PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2021

In the inaugural QR Code Payments Tracker® , PYMNTS explores the latest in the world of QR codes, including new implementations at retailers and payment providers, the security concerns facing this payment method, and the pandemic’s effect on the development and rollout of QR code-enabled payment options. Retail Environment.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2020

Treasury will allow two financial technology companies to issue prepaid Visa cards loaded with coronavirus stimulus payments. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin had said a more efficient distribution of government funds would be achieved through digital delivery and prepaid card providers. So far, the agency has delivered 89.5

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Phishing scams Phishing scams involve fraudsters impersonating legitimate entitiessuch as banks, government agencies, well-known companies, or business contactsto trick individuals into providing sensitive information like login credentials, Social Security numbers, or financial details. Start or enhance a customer fraud prevention plan.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 17, 2018

A new report from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) says that fraudsters are increasingly requesting to be paid with gift cards, with some even asking for certain brands such as Google Play and iTunes gift cards. Google Play cards were not reported in significant numbers until this year.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Consumers around the world have become intimately familiar with the “card-not-present” method of payment. Now businesses in Asia have an option to embrace “card not needed” as the pandemic continues to accelerate business models. That option, which extends to commercial cards , is being presented by Singapore-based CardUp.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

To counter fraud as the holiday season approaches, Best Buy , Target and Walmart made changes to their gift card programs. With the new policies, changes include lowering the transaction limits on the sale of store-branded gift cards. The moves were announced by the attorneys general of Pennsylvania and New York, Reuters reported.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Japan has introduced a system of cash-back rewards points in response to increasing the consumption tax from 8 percent to 10 percent. The new system — which rebates the tax increase in some stores when paying with a card rather than cash — will run until June 2020. While there were some system problems reported on Tuesday (Oct.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 24, 2018

Electronic payments company ACI Worldwide is integrating its technologies with SPAN Enterprises , a tax filing technology provider, to power tax payments for the fleet industry. A press release issued Thursday (Aug. A press release issued Thursday (Aug. ”

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BankBazaar

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

The 10 commandments that can help you part troubled financial waters so you can walk confidently into the ‘promised land’ – a financially secure future! While there’s no one-size-fits-all approach to building a financially secure future, there are certainly some best practices that can help. Thou shalt be financially literate.

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PYMNTS

MAY 2, 2019

However, it made a top priority of designing and determining the new features that Mastercard announced for its Business and World Elite cards earlier this week, which took much searching for common ground. For example, security and protecting against identity theft are top of mind for SMB owners , almost regardless of size or vertical.

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Accenture: Banking

AUGUST 20, 2019

Each quarter, Ryan Douglas from the Card Issuing group compiles key metrics on US consumer credit cards, tracking spend, receivables, loss rates and returns reported by the largest US banks. Despite ongoing rewards competition, card profitability remains strong. Retail Card, Payment Solutions, and CareCredit).

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2020

This has accelerated the need for spend management solutions and payment tools that enable businesses to review and approve transactions in real time, Caleb Jenkins , leader of client accounting services for tax and accounting firm RLJ Financial , said in a PYMNTS interview. Bringing Virtual Cards To A Virtual B2B World.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

That day is when the IRS hands out tax refund checks from the previous year’s tax filing. In years past, this money was typically spent on things like paying off credit cards, buying new clothes or taking a trip somewhere exotic. Not this year. percent plan to pay down debt. Here’s the breakdown: Everyday expenses.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

s tax authority has released cryptocurrency tax guidance for businesses, revealing that crypto assets will still be defined as commodities. That means that companies that participate in trading exchange tokens must make tax payments. I think this is a problem that requires a lot of solutions and a lot of layers of security.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2018

And lest you think changes in tax policy sow confusion only in the United States, think again. Bitcoin breeched a key psychological barrier on news that the South Korean government would tax income earned by virtual currency exchanges to the tune of 24.2 This past week saw a wild ride. billion raised.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 27, 2020

Nothing brings money to top of mind like tax season — and tax refunds and stimulus payments , doled out in the wake of a pandemic known as the coronavirus. The trillions of dollars in stimulus funding and tax refunds being extended to families, individuals and businesses is coming — but slowly. Tax refunds? Very slowly.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 3, 2021

T-Mobile has told some customers of a “security incident” in which a malicious party “may have impacted some of your T-Mobile account information.”.

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Perficient

JANUARY 18, 2023

Ensuring the security of your proprietary and customers’ data is paramount to staying in line with ethical and regulatory standards and retaining customer trust. . Each category has a different sensitivity and will require different security controls. . i.e., Customer credit card information. . Classify your data.

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BankBazaar

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Let’s dive into how practising financial responsibility can bring peace of mind, security, and happiness to you and your family while transforming your finances into a source of empowerment and stability. Additional reading: 8 Credit Card Hacks to Crack Festive Season Savings! Consider this as a form of kindness, too.

