One of the recent cyberattacks against Latin American financial institutions, this one targeting Mexico’s central bank, resulted in the theft of a reported $15.2 million. Another one, against Banco de Chile in May, cost about $10 million via fraudulent SWIFT wire transfers. Latin American seems to...
As the world continues its path to becoming more digital, risks are increasingly finding their way into transaction processes, and that calls for a different approach to transaction monitoring. FinTech companies have been doing their best to take disruptive approaches that are more automated and...
Trulioo, the global identity and business verification provider announced Tuesday (June 12) that it has partnered with Acuant, a global provider of data capture and identity authentication solutions, to enhance GlobalGateway, its online identity verification marketplace. In a press release, Trulioo said that, with the...
Sun Tzu might approve. As every general and C-suite pseudo-warrior knows, the ancient Chinese military theorist advised that every battle is won before it is ever fought — a saying that highlights the importance of preparation prior to any fight. The recent news that Goldman Sachs...
The authorities in the country of Kenya have charged 54 people — most of them civil servants — with stealing close to $100 million of public funds. In what is seen as a rare move to hold officials accountable for graft, Reuters reported that, according to Kenyan’s...
As the speed of payments increases around the world, the potential scope of fraud shifts to targets beyond cards. Criminals are taking advantage of the global spread of real-time digital transactions to con chief financial officers, invoice managers and the like, hoping to steal massive...
The new Medicare cards are on their way to consumers, a process that includes giving users of the health payment service numbers that differ from their Social Security accounts — which could reduce identify theft. The Federal Trade Commission previously announced that the cards would...
It’s all about the head-start. That’s the prime idea behind a new anti-fraud product from Fiserv, which said Monday (May 7) that it had partnered with Rippleshot, a fraud analytics firm, on an “early breach detection” tool. Called Card Risk Office Fraud Warning, the service,...
Credit Karma, the company that provides consumers with their credit score and a free identity monitoring tool for users, is expanding its offering to include data from the Dark Web. TechCrunch reported that with the expanding scanning capabilities, Credit Karma will not only be able to scan...
