fraud

Fraud is intentional deception to secure unfair or unlawful gain, or to deprive a victim of a legal right. Fraud can violate civil law, a criminal law, or it may cause no loss of money, property or legal right but still be an element of another civil or criminal wrong.

TechREG Weekly EMEA: Top Officials Call for Crypto Regulation; EU, UK Regulators Focus on Consumer Credit Rules, Fraud Prevention Tools

TechREG Weekly EMEA: Top Officials Call for Crypto Regulation; EU, UK Regulators Focus on Consumer Credit Rules, Fraud Prevention Tools
TechREG Weekly EMEA: Top Officials Call for Crypto Regulation; EU, UK Regulators Focus on Consumer...
May 20, 2022  |  Regulation

This week, policymakers and regulators in Europe have continued issuing warnings about cryptocurrencies as “highly speculative assets” and renewed calls for “consistent and comprehensive” crypto...

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Collaboration Lowers Risk of B2B Payments Fraud
Collaboration Lowers Risk of B2B Payments Fraud
May 20, 2022  |  B2B Payments

The transition of employees to working from home has made critical business systems and processes more vulnerable to attack, resulting in an increase of B2B...

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EMEA Daily: G-7 Countries Want Crypto Regulated
EMEA Daily: G-7 Countries Want Crypto Regulated
May 20, 2022  |  emea

In today’s top stories from Europe, the Middle East and Africa, financial leaders from the G-7 countries call for regulations on cryptocurrency following the stablecoin...

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FTC to Issue $152M in Checks to Additional Victims of AMG Services
FTC to Issue $152M in Checks to Additional Victims of AMG Services
May 19, 2022  |  Security & Fraud

The Federal Trade Commission announced Thursday (May 19) that it will mail 690,000 checks, amounting to over $152 million, to customers who were defrauded by...

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UK FCA Will Fight Fraud by Canceling Permissions in 28 Days
UK FCA Will Fight Fraud by Canceling Permissions in 28 Days
May 19, 2022  |  Regulation

The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced on Thursday (May 19) that it will use new powers to more swiftly cancel or change what regulated...

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Today in TechREG: CFTC Chair Signals Added Crypto Enforcement; UK Financial Regulator Gets More Powers to Combat Fraud
Today in TechREG: CFTC Chair Signals Added Crypto Enforcement; UK Financial Regulator Gets More Powers...
May 19, 2022  |  Regulation

Today in technology regulation, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) eyes cryptocurrency enforcement, while the United Kingdom’s financial regulator plans to use new powers to...

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Today in Data: Anti-Fraud Solutions Leave B2B Firms Unhappy
Today in Data: Anti-Fraud Solutions Leave B2B Firms Unhappy
May 19, 2022  |  Today In Data

Today in data, new research by PYMNTS finds that a majority of B2B firms were unhappy with the solutions they have for dealing with fraud....

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CFTC’s Chair Signals More Crypto Enforcement and Oversight 
CFTC’s Chair Signals More Crypto Enforcement and Oversight 
May 19, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Rostin Behnam, Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), has participated in several events this week, reclaiming the position of his agency in the...

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PYMNTS AM Radar: B2B Friction Reduction; NFT Cuteness Factor; Using Behavior to Prevent Fraud; ICYMI
PYMNTS AM Radar: B2B Friction Reduction; NFT Cuteness Factor; Using Behavior to Prevent Fraud; ICYMI
May 19, 2022  |  eCommerce

It’s Thursday, May 19, and it’s an outlier day — only Devil’s Food Cake Day seems to have claimed it, and that’s not nearly enough....

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