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How US Mobile Leverages Digital Identity To Protect Against SIM Swap Fraud

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Digital identity has become a crucial part of the telecommunications industry as the proliferation of smartphones and the personal data they hold makes security paramount. Multifactor authentication (MFA) has become commonplace for online accounts, with users confirming their identities via text messages sent to their phones.

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How Swap.com Kept Fraudsters From Ruining Christmas

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Experts predicted that online commerce over the holidays would increase 35 percent from the previous year, while brick-and-mortar retail sales were expected to decline by 4.7 percent — a large jump even considering the gradual, long-standing trend toward increased online commerce. It turns out there was a big data breach. …

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Latin America Tries To Tackle Its Digital Security Problem

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But the recent thefts, along with other attempted and completed cyberattacks, demonstrate why payments officials in the region are expressing fresh concern about financial security there. Fraud is a Top Worry. Evidence of that comes from Swift’s Latin America Regional Conference , held earlier this month in Miami.

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Four Key Components of Real-Time Insurance Success

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Insurers are looking for ways to proactively provide offers and secure solutions to insurance customers who want new forms of protection. The world since COVID-19 — exacerbated by increasing uncertainties such as inflation, war, and climate change — is anything but secure. Fighting Insurance Fraud.

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Bitcoin Daily: Unicas Opens Physical Crypto Bank Branch In India; Mayor Eyes Investing 1 Pct Of Miami's Reserves In Bitcoin

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In other news, Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, a nonstop social media cheerleader for the notion of building a high-tech ecosystem in South Florida, publicly embraced exploring using cryptocurrency to store some government financial reserves and blockchain to secure processes such as online voting.

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Fintech Fundings: 17 Companies Raise $4.8 Billion Week Ending April 22

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Online payment services division of Alipay. Ecommerce payments fraud technology. HQ: Miami, Florida. Online real estate investment platform. Online micro business loans. Tags: SMB, payments, merchants, fraud, security. Total dollars raised YTD is now $13.6 billion, 2.5x Latest round: $4.5

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Fintech Fundings: 28 Companies Raise $400 Million Week Ending May 20

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Fraud detection for ecommerece & financial services. Online cap table management. HQ: Miami, Florida. Tags: Enterprise, security, insurance, ecommerce, fraud protection. Source: Finovate. Shift Technology. Latest round: $10 million Series A. Total raised: $11.8 HQ: Paris, France. Source: Crunchbase.