Fraudsters are preying on consumers’ anxieties by turning to authorized push payment (APP) fraud for COVID-19-related schemes. Deploying multiple fraud prevention tactics is therefore a must if banks hope to spot complex scams and outfox bad actors, says Megan Kakani, vice president of product and...
Digital fraud is a widespread problem, with fraud losses totaling more than $1.45 trillion annually around the globe. A fraud attack against a bank or business occurred every two minutes on average in 2019, for a total of 59,627 attacks that year. What’s more, these figures...
Card declines, disputes and chargebacks are sprouting like weeds in a commerce environment dominated by card-not-present (CNP) transactions that are more prone to fraud. Each rejected charge is harmful in its own way, so companies are partnering to get ahead of the problem. The October...
There’s no soft version, no smoothing it over. Companies charged with protecting people’s data lost ground in 2020, after an abysmal 2019 of breathtaking data breaches. Yes, the pandemic explains a great deal of the new action. Preparedness (or lack thereof) explains the rest. “This...
P2P payment apps — including third-party solutions like Venmo and CashApp as well as first-party banking apps — allow users to seamlessly pay each other for informal services and goods and have recently become incredibly popular. Some retail establishments are also adding P2P-enabled payments to...
Fraudsters are deploying tactics ranging from impersonating tax officials to selling fake PPE on peer-to-peer (P2P) payment apps amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Fighting these threats requires an equally wide-ranging defense, says Jamie Armistead, vice president of Zelle. In this month’s Preventing Financial Crime Playbook, Armistead...
COVID-era fraudsters use scams that range from impersonating tax officials to selling fake PPE on P2P payment apps. Fighting these threats requires an equally wide range of defenses, says Jamie Armistead, Zelle vice president. In this month’s Preventing Financial Crime Playbook, Armistead explains how artificial intelligence (AI) can offer a bird’s eye view of suspicious transactions...
Dining has gone digital. A fact of our new reality that has snapped sharply into focus over the last half year as restaurants of all sizes and descriptions have had to rapidly reset their operations for a world where restaurants were first closed down entirely...
Isn’t it just like a crook to exploit a bad situation? COVID-19 is an ideal example, as cold-hearted fraudsters are siphoning off funds designated for legitimate people and businesses. PYMNTS’ September Preventing Financial Crimes Playbook, done in collaboration with NICE Actimize, analyzes the pandemic-era fraud landscape...
