Fraud
Fraud
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Michael Blume oversaw the controversial effort to crack down on consumer fraud by pressuring banks to cut off certain merchants’ access to the U.S. payment system.
June 19 -
Copenhagen-based digital payments specialist Nets is rolling out a service in the Nordic region to screen against fraudulent transactions online, with a particular focus on “clickbait fraud” that aims to entice consumers to unknowingly authorize recurring payments in exchange for nothing.
June 14 -
With internal and external fraud increasingly in the news at financial institutions, attendees at the Michigan Credit Union League's Annual Conference & Exposition explained how their credit unions are working to mitigate these threats.
June 13 -
Stuart Scott was apprehended at the request of the American government as part of a probe into foreign-exchange-trading practices.
June 8 -
In the wake of allegations against subprime auto lender Santander Consumer, attendees of CU Direct’s DRIVE Conference discuss steps credit unions are taking to protect against fraud risks.
June 6 -
It's time for credit unions, industry stakeholders and the movement's 107 million members to speak up and tell Congress to get serious about protecting members' data from retailer data breaches.
June 5 -
U.K. corporations are increasingly worried about business payment fraud, and while more than half fear attacks from the outside, concerns over insider fraud have spiked, according to a new report from Bottomline Technologies.
June 4 -
Recent NCUA prohibition orders have included restitution payments ranging from $14 million to $18 million, but it remains to be seen whether such stiff penalties will curb the incidence of fraud at CUs.
June 1 -
This is the second consecutive month that restitution payments for accompanying prohibition orders have exceeded $10 million.
May 31 -
The British machine learning technology company Featurespace is boosting its expansion strategy in the U.S. by arguing that fraud-fighting technology can improve on its own through experience.
May 26 -
As volume grows, fraud and security risk will expand as well. Merchants and issuers can't afford to avoid the extra work to secure the channel.
May 25 -
The U.K.’s Payment Systems Regulator is escalating its inquiry into the role banks play in preventing money-transfer scams where consumers are tricked into sending funds to fraudsters.
May 19 -
Family Savings CU helped police catch a suspect in a crime spree worth more than $43,000, but analysts say card skimming remains so pervasive that it may be nearly impossible to stop.
May 18 -
The U.S. shift to EMV technology has dramatically reduced levels of counterfeit card fraud, but merchants and the card networks are divided on whether it caused the expected shift of fraud to digital channels.
May 12 -
After a bogus-accounts scandal spooked new clients and crimped profitability, Wells Fargo may eliminate more branches and dismiss staff.
May 10 -
As China's only gambling center, the island has become a crime risk, pressuring greater security for card transactions.
May 8 -
Police in Sydney, Australia reportedly arrested two men this week suspected of using Host Card Emulation technology to make fraudulent debit card purchases amounting to AUS$1.5 million (US$1.1 million).
May 3 -
That was just one of the five prohibition orders issued by the National Credit Union Administration in April.
April 28 -
As restaurant security issues mount, it's important to have a set of sophistiated tools that can mitigate and respond to fraud, writes John Christly, global CIOS of Netsurion.
April 28 -
A $26 million settlement by Santander Consumer is shining a light on the hard-to-measure problem of auto dealer fraud, while also raising questions about the adequacy of lenders' efforts to combat bad behavior.
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