PYMNTS-MonitorEdge-May-2024

fraud

Fraud is intentional deception to secure unfair or unlawful gain, or to deprive a victim of a legal right. Fraud can violate civil law, a criminal law, or it may cause no loss of money, property or legal right but still be an element of another civil or criminal wrong.

Bank of America: Cybercrime Could Be ‘World’s Third-Largest Economy’
Bank of America: Cybercrime Could Be ‘World’s Third-Largest Economy’
October 10, 2024  |  Security & Fraud

The cost of cyberattacks is reportedly growing alongside the increases in digitization and artificial intelligence (AI). “If cybercrime damage were a state, it would be the...

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Fidelity Investments Discloses Data Breach Affecting 77,099 Customers
Fidelity Investments Discloses Data Breach Affecting 77,099 Customers
October 10, 2024  |  Security & Fraud

Fidelity Investments has disclosed a data breach that affected 77,099 customers. The breach occurred Aug. 17 and was discovered Aug. 19, the financial services company...

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Mastercard CPO Calls for ‘Rethink’ of Payments Technology With Tokenization
Mastercard CPO Calls for ‘Rethink’ of Payments Technology With Tokenization
October 10, 2024  |  Cybersecurity

Among the meteoric rise of payments innovation, tokenization’s widening adoption has been among the most notable. It’s been around for more than a decade, but...

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Prove Identity Says Checkmarks Are Future of ID Verification in the Age of AI
Prove Identity Says Checkmarks Are Future of ID Verification in the Age of AI
October 10, 2024  |  Identity

More than 30 years ago, a cartoon appeared in the New Yorker, now made famous by any number of memes and framed pictures — a...

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64% of SMBs Face Delayed Payments
64% of SMBs Face Delayed Payments
October 10, 2024  |  Accounts Payable

Accounts payable (AP) remains a pain point for businesses of all sizes, particularly those that still rely on legacy methods like checks. The adoption of...

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Capital One Debuts AirKey to Help Banks Lock Out Fraudsters
Capital One Debuts AirKey to Help Banks Lock Out Fraudsters
October 09, 2024  |  Authentication

Capital One is offering its AirKey anti-fraud authentication tool to financial institutions. “Fraud is on the rise and costing billions in losses each year, making...

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Federal Agencies Warn Businesses and Consumers About Hurricane-Related Scams
Federal Agencies Warn Businesses and Consumers About Hurricane-Related Scams
October 09, 2024  |  Security & Fraud

With another major hurricane on the way, three federal agencies are warning companies not to take advantage of these natural disasters and cautioning consumers to...

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Stripe and Nvidia to Expand Financial Platform’s AI-Powered Features
Stripe and Nvidia to Expand Financial Platform’s AI-Powered Features
October 09, 2024  |  Artificial Intelligence

Stripe and Nvidia expanded their collaboration to enhance Stripe’s artificial intelligence-powered capabilities and enable developers and enterprises to prepay for select Nvidia cloud services. The...

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AI Surge Transforms Finance as Banks, Governance and Trading Evolve
AI Surge Transforms Finance as Banks, Governance and Trading Evolve
October 08, 2024  |  Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence is reshaping finance, with PwC forecasting efficiency gains in banking, FINOS introducing an AI governance framework, and Devexperts bringing AI-powered trading to Discord....

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