Mastercard aims to cancel manual card entry by 2030
Payments Dive
NOVEMBER 15, 2024
The card network has documented a spike in online fraud, and contends that numberless cards will reduce such wrongdoing.
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Payments Dive
NOVEMBER 15, 2024
The card network has documented a spike in online fraud, and contends that numberless cards will reduce such wrongdoing.
Payments Dive
OCTOBER 6, 2022
The card behemoth said it’s observing an increase in in-person fraud now that U.S. consumers are returning to their pre-pandemic shopping habits.
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Payments Dive
DECEMBER 19, 2023
Beating back fraud can feel “a bit like a vicious circle,” as the industry improves its capabilities and fraudsters pivot, said Tina Eide, an executive vice president focused on fraud at the card issuer.
Accenture
SEPTEMBER 4, 2023
While unfortunate, the rising tide of fraud is not necessarily surprising. As technology has evolved, so have their tactics. The dial-up world of the 1990s was a golden age for credit card telephone fraud schemes. Financial criminals have been targeting digital transactions for over three decades.
Payments Dive
AUGUST 2, 2019
While data shows that credit card fraud has decreased from the standpoint of payment volume, there remains a concern in the industry that cybercriminals are using sophisticated methods of changing tactics to avoid detection and put consumer payment information at risk.
PYMNTS
DECEMBER 29, 2020
Consumers have more heavily leaned on debit during the pandemic, with the economic downturn making shoppers more cautious than ever about the prospect of taking on credit card debt. A recent study even estimates that shoppers could ultimately shift $100 billion worth of annual spending from credit cards to debit cards.
PYMNTS
AUGUST 14, 2020
For instance, Mendlowitz noted that Mastercard said on its recent earnings call that more than 50 percent of April transactions were card not present (CNP) or contactless — a 40 percent increase from the year earlier. “The Fraud prevention should never be a problem that the merchants have to worry about.”.
Payments Dive
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
Better spelling on fake merchant sites and more advanced card skimmers are among the latest schemes that will be deployed by fraudsters during the year-end holiday shopping season.
PYMNTS
JULY 2, 2020
But the bad news is that fraudsters see a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to jump into the increased flow of transactions, Gary Sevounts , executive at fraud detection firm Kount , told PYMNTS in a recent conversation. He added that fraudsters have been showing up across the board in terms of fraud types attempted.
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 17, 2020
The rising trend of digitization in commerce and the increased occurrence of card-not-present fraud were not created by the COVID-19 pandemic. Those dynamics have made the dangers of fraud far less abstract to consumers. Fraud, he said, is occurring at an unprecedented rate and scale and it was far from a small issue before.
Payments Dive
JANUARY 16, 2024
The card issuer is selling the business, which offers online fraud monitoring services to merchants, to the joint venture investment firm Accel-KKR.
Payments Dive
DECEMBER 19, 2024
The card network attributed the spike in fraud partly to criminals adopting artificial intelligence to execute their schemes.
Payments Dive
APRIL 19, 2023
A court initially imposed a $49.5 million judgment against a group of Nexway companies over processing payments tied to tech support scams, but they’ll ultimately pay the smaller fine for defrauding consumers.
South State Correspondent
OCTOBER 16, 2024
While there are many overlooked products in banking, the debit card is perhaps the greatest. The product generates significant fees and helps drive deposit balances, yet debit cards rarely get a mention in strategy, marketing, or customer profitability circles. Debit Card Profitability We will start with debit card profitability.
PYMNTS
DECEMBER 16, 2020
Mobile ordering apps are largely responsible for keeping the industry above water, but fraud still plagues the sector. And while promising news regarding COVID-19 vaccines may have put the end of the pandemic in sight, the restaurant industry’s growing fraud concerns will not cease as abruptly. About The Tracker®.
PYMNTS
DECEMBER 31, 2020
Debit card issuers face an ever-growing array of fraud schemes perpetrated against them and their account holders. Effective card offerings require financial institutions (FIs) to quickly and accurately detect myriad forms of fraud, forcing them into a delicate balancing act. The Face of Fraud.
Payments Dive
APRIL 15, 2024
Card programs can increase purchase authorization rates without taking on undue fraud-liability risk with 3-D Secure (3DS). Here’s what it is and how card issuers can leverage it.
Abrigo
JANUARY 22, 2024
6 Steps t o mitigate fraud risk tied to new products Your AML and fraud teams' input is key when it comes to offering new bank products. You might also like this infographic, "Beyond immediate fraud losses: How the costs and impacts of fraud snowball." download NOW Takeaway 1 Fraud losses totaled $485.6
PYMNTS
JUNE 22, 2020
A cyberattack from Maze ransomware against global business and tech firm Cognizant mostly hit the company’s corporate cards that had been issued to employees, the company told authorities, according to The Times of India. Also, the FBI has been called to assist with finding out the perpetrator.
