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WilsonHCG On Leveraging Video, Digital ID Tools To Ease Remote Hiring
Friday 15th January - 8:00 amHiring and vetting job applicants remotely has become par for the course, but not all companies know how to verify job applicants’ identities digitally, says Alicia O’Brien, vice president of ...
Deep Dive: How Online Retailers Kept Fraudsters From Having A Merry Little Christmas
Friday 15th January - 7:45 amThe holiday shopping season is the most wonderful time of the year for the retail industry. Brick-and-mortar merchants and online retailers alike often rely on end-of-year sales to generate up to ...
Decoding QR Codes: Retailers Embrace Simple, Secure Touchless Payments Option
Friday 15th January - 4:00 amThe use of QR codes is growing more popular in the United States, enabling consumers to instantly access information and easily pay on their smartphones without going through a URL ...
Commerzbank Says It Was 'Deceived' By Wirecard Fraud
Thursday 14th January - 5:50 pmCommerzbank has told lawyers that the bank was a victim of fraud in the ongoing Wirecard case, Reuters reported Thursday (Jan. 14). The lender was “deceived” by the executives and auditors ...
Nike Sues More Than 1,000 Websites And Other Parties Over Alleged Counterfeiting
Thursday 14th January - 11:00 amNike is suing 589 websites, the owners of 676 social media accounts and more than 100 unidentified companies and individuals for allegedly selling counterfeit versions of its Nike and Converse ...
How Swap.com Kept Fraudsters From Ruining Christmas
Thursday 14th January - 7:45 amThe post-holiday season is a busy time for consignment stores — making it a busy time for cybercriminals as well. And as new threats emerge, foiling fraud takes more than ...
Video, Facial ID Become Tools To Vet And On Board Remote Workforce
Thursday 14th January - 4:01 amEmployers reflecting on 2020 will largely remember it as the year of the remote shift. A survey of 1,200 companies across numerous industries found that nearly 49 percent of firms said ...
Bitcoin Daily: OCC Grants Crypto Firm Anchorage Conditional Digital Banking License; Crypto Exchange RG Coins Owner Arrested For Money Laundering
Wednesday 13th January - 9:36 pmThe Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) granted digital asset platform Anchorage Trust Company a digital banking license, according to a press release Wednesday (Jan. 13). With the ...
Today In Payments: Visa Opts Out Of Plaid Acquisition, Cites Complex Litigation; BillTrust To Make NASDAQ Debut Today Trading As BTRS
Wednesday 13th January - 3:00 pmIn today’s top news, Visa opted out of its acquisition of Plaid after the DOJ sued over antitrust concerns, and Billtrust is expected to start trading today after completing its ...
Swap.com Uses Data Analytics To Fight Post-Holiday Fraud Surge
Wednesday 13th January - 4:00 amThe 2020 holiday season was one for the history books, drastically different due to the pandemic limiting consumers’ in-person shopping experiences. Experts predicted that up to $190 billion would be ...
Commerzbank Cautioned BaFin About Wirecard Months Before Scandal
Tuesday 12th January - 4:58 pmCommerzbank warned German financial watchdog BaFin about Wirecard‘s illicit activity early in 2020, before the payment giant’s scandal of missing money came to light later in the year, the Financial ...
Rakuten Mobile Employee Arrested, Accused Of Stealing SoftBank Secrets
Tuesday 12th January - 1:34 pmAn ex-employee of SoftBank, a major Japanese wireless carrier, was reportedly arrested on Tuesday (Jan. 12) on suspicion of stealing trade secrets before taking a job with Rakuten Mobile, a ...
‘Organized Retail Crime’ Is Growing (And Not Just Because Of The Pandemic)
Tuesday 12th January - 11:00 amOrganized crime rings are taking advantage of the pandemic, looser police enforcement and a softening in anti-shoplifting laws to swipe tons of merchandise from retail stores and warehouses across the ...
Bitcoin Daily: Britain's Financial Regulator Warns Of Crypto Scams Offering High Returns
Monday 11th January - 9:18 pmThe U.K. Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said new scams could end up having devastating effects on crypto investors, CoinDesk reported. According to the FCA, investors could lose “all their money” if ...
Equifax Invests In Fraud Prevention And ID Verification With $640M Kount Deal
Monday 11th January - 4:01 pmThe great digital shift – and the rising tide of eCommerce – has placed greater pressure on companies to verify their customers and guard against account takeovers. To that end, late ...