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Investec: What FIs Must Know About Open Banking And Gaining Consumer Trust
Investec: What FIs Must Know About Open Banking And Gaining Consumer Trust
June 25, 2020  |  Fraud Prevention

Digital fraud and cybercrime are constant worries for financial institutions (FIs) of all sizes, with these businesses seeing an average of 30 cyberattacks per hour...

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DOJ Alleges Man Faked 120 Employees To Get $3M PPP Loan
DOJ Alleges Man Faked 120 Employees To Get $3M PPP Loan
June 23, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

A 44-year-old Texas man, Fahad Shah, was charged with fraud for allegedly attempting to file fake loan applications for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), according...

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Ex-Microsoft Engineer Guilty Of Pilfering $10M In eCurrency
Ex-Microsoft Engineer Guilty Of Pilfering $10M In eCurrency
February 26, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

A former Microsoft engineer was found guilty of 18 federal felonies after he stole $10 million worth of digital currency from his ex-employer and used...

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Today In Payments: Intuit To Buy Credit Karma; JPMorgan To Open UK Digital Bank
Today In Payments: Intuit To Buy Credit Karma; JPMorgan To Open UK Digital Bank
February 24, 2020  |  News

In today’s top news, TurboTax creator Intuit is reportedly buying Credit Karma, and JPMorgan Chase is looking to open a digital bank in the U.K....

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GIACT On Payments’ $29M Wire Fraud Wake-Up Call
GIACT On Payments’ $29M Wire Fraud Wake-Up Call
November 04, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

Last week, the U.S. subsidiary of Japan’s largest financial media organization, Nikkei, made headlines for the reason that no firm ever wants: The company was...

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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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Data Dive, Criminality Edition: Fingerprints And Wire Fraud And Money Laundering (Oh My!)
Data Dive, Criminality Edition: Fingerprints And Wire Fraud And Money Laundering (Oh My!)
April 15, 2019  |  Data Dive

Not every innovation is a good innovation. Some, like the pet rock, are merely fads. Others, like the iPhone, are change-the-world impactful. Then there are...

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Michael Avenatti Arrested For Bank, Wire Fraud
Michael Avenatti Arrested For Bank, Wire Fraud
March 26, 2019  |  Legal

Attorney Michael Avenatti has been charged in two federal cases with wire and bank fraud, as well as allegedly attempting to extort more than $20...

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Huawei CFO Charged With Bank Fraud
Huawei CFO Charged With Bank Fraud
January 29, 2019  |  Legal

U.S. prosecutors have filed criminal charges against China’s largest technology company, accusing it of stealing trade secrets and committing bank fraud. In a 13-count indictment...

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