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Fraud: What Is the Contingent Reimbursement Model?

FICO

As the Which Super Complaint points out, with APP fraud UK consumers and businesses have been left unprotected, compared to other payment methods. Banks have given customers the ability to make real-time, irrevocable payments but have not given them protection if something goes wrong.

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UK Losses to APP Scams Are Surging — What Can Banks Do?

FICO

The short answer is that instant, irrevocable payments are very attractive to criminals, who are further emboldened by the UK’s Contingent Reimbursement Model (CRM) Code , enacted in May 2019, which requires banks to support APP scam victims. Here’s a preview: Q: Why is the UK a hotbed of APP scam activity?

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UK Losses to APP Scams Are Surging — What Can Banks Do?

FICO

The short answer is that instant, irrevocable payments are very attractive to criminals, who are further emboldened by the UK’s Contingent Reimbursement Model (CRM) Code , enacted in May 2019, which requires banks to support APP scam victims. Here’s a preview: Q: Why is the UK a hotbed of APP scam activity?

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How Fraud Changes in the World of Real-Time Payments

FICO

For example, ACH payments in the USA are cleared three times per day and card payments can take weeks for settlement to the merchant. The new real-time payment schemes, whether used directly or as the rails for e-wallets and person-to-person payments, are cleared instantly and are irrevocable.

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How Interac e-Transfer Won The Ubiquity Game In Canada

PYMNTS

These ensure that the money promised is actually available to be sent and that the payment is irrevocable, or can’t be taken back by the sender once it appears in the recipient’s account. And once the customer responds by sending the money, he added, there’s no taking it back — irrevocable payments are part of the value proposition.

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Fraud: What Is the Contingent Reimbursement Model?

FICO

As the Which Super Complaint points out, with APP fraud UK consumers and businesses have been left unprotected, compared to other payment methods. Banks have given customers the ability to make real-time, irrevocable payments but have not given them protection if something goes wrong.

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Banks, Omnichannel And The New Commerce ‘Nirvana’

PYMNTS

Against that backdrop, he said, FIs can outsource at least some security functions and ask consumers to verify that they are transferring funds or buying items – an especially valuable service in the age of faster (and irrevocable) payments.