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.

Joella’s Hot Chicken On Leveraging And Safeguarding Loyalty Programs For Today’s Digital Consumers
Joella’s Hot Chicken On Leveraging And Safeguarding Loyalty Programs For Today’s Digital Consumers
April 23, 2021  |  Mobile Order Ahead

Quick-service restaurants (QSRs) are dishing out mobile-enabled loyalty programs, but fraudsters are also eager to take a bite out of them. In the Mobile Order-Ahead...

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Fraud-Prevention Platform Sift Raises $50 Million, Valued At Over $1 Billion
Fraud-Prevention Platform Sift Raises $50 Million, Valued At Over $1 Billion
April 22, 2021  |  Investments

Sift, which works in digital safety, has ended a new funding round and raised $50 million, according to a press release. The company is now...

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Bitcoin Daily: EU Regulators Probe Binance Over Stock Tokens; Turkish Authorities Investigate Crypto Exchange Thodex For Possible $2 Billion Fraud
Bitcoin Daily: EU Regulators Probe Binance Over Stock Tokens; Turkish Authorities Investigate Crypto Exchange Thodex...
April 22, 2021  |  Bitcoin

European regulators are looking into whether Binance, one of the largest crypto exchanges in the world, has been following securities rules since it launched trading...

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Supreme Court’s Ruling Curtails FTC Reach On Monetary Awards
Supreme Court’s Ruling Curtails FTC Reach On Monetary Awards
April 22, 2021  |  Legal

For now – and maybe for a long while – it will be tougher to get ill-gotten gains back from the bad actors … at...

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Today In Payments: Digital Chipotle Orders Account For 50 Pct Of All Sales; Affirm To Buy Returnly For $300 Million
Today In Payments: Digital Chipotle Orders Account For 50 Pct Of All Sales; Affirm To...
April 22, 2021  |  News

In today’s top news, Chipotle’s earnings showed a massive shift to digital ordering, and Affirm is acquiring Returnly. Plus, SPAC deals have dropped significantly thus...

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Wirecard Staff Reportedly Took Large Sums Of Cash From HQ
Wirecard Staff Reportedly Took Large Sums Of Cash From HQ
April 22, 2021  |  Security & Fraud

Wirecard staffers reportedly took millions of euros in funds from the firm’s German base in plastic bags during a timeframe that spanned years, the Financial...

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Deep Dive: How Firms Can Tap Behavioral Analytics To Keep Consumers Engaged And Fraudsters Out
Deep Dive: How Firms Can Tap Behavioral Analytics To Keep Consumers Engaged And Fraudsters Out
April 22, 2021  |  Authentication

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Joella’s Hot Chicken Takes Bite Out Of Loyalty Fraud With Data Analytics
Joella’s Hot Chicken Takes Bite Out Of Loyalty Fraud With Data Analytics
April 22, 2021  |  Mobile Order Ahead

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DOJ Task Force Targeting Ransomware Ecosystem
DOJ Task Force Targeting Ransomware Ecosystem
April 21, 2021  |  Security & Fraud

A new task force launched by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is looking to curtail ransomware and other cyberattacks by targeting the underlying digital...

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