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Will Real-Time Payments Increase Financial Crime in the USA?

FICO

For many consumers and businesses, the ability to quickly send money directly from their bank account is a win in terms of convenience, but it isn’t without risk, when it comes to fraud and other types of financial crime. Account Takeover Fraud. Money Laundering and the Rise of the Money Mule.

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Social Engineering and Push Payment Fraud – Who Should Pay?

FICO

This is particularly important when an irrevocable, real-time payments scheme such as UK Faster Payments or SEPA CT Inst is used. Even when the receiving bank has opened an account for a fraudster using a stolen or synthetic identity, the fraud is not spotted until after it has been executed.