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Will Real-Time Payments Increase Financial Crime in the USA?

FICO

Once a real-time payment is initiated it is typically irrevocable – it cannot simply be recalled, something that criminals take advantage of. It is not a new type of fraud, but the speed in which criminals can access the money they have scammed and the irrevocable nature of such payments makes it more attractive.

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Social Engineering and Push Payment Fraud – Who Should Pay?

FICO

This is particularly important when an irrevocable, real-time payments scheme such as UK Faster Payments or SEPA CT Inst is used. The original vector of attack, the social engineering and the payment have already happened. I highlighted the case for banks to use behavioral analytics to identify suspicious payments before they are made.

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Embracing Change In The Wake Of A Pandemic

PYMNTS

“The need for frictionless experiences for things like accessing cash flow statements and predictions, optimizing payments and payroll, and loan origination is more critical than ever.”. It has proven that digital can no longer have a “set it and forget it” operating model, and that the shift toward digital will have an irrevocable impact.

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FPC Draws Member Input with Town Halls on FedNowSM

Faster Payments Council

In addition, Kirstin emphasized that the Fed would like to understand how our members feel about other proposed characteristics of FedNow, including: irrevocability additional descriptors that can be included in the ISO 20022 message format the $25,000 transaction limit real-time confirmation of the validity of the receiver's account intraday credit (..)

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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 Fighters Focusing On Better P2P Security

PYMNTS

Per the Playbook, 21 percent of all fraud attacks “were waged on mobile transactions in the first half of the year and 37 percent of them originated from mobile devices.”. This immediacy means that, once initiated, the payments are virtually irrevocable. It’s a major focus of players in the space.

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What is document classification?

Nanonets

Document classification tools are an inevitable and irrevocable part of the HR department.    It must however not be forgotten that document classification, no matter how efficient the tool, is only as accurate as the integrity of the original document that is worked upon. 

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