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Register for Online Training Programs Before October Price Adjustments
On October 1st The Fraud Practice will be increasing the enrollment prices of our online training programs across the board. If there are...

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Nov 3, 20212 min read


Identity Fraud Against Payment Cards and Bank Accounts on the Rise in the UK
According to CIFAS, a fraud prevention membership association in the UK, both fraud involving payment cards and identity fraud increased...

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Nov 3, 20212 min read


France, Russia and UK Lead Increase of Card Fraud in Europe
According to data from FICO and Euromonitor International, card fraud losses increased 6 percent in 2012 from 2011 while 80 percent of...

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Nov 3, 20212 min read


Private Equity Firm Acquires European Alternative Payment Provider Skrill
CVC Capital Partners acquired majority stake in Skrill Group Plc with a purchase valuing the alternative payment provider at €600 million...

Fraud Practice
Nov 3, 20211 min read


Mobile Data & Consumer Authentication
More consumers have mobile phones than have credit cards. This is true in the United States as well as globally and in all major markets....

Fraud Practice
Nov 3, 20212 min read


Details 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...

Fraud Practice
Nov 3, 20212 min read


Largest Credit Card Fraud Scheme Uncovered by U.S. Justice Department
A fourth defendant plead guilty in early August to his participation in an identity fraud scam where over 7,000 false identities were...

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Nov 3, 20212 min read


RSA Acquires Mobile Multifactor Authentication Company
In late July RSA, the security arm of EMC, acquired PassBan for an undisclosed amount and it will now be under RSA’s Identity Access...

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Nov 3, 20211 min read


Petition Against Passwords Underscores Importance of Additional Authentication
The Petition Against Passwords is a public advocacy campaign that supports alternatives to usernames and passwords, which the group says...

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Nov 3, 20212 min read


Twitter Implements Non-SMS based Two-Factor Authentication
Twitter joins Google and Facebook as another internet titan that offers more security conscious consumers the ability to use two-factor...

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Nov 3, 20212 min read


Startup Clinkle Raises $25 Million in VC Funding and Looks to Shake up Mobile Payments
Clinkle, a mobile payment app and network started by a recent Stanford University grad, recently received $25 million in funding from big...

Fraud Practice
Nov 3, 20212 min read


Global M-commerce Volume Expected to Double Between 2013 and 2017
A recent report from Juniper Research estimates the value of mobile commerce transactions will grow from $1.5 trillion in 2013 to a...

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Nov 3, 20211 min read


Visa Expects 50 Billion Contactless Payments per Month in Europe by End of this Year
Visa has strong expectations for the growth of contactless payments in Europe estimating that 52 million contactless payments will be...

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Nov 3, 20212 min read


Mobile POS Payments Forecasted to Exceed $5 Billion in U.S. by 2018
Although mobile point-of-sale proximity payments comprised just 0.01 percent of the total POS retail purchased volume in 2012 according...

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Nov 3, 20212 min read


TSYS Enters Consumer Prepaid Market with Acquisition of NetSpend
Back-end processor TSYS finalized their acquisition of prepaid card firm NetSpend on July 1 as TSYS completed the $1.4 billion...

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Nov 3, 20211 min read


Customer 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...

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Nov 3, 20212 min read


Increasing Consumer Confidence in a Website to Increase Sales
When it comes to gaining new customers and converting sales, there are several features and signals that a website can include make...

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Nov 3, 20213 min read


Responsive Design can Increase Conversion on Mobile Devices
Many retailers and websites have mobile-optimized sites, desktop sites and redirects to pages designed for a certain device or screen...

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Nov 3, 20212 min read


Most Businesses Realize Mobile Conversion Rates Below 1%
A recent survey and report from Adobe found that a significant number of business do not have a mobile app or mobile-optimized site while...

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Nov 3, 20212 min read


New Cybersecurity Law Requires Government Agencies Seek Approval for Chinese IT Purchases
A recently signed appropriations bill contained an additional provision that several government agencies will need to get approval from...

Fraud Practice
Nov 3, 20212 min read
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