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The true cost of fraud

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Measuring the cost of fraud losses. The true cost of fraud goes beyond the initial reported fraud losses Would you like other articles like this in your inbox? Takeaway 1 Fraud scams made worse by the pandemic continue to be successful, while crypto-scams are emerging. That equates to $35 billion annually.

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ChowNow: AI Helps Independent Restaurants Fight The Growing Threat of Digital Fraud

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More than 100,000 eateries — or about one in six restaurants nationwide — have closed due to the pandemic, according to National Restaurant Association estimates. Mobile ordering apps are largely responsible for keeping the industry above water, but fraud still plagues the sector. ChowNow's Fraud-Fighting Lessons Amid The Pandemic.

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Big Tech Faces Regulation Reckoning As 2021 Dawns

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If 2020 was the year of streaming media, of content done a million different ways, of apps and Apple, and Google’s and Amazon’s algorithms … it was also the year of Big Tech regulation, where 2020 set the stage for a 2021 that could be seismic in changing the way companies — from Facebook to Apple to debt collectors — interact with consumers.

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India Mulls Requesting eCommerce, Social Media Players To Store Customer Data Locally

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India is mulling the idea of requesting eCommerce and social media companies to only store customer data locally, which could impact the likes of Amazon and Facebook and its WhatsApp messaging service in the country. According to a report in Reuters , the plan was laid out in an updated Draft National Policy.

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Human smuggling: New FinCEN alert puts financial institutions on guard

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national priorities. . Human smuggling is the facilitation, for financial or other material gains, of irregular entry into a country where the migrant is not a national or resident, according to the United Nations. But thanks to social media, smugglers are able to reach a broader pool of migrants online.

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10 Lessons We Learned at the Nacha Smarter Faster Payment Conference

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The major themes of fraud, artificial intelligence (AI), expansion of instant payments, open banking, and regulation were particularly relevant to your roles as executives, risk managers, compliance officers, and technology leaders. Unfortunately, most banks don’t gather fraud data across payment channels or track “pre-crime events.”

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Deep Dive: Why The Pandemic Is Pushing MENA Regulators To Upgrade Open Banking, Privacy Laws

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Consumers and businesses have been moving online in recent years, and regulators from the European Union to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region have worked to keep up with this migration. The pandemic is dramatically altering how merchants can transact, which data they can store and where they can store it, however.