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White House Launches Fraud Ledger to Track Government Crackdown

August 06, 2026
White House, Washington, D.C.
Hackers Spoof IT Helpdesk Numbers to Steal Enterprise Cloud Data
Cybersecurity // August 06, 2026

A voice phishing (vishing) campaign targeting financial services, private equity and professional services firms has adopted some new techniques since May, Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) said in a Thursday (Aug. 6) blog post. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

Crypto Scammers Take Advantage of New EU Regulations
Cryptocurrency // August 06, 2026

Europe’s new cryptocurrency regulations have reportedly given fraudsters a new pathway to scamming consumers. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS...

Quantifind Raises $200 Million to Find the Fraudster in the Financial Chain
Fraud Prevention // August 05, 2026

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Payment Fraud Is Moving Upstream, and Visa Just Bought the Data to Follow It
Fraud Prevention // August 04, 2026

The payments industry’s brightest minds have built some of cybersecurity’s most sophisticated defenses around the moment money moves. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to...

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Quantifind Raises $200 Million to Find the Fraudster in the Financial Chain

August 05, 2026
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Debit Data Shows Which Banks Get Everyday Payments Right

July 30, 2026
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Fraud and Disputes Rank as a Top Cost for 42% of Issuers

July 28, 2026
Card issuers must distinguish a fraudulent transaction from a legitimate one in milliseconds. Now there’s a new complication: What happens when the legitimate customer is no longer the party directly...

78% of CFOs Say Payment Blind Spots Increase Customer Friction

July 15, 2026
The best fraud prevention stops bad transactions and lets good ones move faster. But new findings in the June 2026 edition of The 2026 Certainty Project, a PYMNTS Intelligence and...

Quick Reads
White House Launches Fraud Ledger to Track Government Crackdown

August 06, 2026
The White House has launched a website (fraud.gov) that tracks the actions taken by its fraud task force and the dollar amounts recovered through those actions. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily […]

Hackers Spoof IT Helpdesk Numbers to Steal Enterprise Cloud Data

August 06, 2026
A voice phishing (vishing) campaign targeting financial services, private equity and professional services firms has adopted some new techniques since May, Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) said in a Thursday (Aug. 6) blog post. Get the Full Story...

Crypto Scammers Take Advantage of New EU Regulations

August 06, 2026
Europe’s new cryptocurrency regulations have reportedly given fraudsters a new pathway to scamming consumers. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

Visa Buys BioCatch for $2.4B to Detect Scams Before Money Moves

August 03, 2026
Visa is set to acquire Israel-based fraud intelligence company BioCatch for $2.4 billion. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...