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How Fraud Changes in the World of Real-Time Payments

FICO

While e-wallets and person-to-person schemes offer people quick and easy ways to pay, they have been underpinned by pre-existing payment systems, either card schemes or ACH transfers. For example, ACH payments in the USA are cleared three times per day and card payments can take weeks for settlement to the merchant.

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Instant Payments Mean Real-Time Payments Fraud

FICO

In the UK £250K can now be sent in a single, irrevocable payment – and the system has been tested for up to an eyewatering £10 million. We’ve already seen the impact of authorized push payment fraud on them, even when payments are not cleared on the same day. Real-Time Payments Equal Real-Time Crime. Who Is Liable?

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What Check Fraud Can Teach Banks About Preparing For The Instant Payments Future

PYMNTS

Perhaps that’s why, in the midst of the seemingly never-ending stream of headlines about data breaches, account takeovers, stolen credit cards and online fraud , the notion of “check fraud” seems something of an outlier for the up-and-coming fraudster looking to make a decent living. The Whole New World of Check Fraud.