PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

The People’s Bank of China announced in March that it plans to create rules for regulating and securing the FinTech sector, for example. . This month’s Deep Dive examines the struggles and strategies involved in securing the FinTech and digital banking space and how AI may be able to help. . resources.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

As the saying goes, nothing in life is certain but death and taxes. To be certain of taxes, will blockchain seal the deal? Last week, Thailand’s Revenue Department was reported to be bringing blockchain projects into the fold to track tax payments, aided by machine learning.

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MAY 13, 2024

The major themes of fraud, artificial intelligence (AI), expansion of instant payments, open banking, and regulation were particularly relevant to your roles as executives, risk managers, compliance officers, and technology leaders. Unfortunately, most banks don’t gather fraud data across payment channels or track “pre-crime events.”

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

The city of tomorrow ought to be a community that will never be completed, but will always be introducing and testing and demonstrating new materials and systems,” Page noted at an industry event in 2019. “A The city’s entire system was left unusable by the incident, including its online payment systems used for paying property taxes.

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PYMNTS

JULY 15, 2019

In Australia, a new report shows just how widespread internal fraud in the Commonwealth, aimed at government agencies, has become. This past week it was reported that, per an investigation by the Australian Institute of Criminology, such fraud amounted to $42 million over the past year. Grayson Jr., owner of Zealcon Corp.,

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2021

Cygnet Infotech promotes FACE as a product that handles not only conventional accounting processes, but also provides specialized handling of challenges around goods and services taxes. India uses its Invoice Registration Portal to track business activity and ensure compliance with tax laws.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 4, 2020

Ensuring such payments are secure from bad actors is a priority for the banks that process them. From an instant payment perspective, it has now become much more important to be able to manage the fraud in real time online,” said Tino Kam , head of transaction banking at Finland-based Nordea Bank , in a recent interview with PYMNTS.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2021

Businesses of all types are deploying new initiatives to meet this demand, with merchants like CVS Pharmacy rolling out QR-based payment integrations at store locations across the country, and payments providers like Square and PayPal introducing QR codes at their point-of-sale (POS) systems. Developments From Around The World Of QR Codes.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 29, 2019

Reuters is reporting that the tax agency said it was going to appeal the decision. It’s also considering taking legal action against hackers who got into the system, in an attempt to make them responsible for the fine. The National Revenue Agency (NRA) in Bulgaria was fined 5.1 million levs ($2.9

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PYMNTS

JUNE 13, 2019

It’s undeniably advantageous to the world economy, with a recent study finding that national digital ID systems could induce GDP growth of up to 13 percent. Experiencing such gains comes with risks, however, as digital IDs have presented new and underexplored avenues for fraud. The Drawbacks of Complex Security. More than 4.5

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Financial institutions are attractive targets for terrorists who use websites, network systems, and employees to steal credentials and proprietary information. financial system, business functions, and democratic processes. Fraud - Fraud is believed to be the largest generator of proceeds for criminals in the U.S.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 18, 2020

Fraud is a perennial concern for quick-service restaurants (QSRs), and digital channels open ample new avenues for cybercrime, with hackers targeting restaurants for their cash, data and even customers’ loyalty points. The following Deep Dive explores the different types of social engineering fraud and how restaurants can combat them.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 23, 2020

Officials are warning of a rise in phishing attacks, while retailers have also been warned about fraud risks, with Amazon recently removing 1 million products for allegedly making fraudulent claims, recent Forbes reports said. Secret Service Department of Homeland Security wrote in a warning published earlier this month.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

But those illegal marketplaces — often called the “Dark Web” — also present a juicy opportunity for those fighting fraud to detect and even preempt criminal activities than cost businesses revenue and, often, parts of their brand reputation. As he sees it, “credit card fraud is the slush fund for much worse stuff.”.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 12, 2019

The university now serves those who need to take online classes, grading them with a competency-based system that requires them to demonstrate they have learned the required materials. One of the biggest forms of education-related fraud is as simple as it is prevalent: students sending someone else to take tests for them.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 21, 2019

Fraud knows no boundaries. Aside from the political implications of such claims, The New Yorker ‘s report pointed to the fraud risks that organizations face, even from the C-Suite. It also highlighted the predicament that organizations face if a C-Suite executive is found committing fraud. In the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 24, 2020

CryptoTrader.Tax lets users put trades into its system from dozens of digital currency exchanges and automatically create tax reports that can be brought into TurboTax, according to the report. He noted that the attacker could view support center information and took a file that had data with the inclusion of 1,082 email addresses.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 2, 2019

Data storage firm Seagate revealed that it has moved its anti-fraud blockchain project with IBM into the pilot stage. In other news, Brazil’s Tax Authority has announced that transactions involving cryptocurrencies must now be reported to the Department of Federal Revenue ( RFB ).

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PYMNTS

MAY 10, 2019

The voice ID system was put into place in January of 2017. The system was criticized for not informing citizens that they didn’t have to agree to participate. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) conducted the investigation after receiving the complaint, and found that the tax office collected the data illegally.

