fighting Internal, External Fraud Threats

PYMNTS

This increased digital engagement can create challenges, however, as it opens up new avenues for fraud in addition to making transactions more convenient for customers. A Lloyds Bank study found that this type of fraud has increased fivefold over the past year, accounting for up to 1 percent of all loan applications.

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