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Retail Payments Fraud: How Consumers and Banks Can Fight Back

FICO

Increasingly, the scams involve cryptocurrencies; The New York Times also recently investigating crypto romance scams in which victims are lured into paying criminals with fraudulent, and irrevocable, transfers into digital wallets.

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How Advanced Technology is Driving Authorized Push Payment Fraud

Seon

APP fraud’s end goal is the transfer of money to an account controlled by a fraudster for something that never existed in the first place – be it goods, services or under the guise of “help.” Often, the fraudsters enter through impersonation, a romance scam or another type of social engineering fraud scam.

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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. Authorized push payment frauds rely on creating a sense of urgency that pushes victims to act before thinking.