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Paper Checks, COVID-19 And The Flaw With Analog Relief Payments

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Once the government announced it would be sending out some 200 million $1,000 checks, that was also a clarion call for thieves and fraudsters. Amateurs and criminal gangs, he noted, will pinch checks directly from mailboxes. Professionals will set up advanced printing shops to create scores of professional looking counterfeit checks.

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DataVisor and Mitek Team Up to Help Financial Institutions Fight Check Fraud

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Additionally, the combination of Mitek’s check image analysis and DataVisor’s analysis of check and customer lifecycle data will enable users to detect a wide variety of check fraud tactics including check kiting, remote deposit capture fraud, check washing, counterfeit checks, and identity theft.

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