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Navigating the U.S.-Mexico border: Understanding the surge in criminal activity

Abrigo

While many think of trade, commerce, and cultural exchange when considering this region, ignoring the undertow of illicit activities is impossible—the border remains a hotspot for drug trafficking, illegal arms trade, human trafficking, and smuggling operations, necessitating vigilant scrutiny and transaction monitoring within the U.S.

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Human smuggling: New FinCEN alert puts financial institutions on guard

Abrigo

Although migrants knowingly engage with smugglers wittingly, they can become victims of this crime, as evidenced by the San Antonio, Texas discovery in June 2022 of 53 migrants—including children—who died in a tractor-trailer as they attempted to enter the United States illegally. How human smugglers operate. Fraud Prevention.

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Hacker Tracker: Cyberattacks Come In All Shapes And Sizes

PYMNTS

Systems were infected June 14, and normal operations did not resume until June 20. Security experts are saying that new versions of the malware could still strike. Canada is already talking electoral security for its 2020 election, in the wake of claims that Russia interfered in the U.S. But those are the sexy ones.

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Biometrics are already mass-market for banking

Tomorrow's Transactions

This is why I was so interested to see USAA Bank (based in San Antonio, Texas), a bank that is well-known for being highly focused on customer service and innovative in the use of new technology to improve the customer experience, roll-out face-recognition for mobile phones using the technology of one of Consult Hyperion’s clients, Daon.