Payments Dive

MAY 5, 2020

COVID-19 has let to millions of consumers transitioning to online e-commerce purchases as retail stores have been forced to close or shift to delivery and pickup. At the same time, consumers and merchants are increasingly exposed to a new level of fraud as bad actors are finding new methods and targets to take advantage of the online shift.

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Abrigo

JULY 25, 2023

How offering FedNow instant payments affects fraud & AML/CFT compliance What financial crime staff can do to prepare fraud and AML functions for implementing the FedNow Service for instant payments. Would you like other articles on fraud and AML/CFT compliance in your inbox?

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Payments Dive

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Amex is the latest card company to tap a Google virtual card service aimed at increasing the security of online payments.

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Payments Source

MARCH 9, 2021

David Heun, associate editor of PaymentsSource, talks to Sara Hafner, head of financial partnerships at Forter, about how the growth of online shopping has raised the stakes for fraud prevention.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 2, 2020

At a time when COVID-19 has seen global eCommerce and digital traffic grow by nearly 70 percent, security experts have braced for a commensurate surge in online fraud as the holiday shopping season continues. Fraudsters now have more avenues for attack available to them,” Rusi said.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2020

s struggles toward universal adoption in the European Union is reminiscent of EMV chip cards’ rise — a similar journey that aimed to solve a different fraud problem. will ultimately make it over the finish line because, bumps aside, it’s effective and reduces digital sales fraud. They’re in a better position to mitigate the fraud.

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Abrigo

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Use the fraud triangle to prevent fraud at your institution The concept of the fraud triangle is frequently used in business, accounting, and criminology. Takeaway 1 The fraud triangle concept describes three factors that, when combined, incentivize a person to commit fraud. The FTC received fraud reports from 2.4

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 29, 2020

While fraud affects less than 1 percent of all card purchases, consumers who do lose funds from their bank accounts must go through lengthy and often stressful processes to get their money back. Safeguarding debit card payments is increasingly important, with more consumers shopping online during the pandemic. About The Tracker.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

ProfitStars , the Jack Henry & Associates division that provides risk management solutions for financial institutions, announced its latest fraud tool on Wednesday (Sept. According to ProfitStars, more than 2,500 community and regional banks offer online bill payment to their retail and small business clients through iPay Solutions.

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Payments Dive

MARCH 25, 2024

The card network giant identified 556,000 card accounts that were put at risk as a result of the cybercrime ring BidenCash’s release of data online in December.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

In the company’s ongoing efforts to prevent fraud on its site, Amazon announced a new program, Intellectual Property Accelerator, last month to help sellers make sure their products won’t be copied or counterfeited. According to a new LexisNexis study , overall retail fraud attempts doubled year-over-year and tripled since 2017.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Fraud trends for financial institutions to watch for in 2023 Financial institutions should not expect a slowdown of any of 2022’s fraud trends. Takeaway 2 A worsening economy increases pressure to commit fraud, provides opportunities to commit fraud, and can be used as an excuse by criminals to rationalize their actions.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 15, 2019

In today’s digital payments ecosystem, businesses, banks and consumers alike want access to their money as fast as possible. While person-to-person (P2P) payment solutions and real-time payment platforms are making the quick exchange of funds possible, fraudsters also see an opening to exploit these systems’ vulnerabilities.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 4, 2019

Let’s get a few things straight, a couple of points that might go against what every payments and commerce professional knows, but which will be important for the rest of the story. Stepping into this world is vital for anyone serious about preparing a proper defense against online fraudsters in 2019. Second, friction is good.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Payment and commerce fraudsters are becoming terrifyingly sophisticated. At the least, it won’t get any better — not according to any anti-fraud expert who is worth their rate. million fraud crimes in 2017, Trilli said, and $22.1 billion worth of fraud losses. million fraud crimes in 2017, Trilli said, and $22.1

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PYMNTS

JUNE 12, 2020

As more organizations migrate to an online business model, their needs from FinTechs and other third-party service providers are in flux. This week’s B2B Venture Capital roundup reflects those changing needs, with B2B fraud mitigation efforts for online businesses emerging as the funding leader.

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PYMNTS

JULY 25, 2017

Stemming from AI, machine learning is helping technology move at a swifter rate, and as more people bring their shopping needs into the online world, it’s likely that machine learning will play a larger role moving forward. In 2016, online financial fraud hit 15.4

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Fraud protection specialist Kount and Philadelphia-based payments platform FreedomPay are teaming up to offer “an integrated, complete solution to enable international expansion with fraud-free payments and frictionless customer” experiences.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Consumers are still shopping online more than ever seven months into the global COVID-19 pandemic. One recent study found that new customer accounts now represent 30 percent of all transactions made online, for example, five times as many as they did prior to the crisis. Shifting Payment Behaviors And Fraud .

