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Deep Dive: Why New Hacking Technology Has Made Application Fraud More Difficult To Fight

PYMNTS

FIs also use knowledge-based authentication (KBA), which involves quizzing applicants on credit history details that only they would know. Credit reports contain a trove of knowledge that can be used for KBA, including average mortgage payments, car license plate numbers and salary information.

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Small Business Banking Tests The Digital Identity Waters

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Knowledge-based authentication (KBA) tools, including passwords and security questions, tend to be the primary strategy for verifying identity, and this is true for areas of financial services beyond the consumer world.

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Stop the Social Engineering of Customers and Employees

FICO

Fraudsters buy compromised data (credentials, ID documents, personally identifiable information or payment details). This can include credentials, such as usernames and passwords, identity documents, knowledge-based information and payment details. Awareness and Training. Generally, speed is their focus.

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Pindrop’s Solutions Fight Call Center And Voice Fraud

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A classic image of payment fraud involves a fraudster stealing credit card numbers and shopping for goods in-person or online. has largely worked to secure card payments, Dewey noted that voice fraudsters have found a way around it. The models that we train are specific to each customer,” he said.

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Why Strong Digital Identity Verification Is Key To Meeting AML Requirements

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As banks and payments companies endeavor to meet anti-money laundering (AML) regulations to avoid hefty fines for non-compliance, easily identifying customers in the digital channel becomes paramount to their success. Some “old school” methods that worked in the past aren’t working anymore. In the U.S.

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