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Consumers Duped By ‘Risk-Free Trials’ To Get $8.7M In Refunds From FTC

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million in refunds to 187,425 customers who were reportedly signed up for non-consensual payment plans with San Diego’s Triangle Media Corporation, according to a press release. In related news, the FTC has released state data for complaints related to the pandemic, finding that the vast majority involved attempts at fraud.

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After The Disruption: Alt-Banking Goes Straight, Chases Bad Guys

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The latest edition of the PYMNTS Digital Banking Tracker reports that while FinTechs and challenger banks scramble to create better mobile experiences, consumers are likely judging them on things like convenience, instant money, access and security. N26 partnered with San Diego-based Axos Bank to do business in the U.S.,

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Real Estate Money Laundering An Increasing Focus Of Governments

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Brigitte Unger, a professor at the Univerity of Utrecht in the Netherlands, is part of a fact-finding panel for Canada’s British Columbia on how to handle the increase of untraceable real estate purchases in Vancouver that are tied to crime syndicates and market abuse. Money laundering through real estate is about $1.6 As for the U.K.,

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Our Scams Model Just Won an Award for Machine Learning

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I’ve previously discussed our company’s work on an Artificial Intelligence-based scams model for FICO® Falcon® Fraud Manager and the technology behind it. To build the award-winning scams model, my team had to take a different approach from our traditional work on fraud models. Explore all our fraud prevention and detection offerings.

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Commander In Chief: Mitek Systems’ CEO Innovation Download

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So we also added a new focus: applying document and artificial intelligence/machine learning to develop enterprise-class solutions for identity verification in digital channels that meet the market need for a great user experience, risk mitigation and regulatory compliance. PYMNTS: Where do you look for innovative ideas, and why?

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Real-Time Payments Begin To Turn Heads In Commercial Payments

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The finding suggests a shift in the market, with corporates unsure or unconvinced of how faster payments capabilities might affect their operations. The survey, conducted at the 2018 NACHA PAYMENTS Conference held in San Diego earlier this year, asked 390 industry professionals about their expectations from the payments industry.

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FinCEN Steps up Efforts to Protect Against the Six Biggest Threats to the U.S. Financial System

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Blanco discussed the organization’s active approach toward addressing the top financial threats to our financial system, our national security, and our communities and families. FinCEN is committed to addressing compliance failures that put our financial system and national security at risk. The 12 major U.S.

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