By Ron Hynes, CEO of Vesta March 22, 2021 Global losses from payment fraud tripled from 2011 to 2020, and card-not-present (CNP) fraud is proving to be among ...
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By Jeff Domansky, March 17, 2021 New research from Aite Group shows 47% of US consumers experienced financial identity theft (application fraud in their name or account takeover) ...
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By Jeff Domansky, March 9, 2021 Consumers quickly embraced e-commerce and online payments last year while fraudsters high-fived with record purchase scams, impersonation, money mule schemes, and account ...
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By Jeff Domansky, Feb 22, 2021 When it comes to fraud, universities are just one more appealing target for cybercriminals. Like many businesses, universities are taking proactive measures ...
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By Jeff Domansky, Jan 25, 2021 With the new US administration in town, there’s a huge volume of payment news and new developments in the payments industry, and ...
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By Jeff Domansky, Jan 25, 2021 With new threats emerging and the number of attacks growing, global cybersecurity spending is expected to rise 10% in 2021, according to ...
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By Jeff Domansky, Jan 11, 2021 Stripe announced it will no longer process payments for the Trump campaign website and fundraising after last week’s riots at the Capitol ...
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By Jeff Domansky, Jan 8, 2021 Shopify closed two Trump brand stores on its e-commerce platform yesterday in response to the Wednesday violence at the Capitol building in ...
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By Thayer Stewart, CEO, PaymentWorks, Dec 15, 2020Everywhere you look, the statistics on B2B payments point to a rapid rise in the adoption of digital payments. Checks are ...
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By Jeff Domansky, Dec 2, 2020 Apparently, porch pirates are alive and well, preying on online shoppers and stealing as many as 17 million packages from consumer porches ...
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