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.

Australia’s Real-Time Payments Push Brings Cyber Fears
Australia’s Real-Time Payments Push Brings Cyber Fears
January 30, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Australia is gearing up to become the latest market to roll out a real-time payments infrastructure, but the plans are raising some security concerns, according...

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Can ‘Healthy Friction’ Help Build Consumer Trust?
Can ‘Healthy Friction’ Help Build Consumer Trust?
January 26, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

Friction isn’t a deal-breaker for mobile banking and payment apps. To be sure, too much friction can send users running back to the App Store...

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E Pluribus Unum: One Payment Stack To Rule Them All?
E Pluribus Unum: One Payment Stack To Rule Them All?
January 25, 2018  |  Retail

Try building a tower out of Legos, K’nex, and wooden blocks. How sturdy will that tower be? Probably not very, since these materials aren’t designed...

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SEC Goes After Leader Of $1.2B Ponzi Scheme
SEC Goes After Leader Of $1.2B Ponzi Scheme
January 22, 2018  |  Legal

An independent management team has resigned from the Woodbridge Group of Companies after the SEC accused the firm of being a Ponzi scheme. Get the...

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Kount Links With Moneris For Enterprise Fraud Protection
Kount Links With Moneris For Enterprise Fraud Protection
January 16, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Fraud technology firm Kount is collaborating with payment processor Moneris Solutions, the companies said Monday (Jan. 15), to link enterprise customers to payment fraud protection...

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Holiday eCommerce Fraud Attempts Jumped In 2017
Holiday eCommerce Fraud Attempts Jumped In 2017
January 16, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

Attempts to commit online fraud jumped during the holiday season, increasing 22 percent from Thanksgiving to December compared to a year ago. Get the Full...

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Tradeplus24 Steps Into Aussie SME Lending Market With Deep Tech Partner
Tradeplus24 Steps Into Aussie SME Lending Market With Deep Tech Partner
January 15, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Switzerland alternative lending company Tradeplus24 is entering the Australian market through a collaboration with Trade Ledger, the companies announced. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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Startup Spotlight: Invisible Payments, Invisible Hacks
Startup Spotlight: Invisible Payments, Invisible Hacks
January 12, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

Invisible payments are convenient…until they’re not. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

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Changing The Chargeback Conversation
Changing The Chargeback Conversation
January 11, 2018  |  Startup Check-In

Nobody likes chargebacks: They’re costly and time-consuming to resolve and can lose merchants a lot of money. But not everybody takes them as personally as...

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