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JULY 2, 2020

But the bad news is that fraudsters see a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to jump into the increased flow of transactions, Gary Sevounts , executive at fraud detection firm Kount , told PYMNTS in a recent conversation. He added that fraudsters have been showing up across the board in terms of fraud types attempted.

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DECEMBER 11, 2020

In this week's news, we saw two blockbuster IPOs, arguments and stalemates over a new stimulus bill, and new data on consumers' digital shopping trends. SoFi, which works on refinancing student loans, mortgages and personal loans, and recently began offering stock trading and cash management accounts as well, was valued at $4.8

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JUNE 13, 2022

Elder fraud prevention and education Learn strategies for recognizing and reporting elder fraud and exploitation. . Takeaway 1 Elder abuse, exploitation and fraud continue to rise as the baby boomer generation ages. Takeaway 3 Education and reporting are key to preventing this type of fraud, so know your state's policies. .

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Pandemic-related fraud attempts continue to climb. That's not only bad news for individuals, however. This week's B2B Data Digest looks at the latest figures behind such fraud targeting corporate finance teams. 57 individuals have been charged with Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) fraud , according to Reuters reported. "You

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DECEMBER 29, 2020

With digital transactions and eCommerce soaring during the pandemic, the rate of increasingly sophisticated fraud has also risen. Unlike the crypto markets, Wingert said the banking and payments industries continue to be slow to adapt to the challenges of KYC and fraud prevention. In fact, a recent GeoGuard survey found that U.S.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the food service sector by helping restaurants boost their sales as well as improve and automate systems that were once managed by staff. Payment protection platform Verifi has partnered with digital fraud protection firm Kount Inc. Around The Mobile Order-Ahead World.

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APRIL 15, 2020

While there is no shortage of new things in the world to get used to these days, cybercrime and fraud are, unfortunately, not among them. The good news, both Srinivasan and Awad told PYMNTS, is that while fraud attempts are up among U.S. consumers, fraud losses are not, yet. The New Normal.

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AUGUST 7, 2020

District Court for the Southern District of Florida with wire and bank fraud and conspiracy for seeking $24 million in forgivable PPP loans. They were charged with conspiracy to commit bank and wire fraud, bank fraud, wire fraud, false statements to a financial institution and money laundering.

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PYMNTS

JULY 8, 2020

He and Nitendra Rajput , Mastercard’s vice president of product development and head of the company’s “AI Garage,” said that in many cases, AI is the only way to scale up sufficiently to meet the challenges the company faces with fraud and other business issues. “It Fighting Fraud in a Post-Pandemic World.

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APRIL 22, 2020

While being the victim of fraud is never good, there is something to be said for at least being able to identify where exactly one went wrong. The scary thing about the SIM swap fraud is it’s not like the victim has done one thing wrong,” Prideaux said. Breaking Into The Two-Factor Authentication Scheme. Taking A Deeper Look.

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JULY 15, 2020

Mari Anne Bayliss , senior director of solution management at CyberSource , told Karen Webster that simply relying on machine learning as a weapon against fraud is not enough — not in an age where managing fraud risk during the great digital shift (and unprecedented transaction volumes) is so challenging. . .

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JUNE 23, 2020

Federal Reserve has introduced a new effort to combat payments fraud. The API supports setup, verification and initiation of direct debit, with the bank’s head of global liquidity and cash management Yvonne Yiu pointing to the cash management benefits such a tool could bring to businesses. In the U.S.,

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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 products help “insurance companies identify visitors, manage leads, and determine who is shopping for a quote.”. In a Tuesday (Aug.

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MARCH 25, 2022

While it may seem like an esoteric topic, explainability in fraud management is important – and it’s especially relevant when it comes to using AI and machine learning in fraud detection and prevention. In other words, a fraud management system isn’t a black box. Proprietary or shared fraud detection models?

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APRIL 15, 2020

Despite near universal agreement that AI holds the key to decoding numerous medical mysteries, at present one of its most valuable uses is fighting fraud, waste and abuse — FWA in the industry parlance — which threatens to worsen in the near term due to coronavirus-related cybercrime. Fraud, Waste and Abuse (FWA).

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

The pandemic has pushed us to do all things digitally while opening up new vectors of attack. 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. . .

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

Mobile-first fiscal management solution Fiskl has joined up with Samsung Appstack to help keep small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) competitive through collaborations and project management, according to a press release. Joining up with bigger-name apps can be a boon for startups.

