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MAY 9, 2016

Though the industry knew it was coming, the sharp migration of fraud from in-store to online channels with the growing adoption of EMV is still enough to keep any online merchant up at night. The data show that since the October 2015 EMV liability shift, United States fraud attacks have jumped by 11 percent.

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JUNE 3, 2019

In a blog post , Bill Ready, PayPal’s chief operating officer, said the new digital platform will provide what the company is calling the most comprehensive set of technology, tools, services and financing for businesses of all sizes around the world. The payment company plans to expand to more than 40 markets by the end of 2019.

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DECEMBER 18, 2020

Criminals seeking to exploit unmet demand for the COVID-19 vaccine are selling doses – many presumably fake – on the "dark web," the portion of the internet dominated by merchants who operate beyond easy reach of law enforcement agencies, the Financial Times reported on Friday (Dec.

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JANUARY 19, 2021

A new year has begun, but the pandemic continues to throw financial and operational curveballs at banks, businesses and their consumers regarding how they conduct daily tasks or routine payments. Another study indicated that debit-related fraud is on the rise across the U.S. Another study found that 55 percent of U.S.

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MAY 16, 2019

Death, taxes and data breaches – those are perhaps the only sure things in life, and new evidence is emerging that hackers are finding increasing profit in targeting online retailers. The news comes amid yet another online retail cyberattack, this one targeting Japan’s Fast Retailing, the company that owns the Uniqlo retail chain.

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JULY 21, 2017

If a data breach is a sprint — where a fraudster grabs as much data as he or she can, as quickly as possible, in an effort to maximize ill-gotten gains — the fight against fraud is a marathon. Fraud varies country to country, region to region. Europe may offer a tell on the fraud to come. A marathon that never ends.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Ad fraud’s prevalence is largely due to two factors: The lack of regulation and the sheer complexity and volume of online advertising. Banks may process $1 million worth of credit card fraud requests in a day, but ad fraud detectors can face up to 20,000 requests every second. Ad fraud can take a variety of forms.

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MARCH 15, 2019

Barclays said this week that as many as one in seven small businesses (SMBs) have been victimized by invoice fraud within the past 12 months. Emailage CEO Rei Carvalho said in a statement, “This research shows a lack of concern among many SMB owners when it comes to fraud prevention.

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DECEMBER 28, 2020

The pandemic has cost more than 300,000 lives in the United States alone, and it has also challenged many institutions — such as credit unions (CUs) — that were never designed to operate on a primarily remote basis. It also offers participating CUs customized consulting services.

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JANUARY 1, 2021

As reported in this space , the DSA and DMA cover online marketplaces, social media and other platforms. The proposal also mandates more disclosure on "online advertising and on the algorithms used to recommend content to users.". The watchdog would be known as the Digital Markets Unit. which of course is Brexit-ing the EU).

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APRIL 21, 2020

For bigger scores like financial institutions (FIs) and online merchants, scammers are using ransomware, account takeovers (ATO), phishing and other malicious means to shake down companies already reeling from disruptions. Foiling AP fraud may be tricky, but automation systems can bring payments security to the next level.”.

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JANUARY 21, 2021

Financial institutions (FIs), FinTechs and other businesses that are looking to enable these rapid payments must therefore ensure that their security and fraud-fighting approaches are up to the challenge. Consumers are heading online for fast and seamless shopping experiences, even when purchasing big-ticket items like cars.

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OCTOBER 13, 2020

Across the globe, terrorists and criminals are leveraging cryptos in what is gearing up to be a significant national security threat to the United States. billion of cryptocurrency reportedly was lost to theft or fraud – double that of the previous year. That’s according to the U.S.

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JANUARY 10, 2017

It’s early in 2017, but fraud looms like Nosferatu chancing upon the sleeping maiden. Yes, that is billions with a B, and a capital B, as it represents the staggering amount that merchants lost last year, in the United States alone, from false declines, as estimated by BI Intelligence. We must prepare for that inevitability.

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DECEMBER 8, 2020

Many of these processes had begun to shift to digital channels within the past several years, however, and the health crisis has caused the online shift to pick up steam at an incredible pace. The company said its technology prevented one fraud attempt every 51 seconds during the month, totaling 22,000 thwarted attacks.

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APRIL 2, 2020

A digital infrastructure overhaul that boosts CUs’ online presences, accelerates new product and service introductions and improves staff productivity can help CUs expand their customer bases and operations, according to Timothy Anderson, CEO of United States Senate Federal Credit Union (USSFCU).

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APRIL 22, 2016

Regardless of the company, its industry, its customers or location, online fraud remains top of mind. The urgency of robust and multilayered fraud detection systems becomes especially clear against a backdrop where card-not-present fraud is likely to grow by leaps and bounds in the wake of the EMV liability shift from last year.

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JUNE 14, 2021

Invitations to buy even the smallest items on an installment plan seem to be everywhere online, and in-store, too: called “buy now, pay later” or BNPL loans, these offers let consumers buy what they want, now, and pay for it over time in four equal payments. BNPL: Even the smallest purchases can now be broken into bite-size chunks. .

