PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

The news has law enforcement officials around the world worried that the new measures will help hide criminals. The new changes have been lauded by civil rights organizations and technology experts, however. This is a good test bed for us,” Sullivan said. It’s part of the overarching direction.”.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 3, 2020

It has been widely criticized for backing a new law that criminalizes “anti-government” movements and comes with long jail sentences or life in prison for “national security crimes.”. Current tensions between China and the US inevitably create challenging situations for an organization with HSBC’s footprint,” said Quinn. “We

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The rise in fraud and hard dollar losses is often attributed to new fraud trends and complex schemes such as cryptocurrency fraud. For example, almost all of us can remember receiving something like the following pesky text messages: "Your debit card has been locked; click here to reactivate." Talk to a specialist to learn more.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

The program showed us nothing new which we need to act on today,” SEB Chief Executive Johan Torgeby told Reuters. The news agency said its report was based on leaked information provided by the Organized Crime and Corruption Project investigative reporting consortium. SVT has accused Swedbank of a similar offense.

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PYMNTS

JULY 17, 2020

It’s the end of the work week, and the PYMNTS Weekender is here to make sure you didn’t miss anything with the latest in payments and commerce news. Visa Launches Visa Installments Pilots In The US. We have deep dives into the cash flow gaps of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), transit payments and a disaster loan program.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 3, 2019

Later in the day, the company tweeted that the glitch was fixed, adding that “if you continue to experience any difficulties, please reach out to us. Others complained that they could not use their debit cards. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience.” More than 100 million people were affected by the breach. .

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 3, 2019

Later in the day, the company tweeted that the glitch was fixed, adding that “if you continue to experience any difficulties, please reach out to us. Others complained that they could not use their debit cards. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience.” More than 100 million people were affected by the breach. .

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PYMNTS

MARCH 13, 2017

The good news is that we are all somewhat less likely to be robbed for the next several months. But that news — which investors liked to hear — came alongside some other news that they didn’t like quite as much: Costco missed expectations on both the top and bottom lines when it reported earnings last week.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 16, 2020

Cybercriminals are capitalizing on COVID-19, and they are doing so in tandem with the news cycle,” he said during the virtual hearing. Head of Cybersecurity Strategy Tom Kellermann said, testifying before a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee on Tuesday (June 16).

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

The news comes as financial crime is drawing scrutiny — and fines — at large financial institutions. To that end, ING Group said it has agreed to pay €775 million (US$900 million) to settle investigations by Dutch authorities over money laundering and other illicit activities.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2019

In today’s payments news, British FinTech startup Revolut is teaming with Mastercard to help it expand into the U.S. Revolut Taps Mastercard for US Rollout . Also, Visa ’s “She’s Next, Empowered by Visa” initiative is making its next international leap forward with a workshop event in Toronto. by the end of this year.

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FICO

JUNE 11, 2020

The prevalence of magnetic-stripe readers, coupled with road-tripping Americans’ out-of-pattern spending behaviors, creates a perfect storm for fraudsters to use purloined cardholder details to commit fraudulent purchases at unattended terminals. How FICO pinpoints fraudulent fuel transactions. by Scott Zoldi.

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FICO

JULY 1, 2022

This year at FICO World 2022 there was ample opportunity to analyze just how much the pandemic has changed the fraud and financial crime landscape. Check out my post “ The Role of Data in Managing Fraud and Financial Crime Today ,” a recap of one of my FICO World breakout sessions.). The discussion was chaired by Debbie Cobb , Sr.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 12, 2019

The news comes as the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), part of the U.S. In Canada – and in the US, too. Department of the Treasury, has estimated in recent weeks that fraudsters have tried to scam as much as $9 billion through business e-mail compromise attempts since 2016.

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PYMNTS

JULY 17, 2018

Sometimes officers are specifically investigating financial crimes, wherein card counterfeiting is a central operation. And sometimes, someone committing a wholly unrelated crime happens to be in possession of counterfeit credit cards. That’s good news, Pak said. Sometimes the cards are ancillary to a different criminal purpose.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 28, 2017

They now understand that they can expose our secrets, can embarrass us, influence and even sabotage events.”. Further, Haley said, cybercriminals don’t seem to care that attacks can be traced back to them, since their views are that digital crimes are different than crimes in the physical world — and, most often, consequence-free as a result.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 7, 2018

First, the good news: Spending on credit cards will continue to outpace spending on debit cards for the foreseeable future, even as data and other signs point to millennials having an enduring loyalty to cash over credit. The theft of personal and payment data now happens so often that many consumers have become all but numb to those crimes.

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FICO

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

If we look at it from a wider angle and understand illegal wildlife trade (IWT) as part of environmental crime (such as Illegal logging, mining, or waste management), then the FATF estimates the problem to range from $91 billion to $259 billion annually. Trade routes are as global as those for any other illicit trade. by Erik Stretz.

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PYMNTS

MAY 2, 2019

For example, it sure beats International Talk Like a Pirate Day on September 19, when our patience is tested by those joyful souls among us who really take such things seriously. As far as marketing and education pushes disguised as pseudo-holiday type things, you could do worse than World Password Day , which is Thursday (May 2).

