What payments can expect from Washington this year
Payments Dive
JANUARY 18, 2023
From buy now, pay later to peer-to-peer payment fraud, there’s no shortage of payments targets for lawmakers and regulators.
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Payments Dive
JANUARY 18, 2023
From buy now, pay later to peer-to-peer payment fraud, there’s no shortage of payments targets for lawmakers and regulators.
PYMNTS
MAY 12, 2020
An internal investigation into alleged fraud at Luckin Coffee Inc. In addition, the company has placed six other employees on suspension or leave due to involvement in or knowledge of the fraud. A special committee at Luckin hired Chicago-based law firm Kirkland & Ellis as counsel and FTI Consulting of Washington, D.C.
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PYMNTS
JANUARY 29, 2019
prosecutors have filed criminal charges against China’s largest technology company, accusing it of stealing trade secrets and committing bank fraud. government charged Huawei Technologies , two affiliated companies and chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou with bank and wire fraud, as well as conspiracy in connection with business in Iran.
PYMNTS
JULY 21, 2020
Washington state has been particularly hard hit, GIACT Co-founder and CEO Melissa Townsley-Solis told Karen Webster. They are going to have to update how they mitigate and control fraud and risk and update their systems. ” But Townsley-Solis said that’s just one scammer ring. There’s No Time To Waste.
PYMNTS
DECEMBER 26, 2018
Iran has created a fraud court to combat rampant financial malfeasance and attempt to aid its flagging economy. Ali Vaez, the Washington-based director of the Iran Project at the International Crisis Group, said the country’s clamp down on corruption is part of a bigger political picture in the country.
PYMNTS
FEBRUARY 26, 2020
Software developer and Ukrainian native Volodymyr Kvashuk, 25, from Renton, Washington, worked for Microsoft from 2016 to 2018, and was tasked with testing Microsoft’s online retail sales platform. dripping fraud and deceit every step of the way…. Sentencing takes place on June 1, and he faces up to 20 years in prison.
PYMNTS
DECEMBER 5, 2019
The duo allegedly — and with the help of more than a dozen others — worked to deploy malware known as Dridex (aka Cridex and Bugat) and for committing wire and bank fraud. They are connected with a Russian hacking group known as Evil Corp., which has been known to release malware.
PYMNTS
JULY 14, 2019
And the operator of BitFunder, a defunct trading platform that was denominated in bitcoin, and WeExchange was sentenced for obstruction of justice as well as securities fraud, CoinDesk reported. The materials were reportedly presented to agency staff at a June event in Washington, D.C. at the World Bank.
PYMNTS
APRIL 21, 2016
A Washington, D.C.-area area grocery story chain is only allowing customers to purchase reloadable or prepaid gift cards with cash or bank PIN-based debit due to a significant increase in credit card fraud. This change has been made in order to mitigate potential fraud risk.”.
PYMNTS
DECEMBER 5, 2019
The duo allegedly — and with the help of more than a dozen others — worked to deploy malware known as Dridex (aka Cridex and Bugat) and for committing wire and bank fraud. They are connected with a Russian hacking group known as Evil Corp., which has been known to release malware.
PYMNTS
JULY 7, 2020
Americans have lost more than $77 million in COVID-19 fraud since the start of the year, according to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). But that number misses an unprecedented scope of scams connected to the coronavirus, according to John Breyault , a spokesman for the National Consumers League , the Washington, D.C.-based
FICO
APRIL 27, 2016
900 risk managers, fraud managers, marketers, debt managers, IT strategists, analytic scientists and other business professionals from 45 countries are in Washington, DC to take part in FICO World 2016, a four-day conference on analytics and decision management.
PYMNTS
JULY 5, 2020
Federal workers, through partnerships with several online retailers, will now be able to purchase equipment like desks or office supplies through an eCommerce network for the first time, The Washington Post reports. The GSA is estimated to spend around $6 billion per year on open market credit card purchases.
Finer Points
MAY 29, 2014
The public policy end was to protect Americans by driving seedy, fraud-laden businesses out of business. Washington' Department of Justice-led joint effort with federal regulators designed to choke off access to banking services by businesses engaged in fraudulent or otherwise illegal activities.
FICO
DECEMBER 20, 2022
5 Ways Digital Payments Will Change FIs and Fraud in 2023. Financial institutions (FIs) are not letting fraud trends like scams fade into background noise, but fraud awareness is rising among customers and both the banks and customers are eager to mitigate as much as possible. FICO Admin. Tue, 07/02/2019 - 02:45. by TJ Horan.
