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Scammers Prove Corporate Payments Fraud Comes In All Shapes And Sizes

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But the BEC scam is not the only kind of business payments fraud plaguing firms today. This week's B2B Digest looks at how corporate finance scams come in all shapes and sizes, from employee expense fraud to invoice falsification. PYMNTS breaks down the numbers behind the latest cases below.

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5 reasons your financial institution should attend the ThinkBIG 2024 conference

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Speakers at Abrigo’s ThinkBIG conference will: Spotlight current challenges facing banking professionals Provide industry best practices to drive growth and manage risk Offer advice on regulatory compliance. The Fighting Financial Crime track will focus on BSA compliance, anti-money-laundering (AML), and fraud detection topics.

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Bank Managers Tied To AML Investigation In Brazil

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Police in Brazil have raided the residences of managers of Banco do Brasil in connection to their part in a money-laundering scam worth $48 million. Police are looking into accusations that the managers were a part of laundering the money between 2011 and 2014. .

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XinFin Connects Blockchain Factoring Tool To QuickBooks

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Reports in Virtual Strategy Magazine this week said InFactor, developed by the XinFin-powered TradeFinex Dev team, is connecting the factoring tool to QuickBooks so users can automatically obtain financing on their unpaid invoices. “They also ensure that all contract data is stored on blockchain, thus reducing the risk of fraud.”

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Fraudsters Try New Spins On The BEC Scam

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Below, PYMNTS explores the numbers behind the latest cases of B2B payments fraud — from attacks targeting government entities to banks’ struggle in managing the fraud threat from real-time payments. Other attacks hit small businesses with demands as low as $1,500, researchers found.

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Staffing Assessments: Why Financial Institutions Should Prepare for 2022 Staffing Needs Now

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O p portunitie s for employees in the new remote environment are endless , and according to Forbes Magazine , turnover for businesses around the country is at an all-time high. There are other non-routine aspects of AML and fraud requirements to consider when performing your 2022 staffing assessment. Be Prepared.

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Google And Facebook Scammed Out Of $100M

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While the corporate victims of the scam weren’t named at the time, Fortune Magazine recently reported that they were none other than Facebook and Google. We detected this fraud against our vendor management team and promptly alerted the authorities,” a Google spokesperson said. “We Kim, in a statement.

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