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.

Attack Vectors 2024: Scaling Effective Cyber Hygiene Throughout Your Business 
Attack Vectors 2024: Scaling Effective Cyber Hygiene Throughout Your Business 
January 15, 2024  |  Security & Fraud

Most crimes, especially most cybercrimes, are crimes of opportunity. And faced with a proliferation of simple yet effective attacks from cybercriminals leveraging scalable tactics powered by...

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Attack Vectors 2024: Identity Theft and Digital Banking 
Attack Vectors 2024: Identity Theft and Digital Banking 
January 12, 2024  |  Fraud Prevention

In the payments and financial landscape, staying still often means falling behind.  And falling behind in today’s rapidly digitizing environment can be dangerous.  That’s because...

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Most eCommerce Merchants Recognize Innovation’s Potential in Curbing Fraud
Most eCommerce Merchants Recognize Innovation’s Potential in Curbing Fraud
January 12, 2024  |  Fraud Prevention

The digital age has ushered in unprecedented opportunities for business growth, but it has also given rise to increasingly sophisticated fraudulent activities. From friendly fraud...

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This Week in AI: The Future of Work and Home 
This Week in AI: The Future of Work and Home 
January 12, 2024  |  artificial intelligence

Generative artificial intelligence (AI), like most programming languages, uses Epoch Time to standardize its operations. Epoch Time is the number of seconds that have elapsed...

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Data Depth Over Customer Breadth: The Push for Personalized Digital Financial Experiences in 2024
Data Depth Over Customer Breadth: The Push for Personalized Digital Financial Experiences in 2024
January 12, 2024  |  Opinion

PYMNTS asked industry executives across the payments and digital commerce landscape to give us their take on the pivotal shifts, technological advancements and strategies that...

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Attack Vectors 2024: Misinformation Tops Global Risk List, WEF Says
Attack Vectors 2024: Misinformation Tops Global Risk List, WEF Says
January 10, 2024  |  Security & Fraud

A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on. That’s a quote from Winston Churchill, who...

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Banks Must Advance Tech for Payments Security and Meet Consumer Expectations
Banks Must Advance Tech for Payments Security and Meet Consumer Expectations
January 10, 2024  |  Opinion

PYMNTS asked industry executives across the payments and digital commerce landscape to give us their take on the pivotal shifts, technological advancements and strategies that...

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Attack Vectors 2024: Protecting Against What’s Next in Deepfake Fraud 
Attack Vectors 2024: Protecting Against What’s Next in Deepfake Fraud 
January 09, 2024  |  Fraud Prevention

“Dad, please send them the money. They say they are going to hurt me.” It is every parent’s worst nightmare: their child in trouble, being...

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Crypto Firms Fined $5.8 Billion in 2023 For Loose Financial Controls
Crypto Firms Fined $5.8 Billion in 2023 For Loose Financial Controls
January 09, 2024  |  Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency and FinTech companies were fined $5.8 billion in 2023 for lax financial controls. That figure marks the first time fines against these groups exceed...

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