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Fraud Trends. According to an earlier analysis of this particular fraud trend, Ronnie Tokazowski , senior threat researcher at Agari , said, “For trends that we’re seeing, actors have been asking for gift cards instead of wire fraud, but still engage with wire fraud as well. It’s gone,” the report stated.

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DECEMBER 3, 2019

A California college student has filed a lawsuit against TikTok , accusing the viral video service of sending her personal data to its parent company in China, as well as creating an online profile for targeted advertising, without her consent. billion times since its launch. It is well-known that ByteDance was founded in China,” he said.

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APRIL 6, 2022

On April 1, 2022, new computer-security incident notification requirements for banks and their service providers take effect in the United States. Approaches will vary across service providers, particularly those with larger and more complex business operations, but should be thought through now. Fraud Prevention.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2018

The newswire reported that law enforcement officials had so far nabbed 13 defendants in Australia, the United Kingdom, Italy, France, Serbia and the United States. Separately, CBS MarketWatch reported that those indicted were tied to a group called the Infraud Organization, which operated with the slogan “In Fraud We Trust. ”.

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JUNE 23, 2020

As most operations have shifted to a digital-first world due to the coronavirus pandemic, institutions have had to adjust and adapt new technologies to stay competitive and thrive during these times. We understand the trust you put in us when you use our BSA/AML and fraud software and we make the same investment in your program’s success.

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AUGUST 11, 2017

FBI documents have revealed a global financial network run by a senior Islamic State official that funneled money to an alleged ISIS operative in the U.S. The affidavit indicates that several other alleged operatives had been arrested in Britain and Bangladesh. through fake eBay transactions.

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AUGUST 1, 2018

Supreme Court struck down state bans on sports betting, MGM Resorts International has signed deals with the NBA and other operations that could mark the first chapter of the country’s new sports and gambling culture. MGM officials will also reportedly help the league detect fraud and game-fixing. technology hub.”.

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APRIL 9, 2020

This is something that is noticeably difficult when many of these entities in the United States, for instance, still rely on checks as the go-to disbursements default. Small- to mid-sized businesses (SMBs) have been hit especially hit by COVID-19, as they reel from shrinking budgets and rising costs to stay in operation.

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APRIL 10, 2019

Bittrex was ordered to stop operating in New York and close shop within 60 days. Richo would target people on the dark web by posting false links to online marketplaces. He was arrested in 2016 and pleaded guilty to money laundering and access device fraud on June 27, 2017. The company can now expand to New York.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2019

The app allegedly violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), which requires that companies get parental permission before collecting data from children under the age of 13. Since 2014, 200 million users downloaded the app, with 65 million accounts in the United States alone.

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MAY 28, 2019

With abundant choices in many aspects of their lives, consumers expect a range of options when it comes to online shopping, ranging from picking out clothes to making travel plans. million buyers who operate in industries such as website development, logo design and blog writing. By 2021, close to 90 million – or 86.5 billion in 2017.

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APRIL 29, 2019

And, in another deal, artificial intelligence (AI)-powered personalization platform operator Dynamic Yield announced in March that it was being acquired by QSR company McDonald’s. The estimated value of the QSR industry in the United States is $199 billion. million for a 10 percent stake in mobile app developer Plexure.

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Abrigo

AUGUST 26, 2019

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 130 people die each day in the United States from an opioid-related overdose. Bad actors continue to profit by trafficking these deadly drugs. Financial institutions must work together with government agencies and law enforcement to end this deadly epidemic.

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AUGUST 1, 2018

Three people associated with the hacking group FIN7 — also known as Carbanak — were arrested in Europe and are facing charges in the United States. Europol contended that the group has been operating since 2013 and has members in 40 countries around the globe. Hladyr is already in U.S. Asia and Europe.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 22, 2017

When most people picture the kinds of fraud and theft eCommerce had a tendency to attract, the popular mental image is of a fairly high-tech enterprise — hackers, crackers and data jackers vacuuming up card information en masse and either selling it to the highest bidder or using it to snag themselves some unearned lucre.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 14, 2019

Coverage includes Visa’s new B2B push, new trackers and research on fraud and digital ID, Uber financial services and Mastercard’s biometric vision. Stripe has announced that Stripe Terminal , a set of SDKs, APIs, and pre-certified card readers that lets users accept in-person payments, is now available all over the United States.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 14, 2019

Coverage includes Visa’s new B2B push, new trackers and research on fraud and digital ID, Uber financial services and Mastercard’s biometric vision. Stripe has announced that Stripe Terminal , a set of SDKs, APIs, and pre-certified card readers that lets users accept in-person payments, is now available all over the United States.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

It’s another thing to walk the walk, especially when it comes to giving sellers the chance to gain new revenue via online marketplaces and new markets. Visa: Chip Cards Reduce Counterfeit Fraud By 87 Pct. Report: The Risky Business Of Navigating Online Sales Tax For Merchants. What 10 Top CEOs Said About Payments This Summer.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

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. He and an accomplice operated from Nigeria, targeting the U.S., New Zealand and a number of other countries.

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