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 16, 2020
The risk of fraud continues to climb for organizations of all sizes as the latest data reveals third-quarter spikes in business email compromise and ransomware scams. Plus, the latest allegations of fraud hit the PPE supply chain, and the U.S. Plus, the latest allegations of fraud hit the PPE supply chain, and the U.S.
Abrigo
JANUARY 24, 2024
Prevent fraud when adopting FedNow Credit unions can prevent fraud as they connect to FedNow. Use this guide to understand available tools and the steps AML and fraud teams should take. You might also like this FedNow implementation guide with details on appropriate AML/CFT and fraud considerations.
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 17, 2020
Onboarding these customers can be a tedious challenge prone to fraud and consumer frustrations, and the industry faces the ever-looming threat of SIM swap fraud. Customers still face potential fraud threats once they are signed up, with SIM swap fraud being a particularly common foe.
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2020
Long before the pandemic, consumers were trending toward digital in their financial services relationships — experimenting with mobile wallets, digital cards, self-service mobile banking and digital gifting. Firms must position themselves to take that valuable top-of-wallet card location with consumers.
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 21, 2020
And consumers want to pay with their preferred methods, across cards or digital wallets. Artificial intelligence (AI) can improve the eCommerce experience – not just in terms of warding off fraud, but also in making sure payments can be processed efficiently and that the most effective payment gateways are accessed.
PYMNTS
JULY 15, 2020
Mari Anne Bayliss , senior director of solution management at CyberSource , told Karen Webster that simply relying on machine learning as a weapon against fraud is not enough — not in an age where managing fraud risk during the great digital shift (and unprecedented transaction volumes) is so challenging. . Lying In Wait .
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 22, 2020
The growth in digital transactions is also spurring a boost in friendly fraud, which occurs when legitimate customers either knowingly or unwittingly claim that they did not make legitimate purchases and seek reimbursement for them. It also analyzes how focusing on the customer experience can help prevent such fraud in the first place.
PYMNTS
FEBRUARY 12, 2020
As for the areas where scammers managed the biggest hits, business email compromise (BEC), confidence/romance fraud and spoofing were the top three types of crime in terms of monetary losses. BEC fraud does not respect seniority, and it pays exceedingly well.”. billion (or slightly over half) of all losses tracked in 2019.
Abrigo
MARCH 8, 2024
Bank wire fraud is growing and becoming more complex. Takeaway 1 Bank w ire transfer fraud is increasing due to technological advances today. Takeaway 2 Transnational criminal organizations commit b ank wire transfer fraud and use a variety of techniques to make Americans their victims. Investment scams were #1, with over $4.6
Abrigo
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
How financial institutions can prevent losses from 1st-party fraud Learn strong approaches to identifying, preventing, and detecting 1st-party fraud that will keep your AML program on top of fraud trends. Takeaway 3 Prevention and detection best practices can curb hard dollar 1st-party fraud losses while protecting clients.
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 13, 2020
The telecommunications industry is but one of many sectors looking to more securely verify customers and avoid fraud, which remains a growing problem. Robust digital ID verification practices could make many fraud schemes a thing of the past, but many banks and businesses have yet to adopt them. More than 6.2 About The Tracker.
PYMNTS
AUGUST 11, 2020
Idaho-based Kount has released a new product aimed at preventing insurance fraud as the industry increasingly turns to digital, and even mobile, setups. Kount’s fraud protection platform increases profitability and reduces fraudulent claims with digital identity verification and advanced artificial intelligence.”. In a Tuesday (Aug.
PYMNTS
APRIL 22, 2020
Paay, a startup credit card database storing millions of transactions, has been unsecured for weeks and only now closed again, according to a TechCrunch report. The database works with other payment processors, verifying payments to make sure there is no fraud going on for outside vendors.
PYMNTS
AUGUST 21, 2020
Mobile banking is under constant attack from fraudsters, however, who are targeting both customers’ funds and personal data, such as account numbers, Social Security numbers, payment card data and login credentials. ATM usage has been severely affected by the pandemic, as such machines require touching keypads, screens and card readers.
Abrigo
DECEMBER 10, 2019
Elder financial exploitation and elder fraud are rising at an alarming rate as they continue to be serious crimes in the United States. An increase in financial crime and fraud against the elderly is expected to continue to climb as the baby boom population (those born before 1964) age. The under-reported and growing crime.
Abrigo
DECEMBER 22, 2023
The most popular financial crime blogs in 2023 Check fraud, the SAFER Banking Act, and BSA exam topics were among Abrigo's top blogs on AML/CFT and fraud this year. You might also like this infographic on the true costs of fraud at financial institutions. Here are Abrigo’s 10 top AML and fraud blogs in 2023.
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 30, 2020
Here, Machicao explains how his firm helped clients protect themselves from escalating fraud risks with the COVID-triggered wave of CNP payments. The payment and fraud landscape is almost unrecognizable today compared to just a few short months ago. The following is an excerpt from What Did You Change?
Payments Dive
JULY 15, 2024
With summer vacation season in full swing, the card network suggested ways that its card clients can better protect themselves against the latest fraud threats.
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