The fraudsters are getting ever bolder — and attacking businesses and financial institutions (FIs) at scale. Part of their secret to success is their ability to adapt. Which raises the question: How can the good guys adapt? They can. Andrew Stucchio, global head of network...
Fear can be a powerful motivator, especially where payments fraud is concerned. While financial institutions have a healthy fear of high-profile fraud vectors like business email compromise and authorized push payments fraud, they may not have developed it around a new source of concern: instant...
For the banks mulling when they’ll connect to real-time payment rails — and for those already connected in order for instant payments to be received, but not sent — fraud remains the big issue. At this writing, at least in the U.S., interest is high...
Consumers are turning to peer-to-peer (P2P) apps like Venmo and Zelle for quick and easy money transfers. But while these services have become ubiquitous, concerns about fraud are casting a shadow over their growth. A recent PYMNTS Intelligence report, “P2P Payment Potential: Promoting Convenience While...
November 14, 2024
The fraudsters are getting ever bolder — and attacking businesses and financial institutions (FIs) at scale. Part of their secret to success is their ability to adapt. Which raises the question: How can the good guys adapt? They can. Andrew Stucchio, global head of network payments pricing, analytics and controls at Discover® Global Network, told […]
October 23, 2024
Fear can be a powerful motivator, especially where payments fraud is concerned. While financial institutions have a healthy fear of high-profile fraud vectors like business email compromise and authorized push...
August 02, 2024
Consumers are turning to peer-to-peer (P2P) apps like Venmo and Zelle for quick and easy money transfers. But while these services have become ubiquitous, concerns about fraud are casting a...
July 31, 2024
If all goes well, the future of business processes won’t look anything like its past. And that holds particularly true in business-to-business (B2B) payments, where the past — and even...
December 16, 2024
Banking giant HSBC is facing a lawsuit in Australia over alleged fraud-prevention failures. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) announced Monday (Dec. 16) that it was suing HSBC Australia, accusing the bank of failing to have proper controls to identify and stop unauthorized payments. “We allege HSBC Australia’s failings were widespread and systemic, and […]
May 02, 2024
Payments firm Orum has debuted a tool to help clients prevent failed payments. No Code Verify, announced Thursday (May 2), lets businesses and institutions determine if a bank account is open and...
May 02, 2024
Private equity company Permira has acquired a majority stake in Israeli fraud/financial crime prevention provider BioCatch. The agreement, announced Thursday (May 2), values BioCatch at $1.3 billion, and comes amid a...
April 17, 2024
Cognizant and FICO plan to launch a cloud-based real-time payments fraud prevention solution designed for North American banks and other payment service providers. The joint offering would leverage both firms’ artificial intelligence...
