Fraud
Fraud
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A Wells Fargo customer was interrogated, fingerprinted and mistakenly arrested for check forgery after a series of mistakes on the bank's part. He was cleared, and Wells says it made an error, but they are now fighting in civil court.
May 20 -
Ticketmaster has battled fraud in paper ticketing for years — but mobile technology introduced new ways for fraudsters to steal, resell and counterfeit high-priced digital tickets.
May 20 -
Police and city agencies can no longer use facial-recognition technology, which civil liberties groups say infringes on human rights. The measure may be an ominous sign for biometric login authentication.
May 17 -
Edward Rostohar, who was CEO of CBS Employees Federal Credit Union, could face up to 15 years in prison following a $40 million scheme that brought down the institution.
May 16 -
Police and city agencies can no longer use facial-recognition technology, which civil liberties groups say infringes on human rights. The measure may be an ominous sign for biometric login authentication.
May 16 -
More than half of all states don’t have an electronic system to track car titles and liens, which increases the potential for fraud and costs for lenders.
May 15 -
Uber will use Adyen's technology to incorporate the latest version of EMVCo’s 3-D Secure authentication, which has been updated to comply with PSD2 mandates for stronger identity vetting.
May 14 -
Restaurants, electronics sellers and digital-goods merchants are seeing sharp spikes in fraud as criminals find creative new ways to interfere in online and mobile commerce.
May 14 -
There are almost no vulnerabilities that aren't covered by some sort of intelligence or data, says Steven Rogers, president and CEO of Centripetal.
May 14 -
The short-term disruption is worth the benefits of improved security and user experience, writes IIya Dubinsky, head of the CTO office at Credorax.
May 13 -
New legislation in Iowa that allows banks and credit unions to utilize electronic notaries could help local lenders compete with online competitors.
May 13 -
Traditional authentication practices are incapable of meeting the real-time demands, writes Frank Teruel, senior vice president and general manager of ThreatMetrix.
May 13 -
The Southeastern regional bank said Thursday that it had hired Lee Byrd to a new role dedicated to protecting customers and the company itself from fraud.
May 9 -
Elder abuse costs banks $1 billion in deposits a year, according to AARP. It has launched a video-game-style online training program that teaches bank employees what to be alert for.
May 8 -
The Credit Union National Association has partnered with the group to help distribute the platform to financial institutions free of charge.
May 8 -
Amazon.com Inc. said it was hit by an "extensive" fraud, revealing that unidentified hackers were able to siphon funds from merchant accounts over six months last year.
May 8 -
Not unlike consumers finding it convenient to make a one-click payment online, fraudsters want less friction as they steal payment or personal credentials.
May 8 -
Every organization has some kind of plan for the future, but advances in technology, cyber threats, changes in regulation and political uncertainty make it extremely difficult to plan for what lies ahead, writes Ian Stone, CEO of Veualta.
May 8 -
Lenders say they are seeing a rise in synthetic identity and other types of attempted fraud. Here’s what they are doing to thwart it.
May 7 -
Using AI to verify receipts alleviates the need for auditors to aimlessly review every single receipt submitted within an expense report, says Travis Andrade, a senior product manager at AppZen.
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