Synthetic ID fraud costs banks $2 billion a year. The bad guys are so crafty that the credit bureaus are unwitting accomplices to the fraud. Traditional methods of catching ID theft fall short, as Naftali Harris, co-founder of SentiLink says in the latest Monday Conversation...
The FBI has announced a directive shift away from counterterrorism and toward fighting the increasing threats from cyber attacks, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...
Close to 1 billion email accounts were leaked by a marketing company in what some researchers are calling the “biggest and most comprehensive email database” breach ever. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...
Sinemia, the movie subscription service in direct competition with MoviePass, surprised customers by cancelling a number of accounts, according to a report by TechCrunch. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...
Swedbank fired its chief executive officer as investigations into money laundering at the bank have expanded. 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...
The U.S. Census Bureau has asked some of the country’s biggest tech companies to help stop the spread of “fake news” campaigns that could potentially disrupt the upcoming 2020 count. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...
Swedbank is the subject of an inquiry by U.S. regulators in the wake of money laundering scandals, reported the Financial Times. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...
The Federal Bureau of Investigation announced Tuesday (March 26) that its Joint Criminal Opioid and Darknet Enforcement (J-CODE) team made 61 arrests and shut down 50 darknet accounts used for illicit activity. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...
As online gamblers all but feast on the odds and brackets of the ongoing NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament in the U.S. – the first March Madness since the U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized sports betting – lawmakers in the U.K. are considering a crackdown on digital...
