Search results for "fraud"

January 03, 2023
Call Centers Become Prime Target for Identity Fraud

Retail call centers are the front line of consumer queries and the favorite new target for identity fraud. Daniel Flowe, head of identity strategy at Refinitiv, told PYMNTS that while...


January 02, 2023
Prosecutors Suspicious of Bankman-Fried Crypto Wallets

Prosecutors are reportedly investigating transactions involving crypto wallets associated with Sam Bankman-Fried.  Blockchain analysts have spotted more than $1 million being moved from these accounts over the last several days,...


January 02, 2023
Brazilian President Signs Bill Creating Crypto Regulations

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has signed a bill creating crypto payment regulations. Bolsonaro made no modifications to the bill approved by Congress before signing it into law on Thursday (Dec....


January 02, 2023
Bahamas Securities Commission Reports Seizing $3.5B In FTX Assets

The Bahamas’ Securities Commission seized $3.5 billion from FTX just after the company’s bankruptcy. The regulator announced the seizure Thursday (Dec. 29), saying the cryptocurrency funds were moved from FTX...


December 30, 2022
Bahamas Securities Commission Reports Seizing $3.5B in FTX Assets

The Bahamas’ Securities Commission seized $3.5 billion from FTX just after the company’s bankruptcy. The regulator announced the seizure Thursday (Dec. 29), saying the cryptocurrency funds were moved from FTX...


December 29, 2022
‘Irreconcilable Conflict’ Emerges in FTX Crypto Bankruptcy As Non-US Investors...

Non-US customers affected by the FTX crypto bankruptcy fear their entrusted money could be “misappropriated” again. That’s according to a formal complaint for declaratory judgment filed Wednesday night (Dec. 28)...


December 29, 2022
CFOs See Data-Driven Decision Making at Center of 2023 Action

CFOs who spent 2022 modernizing their businesses expect to reap further data-driven benefits in 2023. Across numerous and far-ranging discussions, PYMNTS found that providing value through cutting-edge analytics is a key priority...


December 29, 2022
Dealer-Pay and Dealertrack Add Payment Tools to Car Dealer Management...

Dealer-Pay and Dealertrack are collaborating to add payment tools to an automotive dealer management system.  The two companies have launched an integration that delivers Dealer-Pay’s advanced payment tools to Dealertrack’s dealer management system...


December 29, 2022
FTX Crypto Founder Bankman-Fried’s Plea Expected Next Week

In the wake of news that his former friends and peers are cooperating with authorities, FTX crypto founder Sam Bankman-Fried is expected to enter a plea at his criminal arraignment...


The Path to FinTech Profitability Must Be Fraud-Proof
Threat of Deepfakes Drives Two-Thirds of FinTechs to  Boost Fraud Budgets With rising FinTech fraud and convincing deepfakes threatening their bottom lines, more than two in three FinTechs plan to expand their budgets to deploy tech that can detect true human liveness, as discussed in the latest PYMNTS “FinTech Tracker®,” a collaboration with Sezzle.
Improving Financial Performance: Challenges Driving Spend Management System Adoption
Spend Management Headaches Push SaaS Firms to Automated Systems A new PYMNTS’ survey of 225 SaaS firm executives for the “Improving Financial Performance: Challenges Driving Spend Management System Adoption” report, an Airbase collaboration,  showed that accessing real-time data is so challenging when managing non-payroll spend that 76% said they’d pay for a system to help.