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PYMNTS

MAY 19, 2020

He is charged with wire and bank fraud, and making false statements to lenders and the SBA. The department and our law enforcement partners will use all the tools at our disposal to investigate and prosecute frauds against the Paycheck Protection Program.”. Attorney Joseph D. Brown of the Eastern District of Texas, in a statement. “We

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PYMNTS

MAY 12, 2016

Online merchants know very well that fraud costs them in many ways – in chargebacks, in false positives, in the friction that’s introduced at checkout that can cost a sale. But there’s nothing like putting the cost of fraud into the parlance that merchants know really well: units sold. Second Cost: Do-It-Yourself Systems.

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PYMNTS

JULY 8, 2019

Onyx CenterSource , a global provider of B2B payments and business intelligence solutions to the hospitality industry, announced it has partnered with tax software provider Sovos to expand its Onyx’s InvoicePro eInvoicing capabilities. The company has now chosen Sovos to help it meet the upcoming changes in the compliance sector.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2020

Government disbursements can range from child support payments and annual tax returns to pension and retirement fund payouts. The IRS has accepted digitally filed tax documents and issued digital refunds for years, and it received approximately 29 million electronic returns via direct deposit between February 2018 and February 2019.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 17, 2020

It collects taxes, administers tax law and policy and oversees charities. As a result of the breach, the CRA said more than 11,000 of 12 million personal accounts were compromised, including online portals accessing tax payer data and COVID-19 relief programs. The CRA plays multiple roles. 19), officials told CNN. “The

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 17, 2018

To that end, a finance platform based in Switzerland, Advanon, has grappled with fraud, as reported by p2p-banking.com. The invoices were then financed by 78 private investors – and the fraud resulted in ill-gotten gains worth about two million euros. Underhanded Doings in the Land Down Under. 1 of 2013 and the end of March 2018.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 18, 2019

In the payroll function, APIs have elevated executives’ focus on the role payroll data plays in promoting automation, talent retention and even enterprise security, said Inova Payroll President and CEO Farsheed Ferdowsi. “Our industry used to be payroll, tax filing and direct deposit. ” Enterprise Security. .

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PYMNTS

JULY 6, 2020

Wirecard continues to dominate the headlines in the realm of corporate fraud thanks to $2 billion missing from the company’s books, but it’s not the only company at the center of questionable activity. 34 percent of furloughed employees were asked to commit furlough fraud , according to a survey from U.K.-based

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

trillion by 2020, but new sales channels also invite emerging fraud forms. More than $1 trillion is expected to be spent on cybersecurity solutions worldwide between 2017 and 2021 as companies address the need for protections and make major investments in digital fraud-fighting techniques. The Sizable Online Fraud Threat.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2021

These violations, said FinCEN, “caused millions of dollars in suspicious transactions to go unreported in a timely and accurate manner, including proceeds connected to organized crime, tax evasion, fraud, and other financial crimes laundered through the bank into the U.S. financial system.”.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 26, 2018

Complex tax law has been linked to the rise in eInvoicing in B2B commerce, according to Julie Park, managing director of VAT and customs duty at The VAT Consultancy. She pointed to Latin America , which enacted some of the world’s first eInvoicing mandates for the purposes of tax rule enforcement. billion every year.

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PYMNTS

MAY 21, 2020

The new Preventing Financial Crimes Playbook explores the latest financial crime developments, including a rise in financial fraud related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, new threats targeting digital payment apps and guidance from PNC Financial Services on how multilayered defense systems can help curb the tide of digital scams.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Account takeover fraud , card-not-present (CNP) fraud, tax fraud, selling stolen financials, selling fake bank accounts, the Dark Web: If security experts are fighting it today, chances are that Brett Johnson was there when it started. Luckily for Johnson, he’d discovered tax fraud by then.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Another day, another security breach. But, despite the disastrous news, there is reason for optimism in the fight against fraud. While fraudsters may have had a field day with breaches like those at Yahoo, Hilton Hotels and Equifax, security providers have been fighting back with new solutions designed to stop them in their tracks.

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FICO

JANUARY 22, 2020

There has been a proliferation of real-time payments fraud, as new near-instant payment platforms, including person-to-person (P2P) transfers and mobile payment platforms grow across Asia Pacific. . We recently conducted a survey with banks in the region and found that 4 out of 5 (78 percent) have seen their fraud losses increase.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

As Vasir explained, this enables employees to not only take control of various HR functions, including benefits management, taxes and retirement fund contributions, but at the broader level, reconnects those employees to having control over their own data. A New Data Security Paradigm.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Tons of capital was raised and spent on new systems and processes. As city councils all over the nation get a hankering for MOA tax revenue, the category just keeps growing and evolving. As mobile takes fast food by storm, QSRs find themselves gagging on friendly (and unfriendly) fraud. Not ideal, but not theft. MOA is a Goer.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

In today’s top payments news, ongoing security concerns have caused the Federal Reserve to take a closer look at the Big Tech firms that serve the banking industry. Security Concerns Prompt Fed To Strengthen Big Tech Oversight. Moving Issuers — And Auth Rates — Past Fraud Prevention To Revenue Protection. And Former U.S.

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