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IP Address Fraud Case Shows Ease Of Hiding Identity On The Web

PYMNTS

The lawsuit against Amir Golestan and his web-services provider firm Micfo is shedding light on the ecosystem that governs the world of online spammers and hackers, a Wall Street Journal article said on Monday (Feb. District Court in South Carolina. Golestan and his corporation have pleaded not guilty.

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Global Fraud Trends: What’s Happening and What’s Next?

FICO

Global Fraud Trends: What’s Happening and What’s Next? Here are the highlights from the fraud trends breakout session at FICO World 2022 with a panel of fraud professionals from Brazil, Turkey and North America. Ulisses Okamoto , Fraud Risk Management Superintendent at Itaú Unibanco (Brazil). Tue, 07/02/2019 - 02:45.

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Application Fraud, Analytics – and Gamecocks?

FICO

I was looking over my blog archives the other day and read this chestnut from December 2015: “With the introduction of EMV in the US, both [card not present and application fraud] are up – especially the sophistication of the synthetic identities used in application fraud.”. Customer expectations create fraud opportunities.

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A Digital Transformation Journey: The Humble Wallet

FICO

From the rapid and sudden shift to online and mobile banking, to exploring artificial intelligence (AI) and hyper-personalization , the finance world is changing quickly. For more of my latest thoughts on digital transformation, fraud, financial crime and FICO’s entire family of software solutions, follow me on Twitter @FraudBird.

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Buy Now, Pay Later: BNPL Fraud and Regulatory Update

FICO

Buy Now, Pay Later: BNPL Fraud and Regulatory Update. Buy now, pay later or BNPL financing is experiencing tremendous growth, but that growth can bring potential growing pains like fraud and regulatory scrutiny. As payments professionals well know, change creates opportunities for fraud. Meanwhile … BNPL Fraud Is on the Rise.

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Fighting Scams and Authorized Push Payment Fraud in the US

FICO

Fighting Scams and Authorized Push Payment Fraud in the US. US regulators seem poised to update the status quo for bank liability for authorized user/authorized push payment fraud, but just how big is the potential? In multiple geographies around the world, there has been a strong focus on authorized push payment fraud.

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

Fintech Labs Insights

Fraud detection for ecommerece & financial services. HQ: Charlston, South Carolina. Online cap table management. HQ: Charlston, South Carolina. Tags: Enterprise, security, insurance, ecommerce, fraud protection. Source: Finovate. Shift Technology. Latest round: $10 million Series A. million.