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Fraud Blog posts tagged “fraud”.
Taxpayer Data Stolen from IRS Used to File Up to $39 Million in Fraudulent Returns
Between February and May fraudsters used compromised consumer information to obtain more detailed tax payer data via the IRS’s “get…
Nov 4, 2021 · 2 min read Industry NewsThe 2nd Annual Consumer Authentication Survey from The Fraud Practice
Take the Survey Today and be Entered in up to 5 drawings to win a New Bose SoundLink® Bluetooth® Speaker III In effort to continue last…
Nov 4, 2021 · 3 min read Industry NewsThe FIDO (Fast Identity Online) Alliance released their first documents for stronger authentication
Following Apple’s lead Samsung and Google each announced mobile payment services of their own with a similar naming structure. The recently…
Nov 4, 2021 · 4 min read Merger & AcquisitionsVantiv to Acquire Moneris USA for $425 Million
Vantiv, one of the largest payment processors in the U.S., will expand their merchant client-base with the acquisition of Moneris USA for…
Nov 4, 2021 · 1 min read Fraud PreventionVisa Working with Issuers to Expand use of Mobile Geolocating to Verify Card Present Transactions
Visa has partnered with Finsphere, a geospatial analytics company, to provide location information of mobile devices at the time of a card…
Nov 4, 2021 · 2 min read Merger & AcquisitionsWal-Mart’s $3.3 Billion Acquisition of Jet.com Signifies the Importance of eCommerce
Already an eCommerce, as well as brick-and-mortar, giant, Wal-Mart upped the ante on their digital commerce bet acquiring an online…
Nov 4, 2021 · 3 min read Fraud PreventionWith Custom Modeling, Deployment is Just as Critical as Design
Sarasota, FL, March 18, 2015 / By: Justin McDonald, The Fraud Practice LLC Custom modeling and analytics is an advanced risk management…
Nov 4, 2021 · 10 min read Fraud PreventionWorldpay Acquires Multi-Channel Payment Provider SecureNet
Worldpay, the UK-based global payment provider, announced their acquisition of SecureNet in mid-November with the deal expected to close…
Nov 4, 2021 · 1 min read Fraud PreventionConsiderations for Handling Increased Traffic and Changing Consumer Preferences this Holiday Season
Online shopping has grown year-after-year while becoming an increasingly important portion of total Q4 retail sales. Last Cyber Monday…
Nov 3, 2021 · 3 min read Data BreachCost of Target data breach still rising
In a press release from January 28th, the Consumer Bankers Association (CBA) estimates around 40 million customer credit and debit cards…
Nov 3, 2021 · 1 min read Sales ConversionCustomer Concerns Leading to Cart Abandonment
Shopping cart abandonment is a major concern and performance indicator metric for all eCommerce merchants, and a recent study and…
Nov 3, 2021 · 2 min read Data BreachDetails Released About the Largest Hacking and Data Breach Case Ever Prosecuted in the United States
A recently unsealed indictment from the U.S. Attorney’s offices details the charges of four Russian fraudsters and one Ukrainian about…
Nov 3, 2021 · 2 min read