IBM Acquires European Payment Fraud Vendor IRIS Analytics
In mid-January IBM announced the acquisition of IRIS Analytics, a data modeling and analytics provider based in Germany that focuses on...
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Fraud Practice
- Nov 4, 2021
- 3 min
Mobile Payment Volume at the Point-of-Sale Will More Than Double in 2015
According to a new forecast from eMarketer, U.S. mobile payments at the point-of-sale, including NFC, QR codes and other methods, will...
Fraud Practice
- Nov 4, 2021
- 3 min
Samsung Pay and CurrentC Grow Their Reach with New Partnerships
One of the more difficult and most important aspects of building a successful mobile wallet is ensuring that consumers can use it with...
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- Nov 4, 2021
- 2 min
PayPal Evolving P2P Payment App Venmo to Support Online and Mobile B2C Transactions
The popular person-to-person payment service Venmo has continued to grow in terms of its user base and total payment volume, but with...
Fraud Practice
- Nov 4, 2021
- 2 min
MasterCard Announces Identity Check, Which Will Support Biometric and SMS Authentication by 2016
MasterCard recently announced a new suite of authentication options for the online and mobile channel, branded MasterCard Identity Check,...
Fraud Practice
- Nov 4, 2021
- 2 min
CNP Merchants Brace for Increased Fraud Post-EMV
A new study from Vesta and Javelin finds similarities and differences between merchants selling digital goods, physical goods or both...
Fraud Practice
- Nov 4, 2021
- 3 min
In-Store Mobile Payments Forecasted to Reach $54 Billion by 2019
Javelin estimates that the mobile payment volume for in-store purchases in the U.S. will grow more than tenfold, from $4 billion in 2014...
Fraud Practice
- Nov 4, 2021
- 2 min
American Express Leverages Cardholder Online Login Information for Faster Online and Mobile Purchase
Following Visa Checkout and MasterPass, American Express launched their new Amex Express Checkout service in July, but doesn’t want it to...
Fraud Practice
- Nov 4, 2021
- 2 min
First Data Acquires Digital Gift Card Distributor Transaction Wireless Inc.
Less than one year after the acquisition of digital gift card platform Gyft in 2014, First Data announced the acquisition of Transaction...
Fraud Practice
- Nov 4, 2021
- 3 min
Dyre Malware Picks Up Where Zeus Left Off
Since the takedown of the Zeus botnet in June 2014 fraudsters have moved to a new malware of choice, known as Dyre, which also seeks to...
Fraud Practice
- Nov 4, 2021
- 2 min
MasterCard Forms New Partnerships to Proliferate Use of Tokens
MasterCard seeks to solidify their place as a premier token service provider as they recently formed partnerships with Synchrony...
Fraud Practice
- Nov 4, 2021
- 2 min
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...
Fraud Practice
- Nov 4, 2021
- 8 min
Critical Capabilities that can Enable Custom Modeling Solutions to Improve Business Intelligence
Sarasota, FL, June 10, 2015 / By: Justin McDonald, The Fraud Practice LLC Big Data and Business Intelligence have become two common...
Fraud Practice
- Nov 4, 2021
- 3 min
Facebooks Leads the Way, But Many Social Media Platforms DriveTraffic and Sales
The top 500 online retailers in terms of site traffic from social media earned $3.3 billion in revenue from social shopping in 2014 while...
Fraud Practice
- Nov 4, 2021
- 4 min
Growing Mobile Traffic Underscores Importance of Mobile Friendly Sites and Apps
According to data from comScore, 13 percent of U.S. Internet users that visited retailers online did so only using mobile devices,...
Fraud Practice
- Nov 4, 2021
- 2 min
Mitek Systems Acquires IDchecker for $10.6 Million
Mitek, who specializes in mobile onboarding and capturing solutions, announced they would be acquiring identity document verification...
Fraud Practice
- Nov 4, 2021
- 3 min
Over 44 Percent of Online Payments in the UK are Made via Mobile
According to data from Adyen based on client transaction data, more than 27 percent of online payments made in the first quarter of 2015...
Fraud Practice
- Nov 4, 2021
- 1 min
Pitney Bowes Acquirers Global eCommerce Provider Borderfree
Borderfree, a publicly traded company providing site localization, global logistics services and other solutions for eCommerce merchants...
Fraud Practice
- Nov 4, 2021
- 4 min
How Manual Review Metrics Vary Across Small and Large Merchants
It can be difficult for merchants to really understand how well they are performing with manual reviews for online fraud management...
Fraud Practice
- Nov 4, 2021
- 3 min
Get Ready for Facebook’s Foray into Payments
Facebook announced new features to their Messenger service in March allowing users to make P2P payments, but didn’t stop there. They have...
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