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Why Layering Is Going Out Of Fashion In Consumer Authentication

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The problems with identity theft and account takeover (ATO) fraud are real and seriously need to be addressed. Or to decide that every consumer needs to be holding onto multiple devices for multiple life functions to keep things separate and secure. “We We have to admit that ship has sailed.

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Why Mobile Phones Are The Better Consumer Authentication Mousetrap

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It’s a mild piece of friction, but it’s not terribly onerous and is doing something useful: keeping consumers safe. SMS one-time passcodes are more of a risk than most consumers realize, Boku CEO Jon Prideaux told Karen Webster in a recent conversation. Unless, of course, it isn’t. How will they know when they’ve gotten to that point?

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US Card Skimming Grew Nearly 5x in 2022, New FICO Data Shows

FICO

This growth trend is concerning not only for the FIs, but also for the consumers whose card details and account information are impacted. Consumers: Pay Attention to Detail Fortunately, there are several specific actions that both FIs and consumers can take to minimize the impact of skimming.

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Is No-Factor Authentication Digital Security’s Future?

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For a great example of an attempt at security that does much more to annoy legitimate consumers than to actually fend off fraudsters, look no further than CAPTCHA. As any consumer who has ever cursed their way through a series of CAPTCHA tests can attest, they aren’t always that easy to solve. The Zero-Authentication Future.

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Stopping Scams with Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

FICO

Fraudsters are opportunistic, and lately they are (unfortunately) finding a lot of success by targeting consumers directly. Consumers are not as worried about APP fraud and scams as they are for other types of fraud, but awareness is growing. In the UK, it accounted for £249 million in consumer losses for the first half of 2022.

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FICO World 2023: Four Enterprise Fraud Management Takeaways

FICO

From Australia to the UK to the USA, consumers and financial institutions are facing a scourge of authorized push payment (APP) and authorized user fraud. Her roles have included developing a consumer authentication solution for Experian and managing credit and identity theft management applications.

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Real-Time Payments Survey Reveals Growth in Usage - and Scams

FICO

According to FICO’s latest survey of consumers from 14 countries around the globe, 90% of all consumers have sent a real-time payment, and at least 95% of consumers have used real-time payments in India , Indonesia , the Philippines , and Brazil. Throughout the countries we surveyed, RTP usage shows no signs of slowing.