Phone number masking cases have caused European authorities to issue advice on how to prevent fraud. While the big European fraud trial of the moment is the Wirecard case, in which former executives of the German payments company are trying to pin the blame on...
Open-source decentralized finance (DeFi) blockchain ecosystem Celo raised $20 million from partners including Andreessen Horowitz, Greenfield One and Electric Capital, according to a press release. This brings its total backing to over $65 million. Celo also announced the official launch of its mobile remittance and peer-to-peer...
In today’s top news, the EU has established a team to fight financial crime amid the economic downturn, and U.S. lenders expect most borrowers to resume payments soon. Plus, buyers of Apple products will soon be able to pay for them in monthly installments with...
The European Union (EU) has established a new unit to wage war against financial crime amid an economy struck by the coronavirus pandemic. Europol, EU’s police department, has given the green light for a 65-person investigative division to fight fraud and money laundering, DW.com reported....
December 21, 2022
Phone number masking cases have caused European authorities to issue advice on how to prevent fraud. While the big European fraud trial of the moment is the Wirecard case, in which former executives of the German payments company are trying to pin the blame on each other for embezzling from the firm’s clients, another case […]
March 13, 2017
Americans are waking up slightly groggier this morning as we as a nation continue to adjust to Daylight Savings Time. The good news is that we are all somewhat less...
March 04, 2026
The Justice Department announced the seizure of what it called one of the world’s largest hacker forums. In a Wednesday (March 4) news release, the department said LeakBase, “one of the world’s largest online forums” trading in stolen data and cybercrime tools, had been dismantled in a global operation. “On March 3 and 4, law enforcement agents and […]
February 10, 2021
Open-source decentralized finance (DeFi) blockchain ecosystem Celo raised $20 million from partners including Andreessen Horowitz, Greenfield One and Electric Capital, according to a press release. This brings its total backing to...
June 08, 2020
The European Union (EU) has established a new unit to wage war against financial crime amid an economy struck by the coronavirus pandemic. Europol, EU’s police department, has given the...
June 21, 2019
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a global regulatory firm based in Paris and comprised of countries ranging from China to the U.S., said it was going to increase scrutiny...