PYMNTS
DECEMBER 14, 2020
The Russian embassy in Washington has denied any involvement in the attacks and called the allegations “ unfounded.”. They also come at a time of increased digital traffic brought on by the coronavirus, as well as a commensurate rise in fraud and other digital schemes to steal valuable data or money. SolarWinds Clients.
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 24, 2020
Metromile launched in 2016 and is currently available in eight states, including California, New York, Washington, Pennsylvania and Arizona. Metromile also licenses its cloud-based software to other insurance companies to help them increase efficiency, automate claims, reduce fraud losses and boost employee productivity.
PYMNTS
DECEMBER 17, 2020
A less sunny aphorism, to be sure, but one that is unfortunately applicable this week as two pieces of good news – the circulation of a vaccine for COVID-19 and signs of life in a stimulus deal out of Washington before Congress breaks for the holidays – are spotlighting the dark clouds accompanying them. The FTC marked $201.26
PYMNTS
APRIL 2, 2020
The story, first reported by TechCrunch, revealed the alleged fraud by Jian Liu is believed to have begun in the second quarter of last year. The three-person special committee has retained Chicago-based law firm Kirkland & Ellis as counsel and FTI Consulting of Washington, D.C.
PYMNTS
APRIL 5, 2019
To that end, Vocalink , a Mastercard company, released its third annual Business Fraud Report , which found that as much as 73 percent of the U.K. Additionally, 22 percent of respondents said someone has attempted to commit payments fraud against their businesses. As reported last year, £1.2 The study found that only 32 percent of U.K.
FICO
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
When looking at total fraud cases related to skimming, we saw that 70% were tied to POCs in 5 states: California (38%), New York (16%), Pennsylvania (6%) and Florida/Washington (5%). We saw that in 2022, 58% of the attempted transactions in fraud cases were balance inquiries. Debbie holds a B.A.
PYMNTS
JULY 30, 2019
Kevin Zosiak, who lives in Stamford, Connecticut, and whose personal information was compromised in the breach, filed the suit in federal court in Washington, D.C., Thompson, on a charge of computer fraud and abuse, The Washington Post reported. Reuters reported. The suit is seeking class-action status. .
PYMNTS
JANUARY 19, 2021
In the latest PYMNTS TV episode, GeoGuard CEO David Briggs and People’s United Bank Vice President of Financial Crimes and Fraud Intelligence Karen Boyer build the business case for why financial institutions (FIs) must now use geodata and geodata analytics in the fight against fraud and financial crime.
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 25, 2019
The impacted utilities operate in 18 states from Maine to Washington, including Cloverland Electric Cooperation in Michigan, Klickitat Public Utility District in Washington state and Basin Electric Power Cooperative in North Dakota. The email was then downloaded onto a disk and sent to the FBI for analysis.
PYMNTS
JUNE 20, 2019
As for allegations of bank and wire fraud against the company, as well as his daughter, CFO Meng Wanzhou, Ren said the banks “have full knowledge of all those business activities.”. prosecutors filed criminal charges against China’s largest technology company, accusing it of stealing trade secrets and committing bank fraud.
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 26, 2018
Cyber frauds are a pervasive, significant and growing threat to all companies, including our public companies,” said SEC Chairman Jay Clayton at the time the report debuted. Reports from various news sources said this week that scammers who posed as city vendors bilked nearly $700,000 from the Washington, D.C. city government.
PYMNTS
APRIL 1, 2020
In the March Credit Union Tracker® , PYMNTS analyzes the latest developments in the CU space, such as how they are tackling fraud protection challenges in a growing online banking ecosystem. Around The Credit Union World. Members have different banking preferences today than they have exhibited in the past, with 21.9
PYMNTS
APRIL 21, 2020
The Washington, D.C. Allstate On Using AI To Fight Insurance Claims Fraud. While digital claim filing has made processes more frictionless than ever, it’s also opening new doors to fraud. restaurant industry has asked Congress for more financial aid, as the industry faces losing an estimated $240 billion by year’s end.
PYMNTS
MARCH 17, 2020
“We’re encouraged by American technology companies looking to leverage aggregated, anonymized data to glean key insights for COVID-19 modeling efforts,” an official with the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy told The Washington Post.
