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Why Machines Need Humans To Beat Online Fraud

Why Machines Need Humans To Beat Online Fraud
Why Machines Need Humans To Beat Online Fraud
October 03, 2018  |  Fraud Prevention

Fraudsters are nothing if not actors. Some of them are quite good, perhaps even worthy of an Oscar (or at least a Golden Globe), while...

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Getting B2B Payments Out Of The Paper Check Dark Ages
Getting B2B Payments Out Of The Paper Check Dark Ages
October 03, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Someone needs to write an epic poem about the paper check. Love it or hate it (and we all say we hate it even though...

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How Picfair Plans To Shake Up Shutterstock (And Photo Marketplaces)
How Picfair Plans To Shake Up Shutterstock (And Photo Marketplaces)
October 03, 2018  |  Matchmakers

Before Benji Lanyado founded photography marketplace Picfair, he was a journalist covering the travel beat for a “publication whose name you would know” facing an ongoing problem....

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Vocalink On The Grim Facts Behind Financial Crime’s $1.4T Toll
Vocalink On The Grim Facts Behind Financial Crime’s $1.4T Toll
October 02, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

Halloween comes early this year as we delve into a slew of grisly facts about financial crime in our latest Data Drivers. Losses amount to...

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Inventor Of The Web, Tim Berners-Lee, Wants To Take It Back
Inventor Of The Web, Tim Berners-Lee, Wants To Take It Back
October 02, 2018  |  Data

What would one say about a computer geek who said he could protect their online identity, and while doing do would make a bold move against...

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Avant Brings SaaS Lending Tech To Banks
Avant Brings SaaS Lending Tech To Banks
October 02, 2018  |  Loans

Avant is best known among its financial services peers as a FinTech firm, founded to throw automation and an artificial intelligence (AI)-enhanced underwriting process at...

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Ondot On The Real-Time Data Future Of Financial Services
Ondot On The Real-Time Data Future Of Financial Services
October 01, 2018  |  Digital Banking

People love mapping apps for three reasons: Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

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The Merciless Conflict Within Merchant Onboarding
The Merciless Conflict Within Merchant Onboarding
October 01, 2018  |  Digital Payments

Cake: It’s that thing one can supposedly have as long as they don’t take a fork (or their fingers) and try to put some into their...

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Gold: Sourced Digitally, Ethically And Via Blockchain
Gold: Sourced Digitally, Ethically And Via Blockchain
October 01, 2018  |  Blockchain

Can blockchain help improve transparency of — and even the ethics surrounding — the gold supply chain? Emergent Technology Holdings helps track where the yellow...

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