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Cybersecurity Awareness Month: How financial institutions can stay safe and secure online

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Ideas for educating and promoting cybersecurity in October Cybersecurity Awareness Month is an opportunity for banks and credit unions to promote online safety and take steps to reduce cyber risks. Launched to provide resources Cybersecurity Awareness Month was launched in 2004 by the National Cybersecurity Alliance (NCA) and the U.S.

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Report: Skillz Takes Bowling Online — And Strikes Out Bad Actors

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While video streaming services remain popular, research indicates more consumers are also turning to online gaming and gambling platforms. The Tracker also examines how both fraudsters and online gaming platforms are employing new emerging technologies to muscle bad actors out of these services. Skillz Takes Offline Bowling Online.

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Millennials Show Caution With Online Payments Security

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During the childhood of many millennials, the online world was in its infancy stages. With a decent amount of this age group remembering a time without internet access, it’s likely this may have contributed to their cautious nature when it comes to online identity and payment security.

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New Report: Home Closings Go Digital With Remote Online Notary Services

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Cybercrime is surging during the COVID-19 pandemic as fraudsters seize on increased online activity to steal consumers’ sensitive personal details. But that all changed when the COVID-19 pandemic forced brick-and-mortar offices to shutter and business had to go online. Around The Digital ID World. About The Tracker.

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Mastercard’s Playbook On Fighting Online Fraud’s Big Surge

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The shift to online commerce in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic is unprecedented. We’re doing more of everything online, especially transacting. Many merchants are trying very quickly to establish themselves with an online presence,” said Quevedo. Hiding In Plain Sight?

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Young B2B FinTechs Secure Their Seed Rounds

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Young B2B FinTechs secured some of their first investments in areas that include small business accounting, alternative lending and financial management. Also securing seed funding is Bazaar, a B2B online marketplace based in Pakistan developed for the food and grocery arena to connect wholesale suppliers to retailers.

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How One Nevada Credit Union Secures Its Self-Service Innovations

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The onset of digital banking has drastically changed the way CU customers interact with their financial institutions (FIs), placing a much greater emphasis on self-services like mobile and online banking. This makes data security of utmost importance to CUs, but even attacks on unrelated third parties can be devastating to CU members.

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