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5 Strategies for Fighting First-Party and Synthetic Identity Fraud

FICO

Now let’s take a deeper dive into how banks and telecoms organizations can accurately identify such frauds without putting unnecessary barriers in the way of legitimate customers. Banks and telecoms need to make it easier for customers to sign up, buy merchandise online, take out loans, open bank accounts, and use credit cards.

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First-Party Fraud and the Hidden Drain on Revenues

FICO

For many people, the word “fraud” evokes images of shadowy criminals using stolen identities and purloined credit card information to commit financial crimes. Both of these crimes are first-party fraud. Whether an online bank or a telco financing costly devices, these organizations all face similar challenges.

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What Is First-Party Fraud?

FICO

From banks to telcos to debt collection agencies, what looks like unrecoverable bad debt may in fact be first-party fraud. For many people, the word “fraud” evokes images of shadowy criminals using stolen identities and purloined credit card information to commit financial crimes. Both of these crimes are first-party fraud.