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JUNE 29, 2020

In the ongoing scandal of Wirecard , under fire for fraud, the focus is now turning to auditors Ernst & Young (EY), which reportedly failed to report Wirecard’s “unorthodox financial arrangements” as far back as 2016, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2020

A recent academic study found that company CFOs are less likely to admit to fraud when they’re facing pressure to meet certain financial goals, according to Forbes. It asked 204 financial managers about what they would do if they uncovered financial impropriety by an employee.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Kount , the Boise, Idaho-based Software as a Service (SaaS) platform designed to simplify fraud detection and improve profitability, announced it has partnered with Verifi , the payment protection and management company. In June, Visa signed an acquisition agreement with Verifi. “The

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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. 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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PYMNTS

MARCH 14, 2020

With the coronavirus putting eCommerce front and center, it has unfortunately been joined by its cousin: online retail fraud. At the same time, a new report shows that fraudsters will take more than $12 billion off the table. percent of all eCommerce fraud , is still account takeover. The main offender, constituting 29.8

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

This rampant availability of users’ data makes it easier for bad actors to wreak havoc and commit fraud. She recently spoke to PYMNTS about how Scotiabank has revamped its fraud strategy in recent years. “I The increasing sophistication of fraud attacks has led Scotiabank to reassess how it employs AI, ML and automation.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

But new research from treasury management firm Kyriba suggests treasurers and CFOs are falling short in delivering on some of the top priorities of the corporate board. More than a third (36 percent) of survey respondents said fraud monitoring and risk mitigation are the areas in which CFOs are most falling short.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 15, 2019

The new Digital Fraud Tracker highlights the latest developments in payments fraud, and how different companies are working to keep funds safe from bad actors as payment solutions grow increasingly faster. Around the World of Digital Fraud. Australia’s CNP fraud problems seem to be part of a broader pattern.

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AUGUST 19, 2019

As reported earlier this week, a new strain of ransomware has been hitting US firms and firms based overseas. The latest news centers on Sodinokibi, a ransomware strain that has helped fraudsters make higher ransom demands. Fraud that was in turn prevented by the unit amounted to as much as $8.2 Corporate Wire Fraud.

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OCTOBER 30, 2020

Here, Machicao explains how his firm helped clients protect themselves from escalating fraud risks with the COVID-triggered wave of CNP payments. The payment and fraud landscape is almost unrecognizable today compared to just a few short months ago. The following is an excerpt from What Did You Change?

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2020

Digital banking is reaching unprecedented levels of popularity amid the pandemic, with 89 percent of American bank customers using mobile banking apps to manage their savings and checking accounts. ATMs are common avenues for fraud, however, especially those that are running outdated software. billion by 2024. About The Tracker.

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PYMNTS

MAY 5, 2020

In an interview with PYMNTS, Mitch Pangretic, senior vice president of strategic partnerships at Elan , said that in-person card fraud may have decreased thanks to EMV chips and multi-factor authentication, but card-not-present (CNP) scams are increasingly gaining traction. Interacting With The Cardmember.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2020

PSCU , which is billed as the nation's premier credit union service organization (CUSO), has announced its new Enhanced Fraud Services system, which the company said “has helped 10 early adopter credit unions combat fraud of all types, ranging from first-party chargeback fraud to identifying card information being sold on the dark web.”.

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PYMNTS

JULY 9, 2020

The July FI Fraud Decisioning Playbook examines how FIs are working to better detect and defend against ATOs. Around The FI Fraud Decisioning World. Cybercriminals have become adept at stealing customers’ usernames and passwords, details that they can then use to log in to victims’ accounts without triggering fraud alarms.

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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. Australian FIs are still feeling the repercussions of a breach to its New Payments Platform (NPP), which exposed the data of an unnamed number of banking customers.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Such immense effort is expended fighting determined fraudsters that it’s easy to minimize friendly fraud — a frustrating state of affairs that leaves financial institutions (FIs) and merchants on the hook for purchases disowned, justly or otherwise, by legitimate cardholders. Spotting The Fakers.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Spend management was the focus of innovation in the commercial card space this week thanks to partnerships and investments in firms aiming to help companies keep track of expenses. Monitoring fuel purchases through both cost and location is a valuable tool for fleet managers to prevent fraud and protect margins.”.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2020

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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PYMNTS

MAY 12, 2020

An internal investigation into alleged fraud at Luckin Coffee Inc. In addition, the company has placed six other employees on suspension or leave due to involvement in or knowledge of the fraud. has led to the firing of several top executives at the Beijing, China-based java giant, the company announced on Tuesday (May 12).

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PYMNTS

JUNE 4, 2019

In the old days, forged checks were the biggest problems that bank fraud departments had to manage. It is no wonder that fraud prevention is one of the problem areas that FIs hope artificial intelligence (AI) can help resolve. Yet, few FIs leverage this technology in their anti-fraud efforts — only 5.5

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