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Fraudsters Siphon $100 Million In COVID Relief Through Online Investment Platforms
Fraudsters Siphon $100 Million In COVID Relief Through Online Investment Platforms
March 30, 2021  |  Security & Fraud

Scammers stealing from government-funded pandemic relief programs have found a new trick — opening accounts with at least four online investment platforms, CNBC reported Monday...

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Deep Dive: How FIs Can Keep Their Digital-First Innovations Secure
Deep Dive: How FIs Can Keep Their Digital-First Innovations Secure
January 27, 2021  |  Digital-First Banking

The banking industry faces many day-to-day business challenges, including competition with digitally native FinTechs and the ubiquitous social distancing restrictions brought on by the pandemic....

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Deep Dive: How Identity Fraud Targets Banks
Deep Dive: How Identity Fraud Targets Banks
September 25, 2020  |  Fraud Prevention

Fraudsters leverage an array of schemes to conduct financial crimes, including digital methods like botnets and brute force hacks as well as old-school ones like...

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New Fed Report Recommends ‘Comprehensive Approach’ To Fighting Synthetic Identity Fraud
New Fed Report Recommends ‘Comprehensive Approach’ To Fighting Synthetic Identity Fraud
July 02, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

As a one-size-fits-all solution does not exist for the increasing problem of synthetic identity fraud, The Federal Reserve reports that experts suggest a “comprehensive approach”...

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Deep Dive: Why New Hacking Technology Has Made Application Fraud More Difficult To Fight
Deep Dive: Why New Hacking Technology Has Made Application Fraud More Difficult To Fight
March 27, 2020  |  Fraud Prevention

The financial industry is particularly vulnerable to digital fraud. Untold trillions of dollars cycle between financial institutions (FIs) and customers around the world every day,...

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Can AI Fix Consumer Onboarding Security Hiccups?
Can AI Fix Consumer Onboarding Security Hiccups?
February 03, 2020  |  Platform Payments

The sharing economy’s business model is straightforward: Individuals list goods and services on curated online platforms that foster pain-free connections to renters or buyers. Such...

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A Full-Picture Approach To Thwarting Debit Fraud
A Full-Picture Approach To Thwarting Debit Fraud
January 31, 2020  |  Next-Gen Debit

Debit payments have a $960 million fraud problem — and reliance on analyzing customers' behaviors doesn’t go far enough. Modern security measures must examine the...

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Unbundling The Travel Bundle
Unbundling The Travel Bundle
January 30, 2020  |  Payments Innovation

The sharing economy is undergoing a sea change due to Generation Z’s coming of age. Experts expect this generation, which heavily favors the sharing and...

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You Haven’t Been Yourself Lately: Digital Identity Trends 2020
You Haven’t Been Yourself Lately: Digital Identity Trends 2020
January 13, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

The launch of EMV chip cards in the U.S. in the early 2000s had much of the hoped-for effect: By 2017, both Mastercard and Visa...

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