Online brokerage Robinhood, which offers a suite of tools aimed at making investing easy and comparatively cheap for the uninitiated, said on Friday (Oct. 9) that hackers may have gained information about customers’ personal email accounts, Reuters reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form...
Federal prosecutors on Thursday (Oct. 8) charged a Dallas-area man with allegedly playing a role in a scheme that sought to fraudulently obtain $24.8 million in federal Paycheck Protection Plan (PPP) funds, which are backed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus Aid,...
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are continuing to attract attention from authorities for all the wrong reasons. For instance, a new U.S. Justice Department report is taking aim at the “emerging threats and enforcement challenges” associated with digital currencies, establishing a “Cryptocurrency Enforcement Framework” to address...
Ugandan police are investigating the hacking of a third-party processor of phone-based transactions, Bloomberg reported, that affected MTN Group and Standard Bank Group‘s local units. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...
Risk management platform Feedzai announced a 44 percent increase in growth for the first half of the fiscal year for 2020, which a press release says was one of the company’s most successful so far. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...
The growing cost of online fraud – and finding ways to detect it – has long been a costly concern of financial institutions (FIs). But GeoGuard CEO David Briggs told Karen Webster in a recent conversation that FIs could eliminate most fraudulent transactions with the...
Germany’s financial watchdog BaFin would be equipped with a stronger bite under a plan just rolled out by Germany’s coalition government. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...
The way we bank is changing in the age of COVID-19. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing...
In the age of eCommerce, chargebacks are on the rise. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing this...
