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Ominous warning for European retailers facing a 350% increase in fraud

25 Nov 21 @ 17:18

As the holiday shopping season hits full stride, e-commerce retailers across Europe face a new era of fraud and malicious attacks spurred by a COVID-inspired transformation in e-commerce and a... read more

Current fraud defences aren’t working. Fraud engines need supercharging!

23 Nov 21 @ 16:36

As digital commerce becomes a mainstay of everyday life, better automation in monitoring transactions for fraud is a necessity. Despite the best efforts of our industry, payments fraud continues to... read more

Promo abuse fastest-growing fraud threat for online marketplaces

15 Nov 21 @ 18:05

Promotion abuse is the fastest-growing fraud threat facing online marketplaces, with 52% of companies noticing an increase in abuse activity over the past year, new data from fraud detection and... read more

36% decline in e-commerce fraud rate follows increased adoption of 3DS

02 Nov 21 @ 12:41

E-commerce fraud attack rates have declined 36% in the past 12 months, whilst 3DS transactions have grown more than 600% across the same period, led by uptake of the new... read more

Hacker advice: Stop trying to keep me out – focus on the data

19 Oct 21 @ 12:39

For more than 20 years, businesses around the world have been hiring hackers. They want us to find exploitable loopholes in their “armour” and break in as far as we... read more

KYC and what it means for FinTechs in Ireland

19 Oct 21 @ 11:28

According to The FinTech Times, the number of FinTechs incorporated in Ireland grew by 30% over the last two years, fuelled by Brexit and Ireland’s growing reputation as a financial... read more

Featurespace technology safeguards the processing of 50 billion events globally

29 Sep 21 @ 09:07

Featurespace is experiencing record international growth as the business continues to provide real time fraud prevention in the era of increased online banking and digital payments. So far this year,... read more

What are the reasons behind China’s fresh ban on cryptocurrency

28 Sep 21 @ 14:39

To say that the cryptocurrency market in China has been volatile would be an understatement, there has been a consistent threat, but now it looks like it will be fully... read more

BASIS ID unveils Entr, the breakthrough in technology and design to redefine digital KYC and AML service

23 Sep 21 @ 09:35

BASIS ID, an innovative electronic identity verification company, providing KYC and AML solution, along with risk and fraud management services worldwide, is pleased to announce a successful launch of a... read more

North Americans lose $500 million to Covid fraud – Just the beginning…?

20 Sep 21 @ 16:47

Americans have lost nearly $500 million to Covid-related scams since the start of the pandemic, according to Federal Trade Commission data running from April 2020 to mid-July this year. Around... read more

Fraud Report: The top 6 fraud trends in 2021

16 Sep 21 @ 08:40

As we move further into 2021, it’s clear that fraudsters have largely honed in one particular area of attack: digital accounts. This is not surprising, as the transformation taking place... read more

Australian Payments Network reports increase in card fraud

20 Aug 21 @ 13:48

New data released by the payments industry self-regulatory body, Australian Payments Network (AusPayNet), has shown a slight increase in online card fraud in 2020 as the shift to online payments... read more

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ETC Mining and the anatomy of a crypto scam

02 Mar 26 @ 11:25

Three months ago, I was approached by marketing representatives of ETC Mining, who paid $2,500 in Bitcoin for native advertising placement. On the surface, the ... more

Takeover talk swirls as PayPal’s valuation slumps

24 Feb 26 @ 12:45

After a bruising year on the public markets, PayPal has become the subject of early-stage takeover interest, underscoring how sharply sentiment has shifted arou... more

Visa and Mastercard accelerate agentic payments through bank pilots

18 Feb 26 @ 13:35

The race to define the next phase of digital commerce via agentic payments has moved decisively into the banking mainstream. [caption id="attachment_57882"... more

Swift launches new framework for cross-border payments

09 Mar 26 @ 14:45

SWIFT has introduced a new international payments framework aimed at significantly improving the speed, transparency and predictability of cross-border retail t... more