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News, research, and analysis on eCommerce payments and fraud prevention.
EMV, Chip & PIN Going Around the U.S.
The EMV specifications were first developed in 1994 by Europay, MasterCard and Visa as a way to maintain a global standard of…
Nov 1, 2021 · 3 min read Fraud BlogEU & US to Approve Google’s Acquisition of Motorola Mobility
Google first announced their plans to acquire the mobile device maker Motorola Mobility in August 2011, and after several months of…
Nov 1, 2021 · 2 min read fraudExpect Fraud Rings to Focus More on Skimming This Year
According to some security experts fraud resulting from card skimming will further increase in 2012 as fraud rings continue to exploit the…
Nov 1, 2021 · 1 min read fraudExpect U.S. eCommerce to Exceed 6% of Total Retail Sales for Q4 2011
The importance of Cyber Monday in the online channel should not be understated. Cyber Monday 2010 was the first time online spending in the…
Nov 1, 2021 · 5 min read fraudblogExperian Acquires 192business
On November 28th the credit reporting bureau and global information services company Experian agreed to acquire the identity verification…
Nov 1, 2021 · 1 min read fraud practiceFacebook Moves to Monetize Mobile App
Facebook recently formed an agreement with Bango, a mobile payments company based in the UK, to enable purchases directly from the Facebook…
Nov 1, 2021 · 1 min read fraudblogFacebook Stops 600,000 Account Takeover Attempts Each Day
As the world’s largest social network and the second most visited website it should come as no surprise that Facebook sees a lot of…
Nov 1, 2021 · 2 min read fraudFather-Son Fraud Team Had Multitude of Scams
Vladimir Zdorovenin was recently extradited to the United States on multiple charges after spreading malware and perpetrating various scams…
Nov 1, 2021 · 1 min read fraudFCC Asks Major Wireless Carriers to Build Stolen Mobile Database
AT&T, Sprint Nextel, T-Mobile and Verizon have agreed to a deal with the FCC to build and maintain a database for information on stolen…
Nov 1, 2021 · 2 min read Press ReleaseFinancial Institutions Finding Ways to Recoup Lost Debit Interchange Revenue
Sarasota, FL, October 3, 2011/Internal Release/ - In preparation for the October 1st implementation of the debit card interchange cap banks…
Nov 1, 2021 · 3 min read fraudFlashback Botnet Infects 600,000 Apple Computers
Apple fans and users have often bragged that viruses and security threats just aren’t as prevalent in their world as it is for the typical…
Nov 1, 2021 · 1 min read Data BreachFraud Ring Busted After Persistently Repeating Scams
A fraud ring with members working in banks and charitable organizations continued to repeat their operation despite questioning and…
Nov 1, 2021 · 1 min read