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Data Breach Trends to Watch in 2015 Influenced by EMV and the Internet of Things
Credit bureau Experian recently released their second annual Data Breach Industry Forecast report highlighting six trends expected for...
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Nov 4, 20212 min read
Identity Document Verification as a Lowest Common Denominator Risk Management Technique
Sarasota, FL, November 20, 2014 / By: David Montague, The Fraud Practice LLC Identity document verification has evolved as a risk...
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Nov 4, 20215 min read
MasterCard and Visa to Upgrade 3D Secure Consumer Authentication, Stop Using Static Passwords
MasterCard and Visa are collectively working on a new authentication standard, currently being referred to as 3DS 2.0, which will make...
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Nov 4, 20212 min read
Differentiating Data Analytics from Data Analysis
In an interview with ZDNet, Josh Sullivan, leader of the data science and analytics practice at Booz Allen Hamilton, discusses the...
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Nov 4, 20212 min read
Holiday Shoppers More Likely to Use Cash and Avoid Retailers Who Suffered Breaches
The Target data breach was the story of the 2013 holiday season and several other major retailers have failed to prevent the compromise...
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Nov 4, 20213 min read
Mobile Propels Higher U.S. e-Retail Forecasts for Holiday Season and 2014 Calendar Year
Recent forecasts from eMarketer estimate eCommerce retail sales will exceed $305 billion in 2014, a 16 percent increase from last year,...
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Nov 4, 20212 min read
Digital River Goes Private Pending $840 Million Acquisition
Global eCommerce payments company Digital River has entered into an agreement to be acquired by investor group Siris Capital, LLC in a...
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Nov 4, 20212 min read
Couriers Expecting Holiday Shipments to Increase by About 10 Percent This Year
Shipping companies always hire seasonal employees to help with increased deliveries during the holiday season but this year both FedEx...
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Nov 4, 20212 min read
Common Pitfalls When Performing Identity Document Verification as a Fraud Prevention Technique
Sarasota, FL, October 21, 2014 / By: David Montague, The Fraud Practice LLC It is common to find risk management teams relying on legacy...
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Nov 4, 20214 min read
The 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...
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Nov 4, 20213 min read
Dairy Queen and at Least 1,000 Other U.S. Businesses Hit by Backoff Malware
According to reports from the U.S. Secret Service and Kaspersky Labs, malware known as Backoff has been used to attack more than 1,000...
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Nov 4, 20211 min read
Card Fraud Costs Asian Banks $400 Million per Year and is Growing Rapidly
According to estimates from FICO, card fraud in Asia costs financial institutions $400 million each year and is increasing by 20 to 25...
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Nov 4, 20212 min read
CNP Fraud on UK Cards Up 23 Percent in First Half of 2014
The latest figures on card fraud losses in the United Kingdom, coming from industry group Financial Fraud Action UK, support the...
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Nov 4, 20212 min read
DOJ to Congress: Amend Laws to Help us Prosecute for Overseas Fraud on U.S. Cards
While there have been many successful efforts to bring international fraudsters to justice in U.S. courts, this often requires...
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Nov 4, 20212 min read
Will Host Card Emulation (HCE) be the Catalyst NFC Needs?
Mobile wallets utilizing Near-Field Communication (NFC) technology for contactless point-of-sale payments have been around since 2011 but...
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Nov 4, 20213 min read
Visa Replaces V.me with Visa Checkout, Adds New Merchants
Visa launched their e-wallet, V.me, in late 2011, but this was discontinued in July, 2014 in favor of Visa’s new, although quite similar...
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Nov 4, 20213 min read
Talks of Visa and Apple Partnership in Anticipation of September iPhone 6 Launch
Industry analysts have recently discussed the potential benefits to Visa and Apple should the two collaborate on mobile payments, even...
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Nov 4, 20212 min read
ACI Worldwide Announces Acquisition of Retail Decisions, ReD
ACI Worldwide announced their acquisition of an industry veteran fraud solution provider Retail Decisions (ReD) for $205 million in cash...
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Nov 4, 20212 min read
Mobile Wallet Isis to Change Name, Begin Rebranding Effort
The mobile wallet joint venture Isis founded by AT&T Mobility, T-Mobile USA and Verizon Wireless is in the process of changing their name...
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Nov 4, 20212 min read
Largest Grocer in U.S. Prepares to Enter eCommerce with Vitacost Acquisition
Kroger, the largest pure grocery store chain by sales in the United States, recently purchased online vitamin merchant Vitacost.com for...
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Nov 4, 20212 min read
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