fraud

Fraud is intentional deception to secure unfair or unlawful gain, or to deprive a victim of a legal right. Fraud can violate civil law, a criminal law, or it may cause no loss of money, property or legal right but still be an element of another civil or criminal wrong.

Data Dive, Halloween Edition: Fines And Fraudsters

Data Dive, Halloween Edition: Fines And Fraudsters
Data Dive, Halloween Edition: Fines And Fraudsters
October 29, 2018  |  Data Dive

There will be no shortage of ways to try to scare yourself through the first half of this week — scary movies, scary costumes, scary receipts for...

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Chinese Banks Embrace Facial Recognition To Fight Fraud
Chinese Banks Embrace Facial Recognition To Fight Fraud
October 29, 2018  |  Biometrics

Banks in China have embraced micro-expressions technology as they try to combat fraud earlier by studying the facial movements of customers. Get the Full Story...

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Mapping Fraud’s DNA
Mapping Fraud’s DNA
October 29, 2018  |  Fraud Prevention

Payments and commerce fraud has its own ecosystem, one that includes criminals, servers and other computing devices, IP addresses, compromised payment cards and stolen personal...

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Govt Eyes BEC, Govt Slammed By BEC
Govt Eyes BEC, Govt Slammed By BEC
October 26, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

  Even as the SEC wants companies to be vigilant about cybersecurity, BEC claims new victims, among them DC government officials.  Elsewhere, a trio of...

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Hong Kong’s New Faster Payment System Marred By Fraud Claims
Hong Kong’s New Faster Payment System Marred By Fraud Claims
October 26, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Hong Kong’s Faster Payments System (FSP) has only been live for a few weeks, but already it’s facing claims regarding allegations of fraudulent use. Get...

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Today In Data: A Whole New Connected World
Today In Data: A Whole New Connected World
October 25, 2018  |  Today In Data

In what feels like the blink of any eye, the Internet of Things has gone beyond smart speakers and a handful of wearables on the market to...

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SEC Urges Corporate Accounting Changes Amid Rising BEC Scam Threat
SEC Urges Corporate Accounting Changes Amid Rising BEC Scam Threat
October 25, 2018  |  B2B Payments

As U.S. public companies brace for wide-ranging changes to accounting standards, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) wants corporate accountants and financial executives to...

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Why Yesterday Is The Key To Building mPOS’ Future
Why Yesterday Is The Key To Building mPOS’ Future
October 25, 2018  |  MPOS Tracker

Before 2009, when Square launched in the U.S., the world of payments wasn’t terribly friendly terrain for small and micro-businesses looking to accept credit cards....

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