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New Tech Arms Merchants With Evidence to Stop Friendly Fraud

New Tech Arms Merchants With Evidence to Stop Friendly Fraud
New Tech Arms Merchants With Evidence to Stop Friendly Fraud
July 01, 2022  |  Cybersecurity

Tal Yeshanov, head of risk and strategic financial operations at Plastiq, said the term “friendly fraud” is a pleasant way of masking over a growing...

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Spike in BNPL Fraud Prompts Cybersecurity ‘Arms Race’
Spike in BNPL Fraud Prompts Cybersecurity ‘Arms Race’
June 24, 2022  |  Cybersecurity

Paper checks, credit cards, bank accounts — all have been favored targets of fraudsters over the years. Enter buy now, pay later (BNPL), the latest...

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How to Catch a Cyberthief
How to Catch a Cyberthief
June 22, 2022  |  Cybersecurity

It’s a scary fact, but anti-fraud experts agree that cybertheft rings are now well-funded multinationals with revenue goals of their own. Even worse, they now...

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Spike in Friendly Fraud Triggers Review of Chargeback Mechanisms
Spike in Friendly Fraud Triggers Review of Chargeback Mechanisms
June 15, 2022  |  Cybersecurity

First-party misuse — known as “friendly” fraud — can be difficult to detect, and reducing it is a delicate matter of telling true policy abusers...

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OCC Seeks Data on Crypto Assets and Identity Theft 
OCC Seeks Data on Crypto Assets and Identity Theft 
June 14, 2022  |  Legal & Regulation

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) published last week, on June 7 and 8, two notices seeking comments about the agency’s plans...

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LHV UK Fights Push Payment Fraud With Confirmation of Payee Service
LHV UK Fights Push Payment Fraud With Confirmation of Payee Service
June 14, 2022  |  Cybersecurity

Banking services provider LHV UK is fighting authorized push payment (APP) fraud with the integration of the Confirmation of Payee (CoP) service, now live for...

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Blockchain in Action: Government Records That Can Lift People Out of Poverty
Blockchain in Action: Government Records That Can Lift People Out of Poverty
June 09, 2022  |  Blockchain

Welcome to the seventh article in PYMNTS’ Blockchain in Action Series. Most people at least know that blockchain is the technology that bitcoin and other...

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PYMNTS Intelligence: The Challenges of Complying With Digital Identity Regulations
PYMNTS Intelligence: The Challenges of Complying With Digital Identity Regulations
June 09, 2022  |  eCommerce

Technologies designed to authenticate identities are being introduced around the world to replace cumbersome procedures involving usernames, passwords and paper-based identification documents. Biometrics, such as...

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