Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity
Visitor Management Surges As Companies Look To Safely Reopen Post-COVID
January 26, 2021

Anyone who thinks they’ve seen it all in the pandemic-driven digital economy can add one more new category. Add “lobby and visitor management” to the list of tech industries that have seen a spike in demand as companies contend with an ever-changing list of COVID-19-era...

Cybersecurity
Arrests Made For Organizing Wirecard’s Marsalek’s Escape
January 24, 2021

Two Austrian men have been arrested in Vienna for allegedly helping rogue Wirecard exec Jan Marsalek escape arrest after the payment company’s downfall last year, The Financial Times (FT) reports. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

Cybersecurity
Kount: Doing What It Takes To Protect Partners And Customers From Digital Fraud
January 22, 2021

Brad Wiskirchen, CEO of Kount, dives into the pandemic’s effect on payments, eCommerce and fraud prevention, and the importance of businesses to address account protection by early 2021. “As new digital interactions between our customers and partners and their end consumers develop, establishing identity trust...

Cybersecurity
GIACT: It’s Time To Fight Back Against Fraud
January 21, 2021

Melissa Townsley-Solis, head of GIACT, discusses one of the negative effects of COVID-19: the escalation of fraud in the payments arena. In “A Look Forward: What Executives Wish for America and the World in 2021.” She stresses the importance of small businesses fighting back against...

Cybersecurity
Location Detection: Building The Bank Business Case For Better Geolocation Data
January 19, 2021

In financial services, in the eternal war to keep customers (and themselves) safe from online fraudsters, banks may lift a mantra from the real estate sector: Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

Cybersecurity
Texas Man Charged In $5 Million PPP Loan Fraud Case
January 19, 2021

A Texas resident, 32-year-old Samuel Yates, was charged with allegedly trying to file fraudulent bank applications for over $5 million in loans related to COVID-19 relief, according to a press release Friday (Jan. 15) from the Department of Justice. Get the Full Story Complete the...

Fraud Prevention
Fraud-Fighting Tech Keeps Fakers On The Run Through Holidays And After
January 18, 2021

People in general are more aware of — and concerned about — fraud as we pass through a second season of COVID, and eCommerce continues to rack up impressive stats, good and bad. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

Cybersecurity
FinCEN Hits Capital One For $390 Million; Says Bank Violated Bank Secrecy Act
January 15, 2021

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) late Friday (Jan. 15) announced that it is assessing a $390 million penalty against Capital One for engaging in what it says are “both willful and negligent violations” of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA). Get the Full Story Complete the...

Fraud Prevention
Deep Dive: How Online Retailers Kept Fraudsters From Having A Merry Little Christmas
January 15, 2021

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