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Eastnets Partners With iPiD to Reinforce Protection Against Financial Fraud

Fintech Finance

iPiD’s real-time verification capabilities will allow Eastnets’ customers to confirm the name and bank account details of payment beneficiaries before the actual transaction happens. Instant payments – which are irrevocable – demand enhanced verification processes to protect against fraud. “Our

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Deep Dive: The Benefits And Challenges Of Real-Time Push Payments

PYMNTS

That consideration includes assessing the potential benefits and risks that come with the two fundamental types of bank payments: push and pull transactions. This month’s Deep Dive explores how push payments speed transactions, as well as the benefits and potential challenges of their use in real-time payment systems.

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Instant Payments Mean Real-Time Payments Fraud

FICO

In the UK £250K can now be sent in a single, irrevocable payment – and the system has been tested for up to an eyewatering £10 million. When this kind of fraud takes advantage of an instant and irrevocable payment mechanism, losses will sky rocket. Who Is Liable? In September 2016, the UK consumer group Which?

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Survey: Real-time Payments Fraud Up for 4 out of 5 APAC Banks

FICO

While the convenience of real-time payments is great news for customers, increasingly, banks have zero time to clear a transaction or payment. AI can’t slow down the clock, but it can help create systems that are radically quicker to recognize a transaction that smells likely to be fraudulent. by Dan McConaghy.

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What Is Authorised Push Payment Fraud?

FICO

As payments made using real-time payment schemes are irrevocable, the victims cannot reverse a payment once they realise they have been conned. Account takeover where fraudsters initiate push payments to new payees – often across different channels with the goal of outsmarting existing fraud controls. Targeting property transactions.

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Why Slow Payments Aren’t Necessarily Safer Payments

PYMNTS

There’s financial risk, and making sure the payee who ends up in possession of the funds is the intended recipient. So fast that, once the funds are pushed, they are instantly usable to the payee who received them. The payment is irrevocable, and can’t be clawed back. There is no shortage of risks to consider, she noted.

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Fraud: What Is the Contingent Reimbursement Model?

FICO

Banks have given customers the ability to make real-time, irrevocable payments but have not given them protection if something goes wrong. Some banks don’t agree with this because: As a flat rate, the same fee applies whether a transaction is for £25 or £250,000.