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It Takes A Hub: Fighting eCommerce Fraudsters Across New Vectors

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Real-time payments, he said, “increase the attack surface” for fraudsters and are attractive for two reasons: speed and the fact that the payments are irrevocable. Authorized fraud also encompasses business email compromise (BEC) scams, too, said Tharle.

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 Four In 10 Road Warriors Use Corporate Cards For Personal Items

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As the United Kingdom moves to embrace faster payments, notes securityboulevard.com, transactions are irrevocable and so new fraud schemes may be on the rise. Travelers don’t have to use their personal cards for business expenses, and companies know exactly how their money is being spent.”. Faster Payments/Faster Fraud in the UK?

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Unwrapping APAC’s Faster Payments Fraud Threat

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What’s more, these transactions are irrevocable, and as fraud losses mount, new questions surface over who holds liability to recoup funds. By definition, real-time payments give financial institutions (FIs) almost no time to analyze and authenticate a transaction to prevent fraud and other financial crimes.