PYMNTS

OCTOBER 10, 2018

When it comes to business-to-business (B2B) transactions, paper checks are often the villain, cards an expensive but quick underdog, and ACH and its non-U.S. Rarely does the wire transfer come into play as an exciting, innovative payment rail ready to disrupt cross-border B2B payments. Thieves attempted to steal $5.3

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Wire Transfer Wire Wires Cross-Border 46

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2016

Mike Vigue, vice president, product strategy, cyberfraud and risk management at B2B payments firm Bottomline Technologies , warns that ongoing use of paper checks, fraudulent emails and general ignorance of cyberthreats will continue to place businesses — and their payment activities — at the center of thieves’ targets.

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Checks Email Compromise Security Compromise 58

PYMNTS

JANUARY 13, 2020

PYMNTS’ examination of recent cases finds employees falsifying invoices, doctoring checks and faking out companies to steal money from employers. Ten percent of business email domains are protected from spoofing , according to recent Security Boulevard reports. According to local Kentucky Today reports, $1.5

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B2B Wire Transfer FBI Cybersecurity 89

PYMNTS

JULY 25, 2018

If the Business Email Compromise (BEC) scam isn’t on the radar of every corporate finance executive, it certainly should be. While the continued strength of BEC scammers may not come as a surprise, the research finds that the scam no longer only reigns in targets with a request for wire transfer.

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Scams Business Email Compromise AFP Wire Transfer 55

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

In Ireland, police are sounding the alarm on the threat of B2B payments fraud after multiple businesses lost hundreds of thousands of dollars to business email compromise (BEC) scams. Hassold provided a public comment on the vendor email compromise scam. Meanwhile, in the U.K.,

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Business Email Compromise Scams Email Compromise Compromise 51

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 15, 2018

It’s a twist on the business email compromise (BEC) scam that typically involves scammers emailing business owners and seeking payment via wire transfer, ACH or paper check. “This is a scam, pure and simple.

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Ransomware Online and Mobile Banking Small Business Scams 77

PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2018

According to the report, 29 percent that have experienced a system-level wire fraud attack have suffered a loss as a result. Nearly a fifth that experienced check fraud suffered a loss, and one-third of firms that were targeted by fraud said it came from a completely unknown source. Don’t Leave It up to the Bank.

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Email Compromise Ransomware Treasury Wires 59