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CFPB Reports Consumers Complain About Disputed Credit Card Charges

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The CFPB said it started collecting complaints about credit cards in July of 2011, and as of March 1 of 2017, the CFPB has handled around 116,200 credit card complaints , with a major issue with consumers being fraudulent charges. Other credit card complaints included victims reporting being victims of identity theft.

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Trulioo Taps Into Mastercard’s Identity Solutions

Finovate

. “Trulioo is proud to partner with Mastercard and shares their dedication to industry-leading business verification and fraud prevention,” said Trulioo CEO Steve Munford. “As organizations navigate the complexities of the digital payments industry, fraud and business identity theft are constant threats.

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DataVisor and Mitek Team Up to Help Financial Institutions Fight Check Fraud

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Mitek has been a Finovate alum since winning Best of Show at its Finovate debut at FinovateSpring in 2011. AI-powered fraud and risk platform DataVisor has teamed up with identity verification innovator Mitek. DataVisor made its Finovate debut last year at FinovateFall in New York.

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Application Fraud: How Do Synthetic Identities Get Created?

FICO

In a fascinating case study, Detective Gossman shares how he has seen a collusive merchant actually back-date credit histories, a process that was discovered during a case where the credit history of the synthetic Social Security Number went back to 2000, but the format of the SSN made clear it could not have been until after 2011.

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Why US Credit Card Fraud Complaints Are On The Rise

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Florida saw its complaint numbers increase by a staggering 130 percent since 2011. Data from the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC), found that the frequency of data breaches, which subsequently compromised payment card information, spiked in 2009 and hit a low in 2012.

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PCI Validated P2PE – 3 Years in North America, What Has Changed?

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In 2016, there were 1,093 data breaches according to the Identity Theft Resource Center – a 40% increase over the 2015 data breach number of 781. The Introduction of PCI-Validated P2PE in 2011. Specifically the webinar will explore: The State of Payment Security. Malware and its Role in Data Breaches.

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Bitcoin Daily: German Crypto Firm Shuttered After Pyramid Scheme Accusations; People’s Bank Of China Denies Bogus Announcement Of Stablecoin Launch

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Founded in 2011 by Harald Seiz, the firm offered online purchases of “cryptonyzed gold” tokens, offering customers a commission to sign up other “affiliates.” German cryptocurrency company Karatbars has been ordered to stop doing business after being accused of running a pyramid scheme.