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Pet Scams Rise As Holiday Buyers, At-Home Workers Seek New Pets

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That’s more than double the rate from a year ago, and marks a nearly fivefold increase in this type of fraud since 2017. Corey, BBB St. Louis president and CEO. Common types of fraud involve, unsurprisingly, demands for money from “breeders” before you’ve even seen the pet.

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Credit Unions Find ‘Co-opetition’ Key To Closing The Innovation Gap

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In the January Credit Union Tracker , PYMNTS explores the latest in the world of CUs, including a retrospective look at the CU industry in the 2010s, an examination of hybrid cloud technology and a new synthetic identity security threat that could steal hundreds of thousands of dollars. CUs like St. Around The Credit Union World.

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Can faster payments outrun fraud?

Banking 2020

Payment security and speed go hand in hand, according to the Federal Reserve and NACHA. is growing closer to becoming a reality with the formation of a Board Advisory Group that will help NACHA realize its plans to create faster and more secure payments that meet the needs of banking institutions, merchants and many others. Prevention.

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How Face ID Can Power End-To-End Verification

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Go back a generation or two and imagine the construction of the Gateway Arch — the sleek, shiny monument to westward expansion that stands along the west side of the Mississippi River in St. Louis (which just underwent an extensive update and makeover to its grounds and museum). The Hot Thing. The key to all that? Legacy Roadblocks.

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Fintech Fundings: 12 Companies Raise $240 million Week Ending June 25

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Fraud detection. Louis, Missouri. Tags: Security, fraud, payments, ecommerce, Finovate alum. Total raised: $10 million. Source: Crunchbase. HQ: Latest round: $7 million Series A. Total raised: $11 million. Source: Finovate. Digital Contact. Data analytics with financial services focus. Latest round: $3.8 PromisePay.

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Fintech Fundings: 30 Companies Raise $390 Million Week Ending May 13

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Louis, Missouri. Online debit card security. Tags: Consumer, security, payments, direct debit, online billpay. Source: FT Partners. iPad POS system for the hospitality industry. Latest round: $22.8 million Series C. Total raised: $37 million. HQ: Berlin, Germany. Source: Crunchbase. Healthcare finance platform . million Seed.

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Fintech Fundings: 24 Companies Raise $440 Million Week Ending May 21

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Fraud protection solutions for the enterprise. Fraud protection solutions for the enterprise. Louis, Missouri. Pro Securities LLC (no website). Tags: Security, fraud protection, big data, Finovate alum. Source: NFC World. EDO Interactive. Card-linked rewards & offers. HQ: Nashville, Tennessee.