security & fraud

From Credit to Compliance: The Risk Rollercoaster in B2B Payments
From Credit to Compliance: The Risk Rollercoaster in B2B Payments
December 18, 2024  |  Security & Fraud

Trust is both the foundation and the future of payments. But that doesn’t make maintaining it any easier. There are five big threats to maintaining...

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Personalized Attacks, Scalable Solutions: The Payments Industry’s New Security Imperative
Personalized Attacks, Scalable Solutions: The Payments Industry’s New Security Imperative
December 18, 2024  |  Security & Fraud

The payments industry faces the dual challenge of enhancing user experience while combating sophisticated fraud. “There’s a lot of emphasis on doing things as frictionless...

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A Third of Consumers Have Been Victimized by Credit Card Fraud
A Third of Consumers Have Been Victimized by Credit Card Fraud
December 05, 2024  |  Security & Fraud

Credit card fraud is a rising concern for American consumers, with nearly 1 in 3 reporting fraudulent charges in the past year. As incidents of...

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FTC Lawsuit Prompts Shutdown of Alleged ‘Online Business Opportunity Scam’
FTC Lawsuit Prompts Shutdown of Alleged ‘Online Business Opportunity Scam’
October 28, 2024  |  Security & Fraud

A Federal Trade Commission (FTC) lawsuit that alleges an “online business opportunity scam” led a federal court to temporarily shut down the operations of Lunar...

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Santander and HSBC Join Government Warnings on QR Code-Based Cyberattacks
Santander and HSBC Join Government Warnings on QR Code-Based Cyberattacks
October 27, 2024  |  Cybersecurity

First came phishing. Now, consumers and cyberdefenders need to guard against “quishing.” As the Financial Times (FT) reported Sunday (Oct. 27), banks and regulators are...

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Ingo Payments and Sardine Team to Combat ‘Gone in Five Minutes’ Account Opening Fraud
Ingo Payments and Sardine Team to Combat ‘Gone in Five Minutes’ Account Opening Fraud
October 23, 2024  |  Security & Fraud

Fear can be a powerful motivator, especially where payments fraud is concerned. While financial institutions have a healthy fear of high-profile fraud vectors like business...

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US Treasury: AI Helped Recover and Prevent $4 Billion-Plus in Fraud
US Treasury: AI Helped Recover and Prevent $4 Billion-Plus in Fraud
October 17, 2024  |  artificial intelligence

The U.S. Treasury Department said artificial intelligence (AI) has helped fuel a fraud/improper payments recovery. The department announced Thursday that its “technology and data-driven” approach...

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Citibank Urges Dismissal of Lawsuit Alleging Failure to Prevent Fraud
Citibank Urges Dismissal of Lawsuit Alleging Failure to Prevent Fraud
October 08, 2024  |  Legal

Citibank lawyers urged a judge Tuesday (Oct. 8) to throw out a suit filed in January by New York Attorney General Letitia James that accuses...

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Homeland Security Blocked 500-Plus Ransomware Attacks Since 2021
Homeland Security Blocked 500-Plus Ransomware Attacks Since 2021
October 06, 2024  |  Security & Fraud

U.S. cybersecurity agents have stopped more than 500 ransomware attacks since 2021. That’s according to a report Friday (Oct. 4) by Bloomberg News, citing comments...

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