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PYMNTS

MAY 22, 2019

Wirecard, the global digital financial technology company, announced on Wednesday (May 22) that it has partnered with India’s government-owned UTI Infrastructure Technology and Services Limited (UTIITSL) to facilitate the issuing of physical and digital taxpayer identification cards. The cards can also be used as proof of identity.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Twenty-two percent of Americans have reported being targeted by pandemic-related fraud, for example, such as schemes involving fake personal protective equipment (PPE) merchants or fraudsters impersonating tax officials. Developments From The World Of Digital Fraud.

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Chris Skinner

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Things we’re reading today include … Lloyds profits surge but challenges remain New £1 ‘most secure coin in the world’ Royal Bank of Scotland reports ninth year of losses Brexit: Barclays ‘committed to London’ RSA steps out of turnaround programme as recovery from Irish financial scandal continues Ex-IMF chief Rodrigo (..)

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

17) of a new tax bill scam in which unwitting consumers receive a fake IRS notice that contends they owe the government money because of the Affordable Care Act. As the end of the year gets closer and the tax deadline nears, the number of IRS scams tends to pick up. The Internal Revenue Service warned Thursday (Nov.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

With payment bigwigs like Visa , Mastercard and American Express pushing further into the B2B payments space, commercial card adoption is being driven by more than growth in the number of card products available. “It streamlines payments and ease of paying by card,” Weiss told PYMNTS in an interview.

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PYMNTS

JULY 15, 2019

That fraud spans, among other methods, misuse of government credit cards and procurement payments, reported itnews.com. And when it comes to external fraud, 95 percent of external fraud can be traced to “one large entity” focused on payment card fraud. intentionally caused” the United States a tax loss of more than $1 million.

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PYMNTS

MAY 19, 2020

BlockFi said it was “able to confirm that no funds, passwords, social security numbers, tax identification numbers, passports, licenses, bank account information, nor similar non-public identification information was exposed as a result of this incident.”. dollars and Ukrainian hryvnias. dollars and Ukrainian hryvnias.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 13, 2019

The Drawbacks of Complex Security. Digital IDs can be protected with common protocols, such as two-factor authentication (2FA), frequent password changes and detailed security questions. AI Solutions for Balancing Security and Convenience. Blockchain-Based Security Methods. More than 4.5

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Citigroup disclosed in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Friday (Feb. 23) that it uncovered “methodological issues” with how it calculates credit card interest rates and will offer “remediation” to those customers impacted by such calculations. billion, up from an earlier disclosure of $22 billion.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

But it was a Banking-as-a-Service company that led the roundup this time, with one startup looking to expand into Credit Cards-as-a-Service with its latest investment. Osome connects small and medium-sized businesses to a digital business assistant app to automate accounting, payroll and tax compliance workflows. and Hong Kong.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

states (and the District of Columbia) where marijuana has been legalized for sale in some capacity, it has thrown off a fairly large chunk of tax revenue in the last year. billion in taxes from legal cannabis companies last year, an amount of money that is undoubtedly a sizzle for the federal coffers.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 4, 2018

In their place has risen a new system of exchanging funds that have made payments faster, more efficient, more secure and, above all, smarter. They often use APIs, include heightened security measures, are flexible and capable of finding the most appropriate payment rails, and use models that maximize the payment value.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 2, 2020

50 crores (about $7 million) will have to offer customers electronic payment modes like debit cards, powered by RuPay, according to a report by LiveMint. . The finance ministry in India passed a new regulation saying that companies with sales of more than ?50 The new regulation went into effect on Jan.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

He took advantage of that access to steal currency stored value (CSV) such as digital gift cards that he then resold on the internet. . On fake tax returns, he said the bitcoin was gifted to him from a relative. Over a seven month period of illegal activity, he transferred into his accounts roughly $2.8 million in bitcoin.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

While virtual cards (v-cards) can offer a secure and efficient way for businesses to pay travel suppliers, some industry players have highlighted a key pain point for the payment rail: For suppliers accepting v-cards , they still have to manually enter payment data. New reports on Tuesday (Sept.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2020

If someone typically uses a Social Security phone scam, they might now modify that to say, ‘this is the Social Security Administration, this is how we’re going to get you signed up so you can get your COVID-19 vaccine.’”. The “stimulus” scams are already out there, reports NBC News.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2019

A server running an Elasticsearch database contained sensitive data from as far back as 2008 that included loan and mortgage agreements, repayment schedules and other financial and tax documents. The database, which is believed to have been exposed for two weeks, was discovered by independent security researcher Bob Diachenko.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 18, 2019

Now, Wave’s small business customers can access their sales instantly, using Visa Direct rails and their debit cards. The first time a micropreneur does their taxes for the year, Whiting told Webster, is enough to send most of them running back to their nine-to-five, and their simple W-2 life.

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