The companies are working to thwart abuse on the Honey platform, a deal-finding system that PayPal acquired in 2019.

As both e-commerce and payment fraud accelerate, Sift is strengthening its digital protection platform by acquiring Chargeback, a real-time dispute management provider.

Cryptojacking is a particularly dangerous attack, but there are ways to fight back, Marc Laliberte of WatchGuard writes.

The digital migration caused new risks, and new responsibilities for security professionals.

Fake fundraising or phony customer service tricks people into handing over money or account details, Yinglian Xie of Datavisor writes.

As contactless payments skyrocket, the chance for fraud gets larger, says ClearSales's Rafael Lourenco.

The purchase is one of several moves the payment company has made to improve its identity expertise.

The San Francisco-based technology provider raised $70 million in a Series C round this week, bringing its total funding to $114 million.

While the eventual emergence from lockdown will help ease the pressure on overworked compliance departments, there is still an obvious need for tools that will make the anti-money laundering process simpler and stress-free, says SmartSearch's Martin Cheek.

Data from Sift and the FBI show how methods scammers adapted during the pandemic.

Malaysia’s 1MDB and a former unit have filed suits against firms including JPMorgan Chase and Deutsche Bank as the nation seeks to recover assets worth more than $23 billion linked to the scandal-plagued state-owned investment fund.

Less than two years after shutting down its biggest business amid fraud allegations, the Michigan company has sold branches, settled a shareholder lawsuit and returned to profitability under turnaround specialist Thomas O’Brien.

Magecart attacks, which target e-commerce websites in order to steal personal data during the checkout process, are picking up steam with cyber attackers, says PermeterX's Ameet Naik.

The FDIC issued a prohibition order against Mark Wong, who was ordered to pay nearly $220,000 in restitution as part of a guilty plea in January.

Security is a constantly changing game, with criminals adopting new strategies and the payment industry and other financial institutions deploying increasingly sophisticated techniques to stop them.

Merchant service providers need dynamic cybersecurity assessment tools to identify the key areas of risk in their portfolio in near real-time, says ZeroRisk's Neira Jones.

Fraud detection and prevention technology must align with clear return policies and strong customer service ensuring that confused but loyal and well-intentioned customers can continue to purchase from merchants, says Ravelin's Mairtin O'Riada.

Modern payment processors using AI to interpret and analyze trends and point-of-spend data can detect fraud across ecommerce in real time and provide that knowledge onwards to the bank just as quickly, says Paymentology's Abe Smith.

Credit unions are warning members that fraudsters are trying to prey on them by asking for data in exchange for appointments that turn out to be bogus.

Financial crime isn’t going away, and it’s growing worse all the time. That’s why institutions need to move at the speed of fraud, says Quantexa's Clark Frogley.