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MARCH 23, 2017

This has been the case with the ever-evolving story behind the $81 million heist that siphoned funds from Bangladesh via the Federal Reserve Bank in New York last year. But what happens when the prime mover behind the theft is an actual nation? Acting not against individuals, but another nation?

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

The FinCEN files reveal even after some of the largest banks were fined or prosecuted for financial misconduct, Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan Chase, Standard Chartered, HSBC and Bank of New York Mellon continued to move money for suspected criminals.

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AUGUST 21, 2020

As it approaches its potential introduction to the public markets, Palantir is reportedly set to be the newest in a line of tech firms to go public long prior to bringing in positive income, The New York Times reported. The Times garnered the documents, which provide an in-depth view into the firm’s operations as well as accounting.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2018

A former cryptocurrency exchange and its founder are facing charges from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the agency announced in a press release on Wednesday (Feb. Montroll operated an unregistered online securities exchange and defrauded its users by misappropriating their bitcoins.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 18, 2016

The financial messaging service known as SWIFT — which operates as a bank-owned consortium and helps payments in the billions of dollars move globally — has been beset by security flaws, has known about those flaws and has done little to address those flaws. So reported Reuters on Wednesday (Aug.

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JUNE 3, 2016

Such was the case for several companies profiled this week by The New York Times , which shed light on the minority of startup owners that decide not to take outside investment. Check out who secured venture capital in our breakdown below. Enterprise Security. Ionic Security. Featurespace.

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APRIL 26, 2020

The site, coronaprevention.com, was posted on a hacker’s forum the day after the virus was declared a national pandemic by the President, according to a complaint. Crime related to the coronavirus has skyrocketed in recent weeks as the virus has been the top news story around the world. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colombia.

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FICO

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Look no further than the US presidential debates , where our two candidates have highlighted the need to address hackers, security breaches and even foreign nations that may be using sophisticated cyber tactics to influence the outcome of the upcoming November elections.

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PYMNTS

JULY 21, 2020

Loews Hotels CEO Jonathan Tisch does not expect a return to significant national, international or business travel anytime soon, according to an interview he gave on CNBC ’s “Closing Bell.”. Tisch declined to provide occupancy rates at the two dozen luxury hotels Loews owns or operates in the U.S. It’s a challenge,” he said. “We

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 12, 2019

The thefts — which retailers call shrink — will result in lower operating profit margins in 2020, Home Depot executives told analysts and investors during a meeting. Shrink costs retailers about $51 billion each year, according to a report from the National Retail Federation (NRF). Thieves in Rochester, New York, for example, had $16.5

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APRIL 7, 2020

The New York-based credit issuer pledged to help defend businesses and their employees through free cyber vulnerability assessments and identity theft protection for the 28 million SMBs eligible to participate in the Small Business Administration’s (SBA’s) Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). Mastercard said it will also provide U.S.

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AUGUST 16, 2019

Axos Bank parent company Axos Financial has rolled out out commercial banking operations across new markets in the U.S., “The nation’s two largest metropolitan areas are home to a majority of our commercial lending and banking clients,” said Greg Garrabrants, president and CEO of Axos, in a statement.

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MARCH 25, 2016

In a press release posted on Thursday (March 24), the DOJ confirmed that the individuals were charged by a grand jury in the Southern District of New York and are accused with launching an extensive campaign of DDoS attacks against 46 victims between late 2011 and mid-2013.

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CFPB Monitor

MAY 31, 2022

On May 19, 2022, the Associate Director of the Enforcement and Compliance Division of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”), Alessio Evangelista, spoke at the Chainalysis Links Conference in New York City on the topic of “The Intersection of Cryptocurrencies and National Security.”

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Toys“R”Us has just managed to secure $3.1 Those new funds, according to Toys“R”Us leadership, will go toward investing in the renovation and modernization of store locations across the nation, with a particular focus on improvements to layout, lighting and usability for customers.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 2, 2019

It’s no secret that privacy and security are the prisms through which authorities have looked, and are looking, at Libra and other digital coins. Last week, a Slovakian security firm, Eset, found that crypto mining malware — distributed through YouTube — has infected half a million devices and helped grab coins. A Grander Stage.

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PYMNTS

JULY 3, 2020

As many teams within businesses big and small had continued to rely on paper and manual processes, AP operations were tasked with migrating to a work-from-home environment quickly. Accounts payable (AP) teams and other financial functions of the enterprise were some of the hardest hit by the disruption caused by the global pandemic.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 16, 2018

Russia’s corporate treasurers are working with the nation’s central bank on a blockchain initiative, reports in CoinDesk said Friday (June 15). Russia’s FinTech Association and 14 of the nation’s largest banks collaborated on the development of Masterchain, reports noted, citing a white paper.

