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What is payment fraud? What faster payment systems mean for fraud prevention

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Payment fraud: What is it and why the payment system used matters Payments are evolving, and so are fraud tactics. Financial institutions must stay ahead by implementing proactive fraud detection strategies to protect their customers and mitigate losses. Key topics covered in this post: What is payment fraud?

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Fraud typologies all financial institutions should know

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Can your AML/CFT and fraud staff recognize these fraud typologies? The technology used to perpetrate financial crimes may be changing, but these common fraud typologies aren't going anywhere. This is a nearly 10% increase in complaints received and a 22% increase in losses and thats just fraud that was offically reported.

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Crypto scams & crypto fraud detection for financial institutions

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DOWNLOAD WHITEPAPER Growing popularity What is driving the rise in crypto fraud? Takeaway 1 Crypto fraud is the newest and most favored field in potential financial gains for bad actors. As it becomes more integrated into our financial system and scams increase, crypto fraud prevention must be a priority. billion in 2020.

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One big idea to turn payments fraud from risk to opportunity

Accenture: Banking

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.

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Visa: EMV Cuts Card-Present Counterfeit Fraud By 80 Pct

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Merchants saw a drop in card-present fraud due to the increased adoption of Europay, Mastercard and Visa (EMV) chip cards, Visa said. Merchants who have upgraded to chip technology saw a decrease of 80 percent in counterfeit fraud dollars in September of 2018 when compared to September of 2015. More than 3.1

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Machine Learning Supercharges Banks’ Efforts To Fight Debit Fraud

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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.

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What is a payment system?

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Payment system types, trends, and fraud risks Understanding how payment systems function, the different types in use, and the associated risks is critical for financial institutions to be able to balance innovation with security. Need short-term fraud or AML staffing relief? Payment card networks in the U.S. trillion in 2021.

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