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Taking A Customer-Centric Approach To Fighting Fraud

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The bank robbers who decades ago would have pulled off in-person heists have in many cases instead become cybercriminals who hack into mobile accounts, purchase stolen credit card information on the dark web and impersonate customers online or over the phone. Staying ahead of fraud requires constant innovation. Red Flag Behaviors.

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CFPB settles lawsuit against online payday lenders

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The CFPB announced that it has settled a lawsuit that it filed in 2014 in a Missouri federal district court alleging that the defendants engaged in unlawful online payday lending schemes. The CFPB had sued Richard Moseley Sr., Mr. Moseley has appealed his conviction.

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BEC Run Out Of Detention Center Nets Millions

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Mobile means one can do just about anything by using their device: order food, bank online, read the news … even commit payments fraud, sometimes from the unlikeliest of places. In Australia, news came that police have charged a quartet of alleged fraudsters with running a business email compromise (BEC) scam.

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PSCU And Welcome Technologies Team Up On Credit Card Aimed At Immigrants

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Welcome Technologies , which builds data-driven tech for immigrant communities, has chosen PSCU , a credit union service organization, to provide processing services and support for the first credit card program to be offered by Welcome, an online consumer platform that focuses on immigrant communities, according to a press release.

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Fintech Fundings: Companies Raise $ Million Week Ending Feb 26

Fintech Labs Insights

Fraud protection for e-commerce. Mobile & online payments in India. HQ: Missouri City, Missouri. Online marketplace for real estate investing. Tags: Enterprise, security, fraud protection, risk management, Finovate alum. Source: Finovate. Latest round: $20 million Series B. Total raised: $31 million.

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Fintech Fundings: 12 Companies Raise $240 million Week Ending June 25

Fintech Labs Insights

Fraud detection. Payments gateway for online marketplaces. Louis, Missouri. Online investment manager. Tags: Security, fraud, payments, ecommerce, Finovate alum. Total raised: $10 million. Source: Crunchbase. HQ: Latest round: $7 million Series A. Total raised: $11 million. Source: Finovate. Digital Contact.

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Fintech Fundings: 30 Companies Raise $390 Million Week Ending May 13

Fintech Labs Insights

Online financial advisor. Online payments & cash management for small businesses. Online commercial real estate investing platform . Louis, Missouri. Online debit card security. Tags: Consumer, security, payments, direct debit, online billpay. Latest round: $6.2 Total raised: $6.2 HQ: Osaka, Japan.

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