PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

The federal agency said it shut down websites where consumers could buy “fake financial and other documents – such as pay stubs, income tax forms, and medical statements – which can be used to facilitate identity theft, tax fraud, and other crimes,” according to an FTC statement.

FTC

PYMNTS

MAY 30, 2018

Baratov has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit computer fraud and identity theft in November, noted Bloomberg. In October Yahoo announced that it now believes a 2013 security breach exposed all 3 billion of its users at the time. He was also hit with a $250,000 fine, noted Bloomberg. citing the indictment. billion.

Identity Theft

Finovate

APRIL 11, 2024

Additionally, the combination of Mitek’s check image analysis and DataVisor’s analysis of check and customer lifecycle data will enable users to detect a wide variety of check fraud tactics including check kiting, remote deposit capture fraud, check washing, counterfeit checks, and identity theft.

Checks

Clearly Payments

MARCH 4, 2024

Target Data Breach (2013) In the saga of payment processing fraud, few chapters loom as large as the Target data breach of 2013. The stolen data was then exfiltrated from the network and, ultimately, used for fraudulent purposes, including unauthorized purchases and identity theft.

Phishing

PYMNTS

JANUARY 27, 2017

2013 had compromised even more user data. According to a report released jointly by CyberScout and the Identity Theft Resource Center, within the United States, the sheer number of data breaches is on the upswing , to the tune of about 40 percent, as the total number of breaches found across the duo’s research came in at 1,093.

Data Breach

Fintech Labs Insights

JUNE 22, 2015

But last week BillGuard demonstrated a promising new avenue for incremental fee income: integrated mobile identity theft alerts, resolution and insurance ( see inset ). The c redit and fraud monitoring is powered by CSIdentity (CSID), an Austin-based firm that says it powers 80% of the retail identity theft protection industry.

Identity Theft

PYMNTS

MAY 2, 2017

Rimašauskas has since been charged with one count of money wire fraud, three counts of money laundering and one count of aggravated identity theft. billion in attempted wire fraud between October 2013 and May 2016. Research from Proofpoint found a 45 percent spike in BEC attacks in the last quarter of 2016 compared to Q3.

Business Email Compromise

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

“Consumers have no way to know if they are visiting an infected online retailer without using a comprehensive security solution, leaving their valuable personal and financial information vulnerable to potentially devastating identity theft.”.

Ransomware

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2016

How did consumers go from leading lives mostly free from data fraud and identity theft to one where such hacks, skims and breaches are part of the everyday background noise? The simple answer: December 19, 2013 happened. What happened?

Breach

FICO

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

billion in 2013). The company’s mobile app (now branded as Prosper Daily) allows consumers to monitor their credit and debit card transactions for unauthorized charges or other signs of fraud or identity theft. financial institutions predicted to top $10 billion in 2019 (up from $5.3 The app, which had approximately 1.3

Online and Mobile Banking

Fintech Labs Insights

JUNE 26, 2015

EverSafe presented its technology to help seniors and their caretakers avoid elder financial abuse and identity theft. MaxMyInterest was founded in July 2013, and is based in New York City. Venture capital firms supporting the Lab include Bain Capital Ventures, FirstMark Capital, Rho Ventures and more.

Innovation

FICO

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

billion in 2013). The company’s mobile app (now branded as Prosper Daily) allows consumers to monitor their credit and debit card transactions for unauthorized charges or other signs of fraud or identity theft. financial institutions predicted to top $10 billion in 2019 (up from $5.3 The app, which had approximately 1.3

Online and Mobile Banking

FICO

MAY 17, 2019

Let me explain, because the time for the army of zombie synthetic identities may be nigh. What Is a Zombie Synthetic Identity? Many of us remember 2013 when the FBI announced that they had dismantled a major criminal ring committing credit card fraud. What do these two statements have to do with each other?

FBI