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Priceline Uses AI To Stop Fraudsters In Their Tracks

Priceline Uses AI To Stop Fraudsters In Their Tracks
Priceline Uses AI To Stop Fraudsters In Their Tracks
December 19, 2019  |  Fraud Prevention

The $755 billion online travel industry is a honeypot for bad actors looking to use stolen payment credentials to purchase vacation packages and resell them...

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Rethinking The Roles Of Data, Accountants In SMB Finance
Rethinking The Roles Of Data, Accountants In SMB Finance
December 19, 2019  |  B2B Payments

FinTech and automation technology have cast a shadow of anxiety on the accounting industry in recent years, as certified public accountants (CPAs) began to wonder...

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Deep Dive: How QSRs Can Curb Chargeback Woes
Deep Dive: How QSRs Can Curb Chargeback Woes
December 19, 2019  |  Mobile Order Ahead

Bank and credit card chargebacks are valuable tools, keeping consumers safe from credit card thieves, hackers and unscrupulous merchants. The Truth in Lending Act, signed...

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Indian FinTech ZestMoney Raises $15M Led By Goldman Sachs
Indian FinTech ZestMoney Raises $15M Led By Goldman Sachs
December 19, 2019  |  Alternative Credit

Bangalore-based FinTech ZestMoney has raised $15 million in a Series B funding round led by Goldman Sachs and existing investors Naspers, Quona Capital, and Omidyar...

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Bitcoin Daily: Lukka Launches TurboTax For Crypto
Bitcoin Daily: Lukka Launches TurboTax For Crypto
December 19, 2019  |  Bitcoin

Cryptocurrency accounting firm Lukka has released a new service that will figure out the taxes on crypto assets, according to a report by CoinDesk. Get...

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Truecaller Caller ID System To Extend Financial Services In India
Truecaller Caller ID System To Extend Financial Services In India
December 19, 2019  |  Cross-border Payments

Swedish caller identification system TrueCaller is dipping its toes in the financial services water as it prepares for an initial public offering in the next...

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Why Main Street SMBs Are A Greenfield For InsurTech
Why Main Street SMBs Are A Greenfield For InsurTech
December 19, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Insurance may not be the most flashy or exciting of industries, but its continued reliance on paper and inefficient underwriting processes makes the market a...

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Navigating Merchants’ Bumpy Ride To SCA Compliance In 2020
Navigating Merchants’ Bumpy Ride To SCA Compliance In 2020
December 19, 2019  |  Legal & Regulation

The revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2) Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) regulation rollout in the EU has been a little bit on the bumpy side so...

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