payments fraud

Protecting Accounts Payable From Smarter, Faster Fraudsters

Protecting Accounts Payable From Smarter, Faster Fraudsters
Protecting Accounts Payable From Smarter, Faster Fraudsters
June 12, 2019  |  Cybersecurity

Payments are getting faster, fraudsters are getting smarter — and AP departments are often unwitting victims of phishing and other schemes. Bottomline’s Doug Cranston, VP...

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Why Aren’t More FIs Using AI To Fight Fraud?
Why Aren’t More FIs Using AI To Fight Fraud?
June 11, 2019  |  Artificial Intelligence

Payment fraud is an ideal use case for machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI), and has been used by financial institutions (FIs) to great effect....

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‘Scattered Canary’ BEC Scams Aim At US Firms
‘Scattered Canary’ BEC Scams Aim At US Firms
June 10, 2019  |  B2B Payments

From a one-man shop committing check fraud on Craigslist to a sophisticated multi-fraudster committing BEC scams, the rise of Scattered Canary has been startling. Elsewhere, in...

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Why AI Is MIA In Most FI Fraud Departments
Why AI Is MIA In Most FI Fraud Departments
June 04, 2019  |  Artificial Intelligence

In the old days, forged checks were the biggest problems that bank fraud departments had to manage. Today, financial institutions (FIs) face a barrage of...

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Ireland’s Growing Invoice Redirect Fraud Problem
Ireland’s Growing Invoice Redirect Fraud Problem
May 17, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Authorities in Ireland have warned businesses about a rise in “CEO fraud” that gets unwitting victims to pay up in invoice redirect fraud. Separately, individual...

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Is Digital The Best Defense Against Trade Finance Fraud?
Is Digital The Best Defense Against Trade Finance Fraud?
May 10, 2019  |  B2B Payments

There are trillions of dollars at stake when it comes to trade finance fraud, and a senior OCBC Bank MD urges firms to go digital...

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The Case Of The $850 Million (Alleged) Crypto Fraud
The Case Of The $850 Million (Alleged) Crypto Fraud
April 26, 2019  |  Cybersecurity

Cryptocurrencies have had a rough week of it, evidenced by a double-digit percentage drop in bitcoin, arguably the marquee name in the space. Get the...

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FBI: BEC Scams Stole $1.2B In 2018
FBI: BEC Scams Stole $1.2B In 2018
April 26, 2019  |  B2B Payments

BEC scams are proving lucrative, according to recent FBI reports, which found that the bad guys’ haul doubled in 2018 over 2017. Separately, in Ireland, students...

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