Fraud is wrongful deception for financial gain. The global levels of fraud are huge and growing: according to the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (AFCE) in the USA, a typical business loses 5…
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Fraud in payment systems is growing inexorably. Although, fraud as a percentage of the total value of payments processed may be dropping but globally, gross overall fraud is growing. Two recent developments in fraud
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Symantec, the US-based security software developer, has unveiled five most important security issues they expect to appear in 2013:
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n his excellent article in WIRED (http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/11/ff-mat-honan-password-hacker/), Mat Honan described how his digital life was deleted by hackers who used his Apple account to wipe every one o
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Data leakage risk is a significant issue for consumers, companies and governments alike. According to the 2011 Global Cost of Data Breach Study1, costs of data breaches vary depending upon the type of data breach an
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ACL announced today the launch of ACL™ Importer, an ACL™ Desktop 9.3 add-on that harnesses the proven capabilities of Datawatch Monarch™ from Datawatch, a leading provider of information optimization software. ACL I
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Standard Chartered Bank's Singapore unit has unveiled a payment card featuring an embedded security token for online transactions to comply with the Association of Banks in Singapore plans to start issuing on-line t
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Although two-thirds of companies experienced attempted or actual payments' fraud in 2011, most organisations did not incur any financial loss due to such fraud.
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Complying with KYC programmes is going to get more and more arduous for corporates. Banks are just going to have be much more rigorous in their Anti-Money Laundering programmes, e.g. HSBC's New York office.
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Visa is to launch a new service in 2013 dubbed Visa Merchant Data Secure in a bid to assist acquirers and their merchants protect payment card data. The brand new service will be available to acquirers and their mer
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The British Retail Consortium (BRC) estimate that the total cost of 'e-crime' to retailers in 2011-12 was at least £205.4 million.
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Guardian Analytics, a US behavioural analytics fraud prevention software developer, have added a new ACH module to FraudMAP.
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A proposal for a Quick Reaction Mechanism (QRM), that would enable Member States to respond more swiftly and efficiently to VAT fraud, was adopted by the Commission today.
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Since March, the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) has worked with Net1 UEPS Technologies and Grindrod Bank to distribute more than 2.5 million MasterCard cards, which use biometrics to help fight fraud,
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A new solution is coming to verify online purchases more secure. SafePay Solutions, a Canadian authentication based company, has revealed plans to launch a new tool which uses a smartphone to verify online purchases
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London, UK: A recent survey by EuroFinance has revealed that over a third of finance professionals have witnessed serious financial wrongdoing in organisations they have worked in.
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Recent fraud cases in the UK and Singapore have highlighted how disgruntled employees and dishonest managers can use invoicing systems to carryout serious levels of fraud that can threaten the business.
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Most of the world has fully migrated, or is in the process of migrating to EMV Chip and PIN technology for debit and credit payments, according to EMVCo. At 4Q 2011 45% of cards were EMV compliant and 76% of termina
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Globally, 66% of airline merchants are seeing fraud levels stay the same or increase as they lose 1.5% of booking revenue to fraudulent transactions, according to the global Perfect Passenger Payment insights report
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Digicel Pacific Limited, a mobile network operator across the Pacific and a division of Digicel Group, today announced it is deploying biometric enabled payment systems into stores in New Zealand to offer its Digice
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FICO, the analytics company, have found that technology is changing the fraud landscape in Europe. Card fraud has migrated from UK to other countries, notably France and Germany, over the last few years.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the US has been investigating pharmaceutical companies and other businesses' who had been sending funds to their foreign offices located in Cuba, Iran, Sudan and Syria
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The European Central Bank (ECB) has issued for public consultation new standards to increase the security of internet payments in the European Union.
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Engaging in new business relations can be risky and fraught with problems.
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The 2012 AFP Payments Fraud and Control Survey, sponsored by J.P. Morgan, found that two-thirds of companies were hit by attempted or actual payments fraud during 2011,