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime ,“the estimated amount of money laundered globally in one year is about 2 percent to 5 percent of global GDP, [some] $800 billion to $2 trillion in current U.S. There is an arms race between the attackers and us,” she said. Xie explained.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 3, 2018

News mentions of AI and ethics increased ~5000% from 2014 to 2018, when they reached over 250 mentions in Q3’18. AI is disrupting critical industries and giving rise to new ethical considerations. Project Maven has involved Google developing AI image recognition software for US military drones.

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FICO

JUNE 1, 2023

As AI applications are put to work at more complex tasks like managing capacity on power grids and monitoring financial transactions for fraud , all of us at FICO firmly believe that the only type of AI to apply is the responsible, explainable, ethical kind. But we’ve all heard the adage – practice makes permanent, not perfect.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 4, 2018

No doubt, most recall that crime. So, if consumers haven’t been scared straight, and no one can reasonably argue that news of the Equifax breach was swept under the rug, where does that leave us? information that is now available for sale on the Dark Web. That is, indeed, sobering.

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Insights on Business

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Starting now and running through the event, I will update and revise this blog several times a day with news, announcements, videos, and blogs live from the floor at Sibos. Whether payments, regulatory compliance, automation, blockchain, addressing cyber or moving to cloud, bring us your toughest challenges and let’s solve tomorrow together.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

That classic fraud entails a thief swiping a card or buying a card number off of the Dark Web and using it to make a variety of online purchases. It has attained the status of “classic” because fraud using stolen financials is the most prevalent type. They give us lots of evidence of their crime.”.

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FICO

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Despite being early adopters of AI, now is not the time for fraud and financial crime specialists to rest on their laurels — they are involved in an ever-escalating arms race with criminals who also use such technology to launch their attacks on financial institutions. Financial Crime Is Fraud AND Money Laundering.

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Insights on Business

MARCH 5, 2019

On December 3, 2018, five US government agencies, including the Federal Reserve, FDIC, FinCEN, National Credit Union Administration and OCC, issued the Joint Statement on Innovative Efforts to Combat Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing encouraging banks to implement innovative approaches and specifically referencing artificial intelligence.

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FICO

MARCH 8, 2021

That’s positive news—because you definitely want to file your tax return as soon as possible, particularly if you’re claiming a refund. With crimes like tax refund fraud, prevention is the best approach. The IRS will never call you for routine correspondence—they always communicate through the US Mail. Why is that important?

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Lex Sokolin

AUGUST 5, 2019

We can acknowledge that crime, theft, and mutual destruction is a human attribute, not some externality of a technology. Yes, we would like to minimize the crime. But it is endemic to all human systems, it is a part of us. For many of us, we are fine losing social media photos, Twitter puns, or even our passwords.

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Lex Sokolin

AUGUST 5, 2019

We can acknowledge that crime, theft, and mutual destruction is a human attribute, not some externality of a technology. Yes, we would like to minimize the crime. But it is endemic to all human systems, it is a part of us. For many of us, we are fine losing social media photos, Twitter puns, or even our passwords.

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PYMNTS

MAY 8, 2020

That’s the bad news. The good news, the panel noted, is that three small changes could help clarify where the parameters are unclear, and protect the interests of SMBS and the issuers that processed the loans. Being asked to just pay it, that would be a great outcome.”

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ZootBlog

AUGUST 10, 2016

Ken Meiser, vice president of identity solutions for ID Analytics shared his perspective with us on the confounding threat of synthetic identities. Organized crime rings open retail cards to establish history on synthetic identities, then use those credit files to obtain additional lines of credit.

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FICO

DECEMBER 19, 2016

That’s the bad news. The good news is that businesses and consumers are also much more aware of cyber threats than they were 12 months ago, and that’s the jumping off point of my cybersecurity predictions for 2017. Even three-year-old kids’ fingerprints are being captured when they visit Disney World.)

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 18, 2016

In the new Fraudster Profile Podcast Series , Karen Webster is joined by Forter fraud analyst Gilit Saporta, who helps us to identify and break down the characteristics and personas within the diverse and ever-growing group of cybercriminals. The latest installment focuses on a very surprising segment: teen fraudsters.

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FICO

AUGUST 6, 2018

Fraud departments must juggle fighting financial crime with providing customers with an excellent experience – at the same time they must improve efficiency and drive down costs. The statistics in our study certainly show that frustrations can run high, but there’s also good news. Do Your Customers Expect Too Much?

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FICO

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Yup, that’s right, you can sometimes see me using an app to order food while parked in a designated spot rather than navigating thru a drive-thru and handing cash thru the window. . Now, with the COVID vaccine starting to roll out across the US, I still believe that certain economic conditions will get worse before they get better.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 1, 2017

Paying bills, buying groceries, sending funds to a friend or relative in need—what is a few minutes and a tap on a screen for most of us can quickly turn into a very time consuming and expensive process for those excluded from the financial sphere.

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