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 11, 2018
IBT Media, which owned Newsweek during the alleged fraud but has since spun the publication off into a separate entity, is accused of partnering with Christian Media Corp. , a faith-based online publisher in Washington, D.C., to carry out the fraud scheme.
PYMNTS
JUNE 24, 2020
FTI Consulting , the Washington, D.C.-based The 50-year-old executive faces charges of accounting fraud and market manipulation designed to artificially inflate the FinTech’s balance sheet. After a week of bad news, the embattled Wirecard AG caught a break from lenders that provided 1.75 and Mastercard Inc.
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 12, 2018
federal judge says that securities law applies to crypto fraud, China has a lead in an important patent area and a major bank makes a big investment push in cities. Judge Says US Securities Law Applies t o Crypto Fraud Cases. Since then, it has invested $40 million in Chicago and $25 million in Washington, D.C.,
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
12) filed a lawsuit in federal court in Washington state against 13 individuals and businesses “for advertising, promoting and facilitating the sale of counterfeit luxury goods in Amazon’s store,” the online retail and tech giant announced in a press release. District Court for the Western District of Washington.
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 26, 2019
The latest class-action suit, filed by Eric Young and Adam Kurtz at the district court in the Western District of Washington on Nov. In other news, crypto exchange Bitfinex and its sister firm, stablecoin issuer Tether , have been accused again of manipulating the bitcoin markets. Defendants’ control of USD?
PYMNTS
AUGUST 20, 2019
Rewards program fraud is not isolated to the food and beverage industry, however. is making strides in fraud prevention for its rewards program. If one customer is placing orders in several cities at once, for example, the tool can easily detect fraud. First-party mobile ordering apps are taking other steps to prevent fraud.
PYMNTS
FEBRUARY 6, 2017
The ISPs, said The Washington Post , had been cleared to operate within the program weeks ago. The implication of truncated access to the program, said the Post , is that waste fraud and abuse can be avoided. Lifeline could potentially reach as many as 13 million Americans. Lifeline itself is funded across taxpayers’ utility bills.
Abrigo
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
With the 2021 change in administration in Washington, D.C., Whistleblowers may be aware of fraud within an institution, corruption, systemic program deficiencies, or even a lack of strengthening programs as expected by regulators. Fraud Prevention. Fraud Trends. Preventing Cyber Fraud – Video. BSA Training.
PYMNTS
JULY 29, 2019
The Washington Post reported that the FBI has arrested a Seattle area woman, Paige A. Thompson, on a charge of computer fraud and abuse. While I am grateful that the perpetrator has been caught, I am deeply sorry for what has happened,” Richard D.
PYMNTS
JULY 31, 2019
Seattle-based Thompson was charged with one count of computer fraud and abuse following her arrest on Monday (July 29). Kevin Zosiak, who lives in Stamford, Connecticut, and whose personal information was compromised in the data breach, filed the suit in federal court in Washington, D.C., Reuters reported.
PYMNTS
JUNE 2, 2016
This data specifically refers to the Washington-based Board of Governors, a federal agency that is required by law to maintain public records. 7 | Number of fraud incident reports by the Fed’s national cybersecurity team that impacted the Board of Governors between 2011-2015.
PYMNTS
FEBRUARY 25, 2019
As fraudsters get more brazen and inventive in the digital information ecosystem, many companies are realizing they can’t thwart these bad actors on their own, and must instead turn to new partnerships in their fight against fraud. Speaking of DMVs, some states are piloting a program that implements biometrics into physical drivers’ licenses.
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 20, 2019
Blockchain forensics company CipherTrace indicated in an August report that cryptocurrency thefts, scams and fraud might exceed more than $4.3 The company also expanded its global regulatory team, and it will be the first blockchain company with an office in Washington, D.C. . A smaller category was the sale of credit card details.
Abrigo
FEBRUARY 25, 2022
The year 2021 saw a continuation of pandemic policies and changes, a new administration in Washington , and regulatory reform from the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network ( FinCEN ). Improve your program with insights from the 2021 BSA/AML and Fraud Staff Survey by Abrigo: Top Issues for FinCrime Fighters. What to Watch. Now that the?
PYMNTS
AUGUST 12, 2019
As reported this past week by Fox 5 in Washington, D.C., In a smattering of individual instances of fraud: In Canada, SaskEnergy said that it fired an employee amid allegations that the unnamed worker had misappropriated a fuel card, racking up $30,000 in charges between 2004 and 2019. In Canada – and in the US, too.
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