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PYMNTS

MAY 13, 2019

The latest research comes as the G7 nations prepare for a cross-border cyberattack simulation. Cyber experts at Onapsis said last week that 1 million SAP systems were found to be vulnerable to hacking as a result of a security flaw. PYMNTS runs through the data points of all these stories and research reports, plus more, below.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 23, 2018

News came Friday that the wild west of cryptocurrencies — where fortunes are made and lost in the blink of an eye, and where regulations are less than regular — might be well-governed by the stock market when it comes to governance. So opined the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Director Brett Redfearn, Reuters reported.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2019

In a 13-count indictment filed in Brooklyn, New York, the U.S. has been abusing the idea of ‘national security,’ slandering and striking down the normal commercial activities of Chinese enterprises,” foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said at a briefing in Beijing this month. “The

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AUGUST 12, 2020

The defendants operated more than 300 websites that fraudulently purported to sell products that became scarce during the pandemic, including hand sanitizer and disinfectant wipes, the release stated. Last week, SocialCatfish.com , an identity verification nonprofit, reported U.S.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 2, 2019

It’s no secret that privacy and security are the prisms through which authorities have looked, and are looking, at Libra and other digital coins. Last week, a Slovakian security firm, Eset, found that crypto mining malware — distributed through YouTube — has infected half a million devices and helped grab coins. A Grander Stage.

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JULY 21, 2017

Their respective operators have also been arrested. AlphaBay has been down since early July — since the arrest of founder Alexandre Cazes, a Canadian national living in Bangkok. Two men in Germany were arrested as the operators of Hansa (their nationality seems to be unknown).

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JANUARY 12, 2021

Police told the New York Post that the suspects ran out of the store and jumped into waiting cars, making off with bags priced between $1,850 and $2,300 apiece. Experts report that such organized retail crime is growing — and not necessarily just because of the pandemic.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2019

Malaysia’s initial coin offering (ICO) regulations are said to take effect on Tuesday (January 15) per a notice from the Securities Commission (SC) in the country, Coindesk reported. With the order, exchanges and offerings for tokens would need the SC’s approval. million between 2015 and 2017 through the Finnish bitcoin exchange.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2017

With tough sanctions by the United Nations effectively isolating North Korea from the world, the country’s embassies have been forced to engage in illicit businesses to shore up cash and support their operations. More recently, they have had to rein in their ambitious money-making plans to keep the lowest possible profile.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2017

Attorneys general in Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts and New York said they were launching their own investigations. s National Cyber Security Centre to determine how large the breach was and how many people in the U.K. Meanwhile, in the U.K., The ICO plans to work with the U.K.’s were impacted by it. s capital.

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JANUARY 10, 2020

Wyze Labs , which makes Internet of Things (IoT)-connected security cameras, said the information of as many as 2.4 million customers may have been exposed, as reported in The New York Times. In a bit of more recent news, Landry’s Inc. , The wild card, now, is tied to geopolitics. for a cyberwar.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 20, 2019

As city councils all over the nation get a hankering for MOA tax revenue, the category just keeps growing and evolving. Uber Co-Founder Travis Kalanick has even secured $400 million to develop his new CloudKitchens concept, which rents fully equipped cooking spaces to delivery-only restaurants in major metros. MOA is a Goer.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

According to reports, 2nd Address said it will use the funds to improve its technology and expand into new cities beyond its existing markets in California, New York City, Chicago and Washington, D.C. million in new funding from DGF Investimentos for its small business financing solution, reports in Contxto said this week.

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AUGUST 27, 2019

percent, it was only the seventh-most important priority among CUs, which are instead focusing on open banking options that offer anti-money laundering (AML), data security and instant payments technology. ABA’s request stems from concerns about rising fraud levels at CUs, as well as New York City’s recent taxi medallion scandal.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2018

The arrest adds complications to an already tense situation between the two nations, who are locked in an ongoing trade war. The New York Times reported that Ms. The presentation appeared to claim that Huawei operated in Iran in compliance with the sanctions. Meng was arrested on Dec.

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Independent Banker

MARCH 31, 2022

“I’m so inspired by the professionalism, integrity and commitment of our executive committee and board of directors as we work together to serve the needs of community bankers across the nation,” says Terry Jorde, ICBA senior executive vice president and chief of staff. Bank Operations and Payments chair Alice P. Covington, Ind.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

The experience of the mall CMBS [commercial mortgage-backed security] from Starwood is certainly symptomatic of the larger narrative,” said Christopher Sullivan, chief investment officer of United Nations Federal Credit Union, as reported in Yahoo! But apparently they’re doing something right in Philadelphia.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 7, 2016

Department of Justice on Thursday (March 3) that they were aware of “numerous instances” in which criminals had switched to iPhones from “burner” phones to conduct illegal activity, in large part citing the phone’s operating system’s encryption features as a prime benefit in evading police detection and surveillance.

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APRIL 19, 2016

Reuters reported on Monday (April 18) that Bangladeshi investigators have identified 20 suspects tied to cybertheft of as much as tens of millions of dollars from the nation’s central bank. In the latter nation, the police are also investigating the theft.

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