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Artificial intelligence (AI) can improve the eCommerce experience – not just in terms of warding off fraud, but also in making sure payments can be processed efficiently and that the most effective payment gateways are accessed. At least some of that data, he said, can be gathered at the point of sale interaction.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2019

’Tis the season for corporate fraud? The holidays are unfortunately one of the busiest times of the year for fraudsters looking to capitalize on the surge of shopping and payments activity. Unfortunately, this time of year fails to bring relief for businesses that fall victim to corporate and B2B payments fraud, too.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 30, 2020

"New government policies ultimately changed the way the majority of businesses interacted with customers, with new phrases like 'buy online, pick up in-store' becoming part of the nomenclature," says Andre Machicao, senior vice president of CyberSource, Visa. We saw years of change happen in a few months due to COVID-19.

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Payments Source

OCTOBER 18, 2020

Online fraud typically spikes when holiday shopping begins in November, but so-called friendly fraud poses another big threat this year with the pandemic pushing more consumers — and inexperienced merchants — to online sales channels.

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BankInovation

APRIL 27, 2021

As people increasingly shop online, fraudsters are targeting weak points in the e-commerce ecosystem. Losses from digital payments fraud in e-commerce are set to exceed $20 billion this year, according to a study by U.K. research firm Juniper.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2018

In an effort to help authorized push payment (APP) fraud victims, The U.K.’s As a result, additional banks or payment services providers (PSPs) may have to compensate victims of those kinds of scams, Financial Times reported. was calling for better protections against push payment scams earlier this year.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Real-time payments, real-time risk. As consumers embrace real-time transactions, financial institutions (FIs) must recalibrate their fraud-fighting strategies. The real-time movement of money,” he told PYMNTS, “has implications on your ability to manage losses — and you have to make sure you are keeping pace with new fraud trends.”.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2018

Fraud has no choice but to roll with the punches, and the flurries are enough to daze a boxer as skilled as Ali. Fraudulent activity is 81 percent more likely to occur online than at the physical point of sale. By now, it’s widely known that chip-enabled cards have been pushing fraud to digital conduits.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 29, 2020

With digital transactions and eCommerce soaring during the pandemic, the rate of increasingly sophisticated fraud has also risen. Unlike the crypto markets, Wingert said the banking and payments industries continue to be slow to adapt to the challenges of KYC and fraud prevention. Complex Compliance. Assumptions Of Readiness.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

EXCLUSIVE—As banks begin to implement faster payment networks, they have to be ready to react to new cases of fraud in higher numbers, Genevieve Gimbert, head of fraud management consulting for financial consultancy PwC told Bank Innovation.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 20, 2019

Retailers focused on combating fraud have credit cards in the cross-hairs of their efforts. But ramping up the war on card fraud can introduce a new risk to companies: false positives. This isn’t merely an issue for the B2C world, however. The False Positive Threat.

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Abrigo

AUGUST 22, 2022

Emerging Check Fraud Trends to be Aware of It seems check fraud will never go away, it just changes its approach every opportunity. Check Fraud. Still the number one type of fraud in banking. There is also usually more than one signee assigned to those accounts, making them more susceptible to fraud.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 26, 2019

22) the Justice Department unsealed an indictment —spanning 252 counts — against 80 defendants for alleged online scams that bilked firms and individuals of tens of millions of dollars. Late this past week, on Thursday (Aug. As reported, many of those indicted are Nigerian nationals. The indictment was unsealed by the U.S.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 9, 2020

It has to be secure first and foremost, particularly when payments data is on the line. But it also has to be easy, fast and friction-free — now more than ever as a mass of consumers are moving their shopping, dining, working and leisure time online in response to the coronavirus outbreak. Winning The New War With Account Takeover.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 25, 2020

Gareth David Long, a 41-year-old Las Vegas resident, was sentenced to 70 months in prison for fraud for stealing money from victims’ accounts, the Department of Justice said in a press release. Long pled guilty in November of 2019 to a scheme where he committed wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Brick-and-mortar commerce has rebounded in recent months, but consumers are still heading online for many of their purchases, maintaining trends set in the early months of the pandemic. Payment trends are expected to continue to tilt toward eCommerce through the remainder of 2020 as well, with some experts predicting that more than 2.1

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 5, 2020

While video streaming services remain popular, research indicates more consumers are also turning to online gaming and gambling platforms. The Tracker also examines how both fraudsters and online gaming platforms are employing new emerging technologies to muscle bad actors out of these services. Skillz Takes Offline Bowling Online.

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PYMNTS

JULY 15, 2020

Mari Anne Bayliss , senior director of solution management at CyberSource , told Karen Webster that simply relying on machine learning as a weapon against fraud is not enough — not in an age where managing fraud risk during the great digital shift (and unprecedented transaction volumes) is so challenging. .

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