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Security & Fraud
FinCEN Warns Banks to Watch for Passport Card Fraud
April 15, 2024

Federal authorities are warning banks against the rising threat of passport card fraud. The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and the Department of State’s Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) issued a notice to financial institutions Monday (April 15), urging them to be on the lookout for suspicious...

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Third-Party Vendors Emerge as Data Security Threat
April 15, 2024

In today’s digitized operating environment, a business is only as good as its cyber defenses. And with Change Healthcare reportedly facing a new ransomware attack following an earlier massive breach in February, while Roku disclosed to its customers Friday (April 12) that 591,000 accounts were impacted by...

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Roku Reports 591,000 Accounts Impacted by ‘Credential Stuffing’ Attacks
April 12, 2024

Roku disclosed to its customers Friday (April 12) that 591,000 accounts were impacted by two separate cyberattacks. In less than 400 of these cases, hackers logged in and made unauthorized purchases of streaming service subscriptions and Roku hardware products using the payment method stored in these...

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Report: Morgan Stanley Facing Probes of Anti-Money Laundering Practices
April 11, 2024

Morgan Stanley is reportedly facing investigations by several agencies into how its wealth management division vets and monitors clients who may pose money-laundering risks. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the Federal...

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Investigation Into Morgan Stanley’s Wealth Arm Underscores Scrutiny of AML and Onboarding Efforts 
April 11, 2024

Anti-money laundering (AML) defenses might begin at the point of onboarding. The needs are for all manner of firms — and especially banks and investment management companies — to embrace technology in the service of beefing up their onboarding processes and automating them too.    ...

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FI Execs Curb Their Enthusiasm for Open Banking
April 11, 2024

Open banking, the legal framework permitting secure data sharing amongst financial institutions (FIs) and third-party FinTechs to enhance the products and services they offer consumers, has proven to be popular with both regulators and consumers. But when FI executives were asked about open banking, the reviews were mixed. ...

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Linked Analysis Evolution Breaks Down Silos as CUs Battle Fraudsters
April 10, 2024

There’s no shortage of damage payments and social engineering fraud can do to a company as well as its member relationships. Creating silos within an organization usually isn’t one of them, but it’s exactly the aim of an upgraded fraud prevention effort from PSCU/Co-op Solutions. The...

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FBI: More Than $12 Billion Lost to Online Fraud in 2023
April 08, 2024

American consumers and business owners lost a record $12.5 billion last year to online scammers, marking a 22% spike in cybercrime over 2022, according to the FBI.    Despite these losses, the FBI’s newly released annual internet crime report indicates Americans are growing more vigilant. The agency...

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3DS 2.0 Demands More Attention as Fraud Defense From Issuers and Merchants
April 08, 2024

Dewald Nolte, chief strategy officer at Entersekt, said 3-D Secure (3DS), the security protocol that was refreshed seven years ago, is an essential tool in fighting fraud. At a high level, 3DS is designed to act as an equivalent to EMV chips and PIN cards, he...