PYMNTS

JULY 1, 2019

manufacturers and merchants can apply through LegitScript to certify CBD products and websites that are in compliance with USDA, FDA, FTC and DEA regulations, as well as state-specific laws.”. And that is providing opportunities for various companies involved in digital payments and commerce. Starting today, U.S.

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PYMNTS

JULY 30, 2020

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announcing in June that it would be taking a hard line on violations in this industry that seem to take advantage of vulnerable individuals. Offering swift digital payments can help companies searching for these freelancers to seal the deal over competing offers.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Joe Simons, chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), said last month that “roadblocks” could be instituted to prevent dominant companies from buying emerging startups. Proposed freezes on M&A activity during the pandemic came from U.S. and global antitrust authorities.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

FTC Probing Visa, Mastercard About Debit Card Practices. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is talking to large merchants to discover if some retailers are being blocked from routing digital payments over alternative debit networks, sources told Bloomberg. Investors from the U.S.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 24, 2019

Indeed, even as Facebook reported not only gains in users but mobile advertising for the first quarter of 2019, CEO Mark Zuckerberg put a spotlight on digital privacy when discussion his company’s latest financial results. The FTC could also subject the social media giant to tougher checkups to prove it is complying with the settlement.

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PYMNTS

MAY 21, 2020

The new Preventing Financial Crimes Playbook explores the latest financial crime developments, including a rise in financial fraud related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, new threats targeting digital payment apps and guidance from PNC Financial Services on how multilayered defense systems can help curb the tide of digital scams.

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FICO

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

The fraud problem has gone viral - consumers have filed more than 130,000 reports of fraud to the FTC and have lost $182 million to these activities during the pandemic. Payment card fraud, identity theft , account takeover and digital payment fraud have all increased significantly since March 2020.

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Identity Theft Scams Online and Mobile Banking Account Takeovers 98

PYMNTS

JULY 19, 2019

Facebook Slapped With $5B FTC Fine, But Still Has Lots Of Friends. And, despite reporting on July 12 that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) had reached an agreement to fine Facebook $5 billion, shares in the social media company were up $3.84 Visa has acquired Munich-based payment gateway PayWorks. and closed at $204.87.

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Finextra

JUNE 26, 2025

This digital accessibility, however, also presents a fertile ground for fraudulent activities, impacting millions of individuals annually and resulting in significant financial harm. The global digital payment landscape is experiencing a period of explosive growth, with e-retail sales projected to approach $8 trillion by 2025.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2020

Qualcomm has been involved for the last few years in a legal dispute after the FTC alleged that they were a monopoly on the kinds of microchips they create, and were charging higher fees than they should have. He also said it would let drivers unlock new features over the course of their vehicle’s lifetime, according to Tech Crunch.

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Finextra

JUNE 26, 2025

This digital accessibility, however, also presents a fertile ground for fraudulent activities, impacting millions of individuals annually and resulting in significant financial harm. The global digital payment landscape is experiencing a period of explosive growth, with e-retail sales projected to approach $8 trillion by 2025.

Stablecoins 52

Stablecoins Payment APIs and Integration Cross-Border Account Takeovers 52

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

The average monthly fraud volume rose 133 percent for mid- to large sized retailers selling digital goods through the mobile channel. According to the PYMNTS Securing B2B Payments Report , criminals last year successfully made off with $4.2 trillion from the worldwide economy.

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Online and Mobile Banking Cross-Border Federal Trade Commission Fraud Prevention 49

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Snap is joining other Facebook competitors in participating in discussions with investigators from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), with its legal team maintaining a dossier on Facebook outlining allegations of stifling competition.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

Against a backdrop of comprehensive inquiries, the DOJ and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) are being criticized by lawmakers for debating which agency should probe which tech company. The membership roster for the CCIA includes Amazon, Facebook and Google, among others.

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FICO

MARCH 30, 2023

The government is so concerned about cash disappearing they have written legislation that would require retailers to accept cash payments. And even though digital payments have exploded in the past few years, attempts to take economies entirely cashless, such as in India, met resistance and were rolled back. TJ holds a B.S.

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PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2019

The Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) on July 2 voiced the desire to speak with the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) regarding their concerns about Google and Amazon’s anti-competitive practices. Alphabet’s earnings were also partially affected by a $1.7

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Seon

JUNE 1, 2023

Check fraud, where fraudsters interfere with check payments, runs rampant in spite of the increase in digital payments. According to the FTC via Statista, 2022 saw the loss of $178 million due to check fraud – ranking it even higher than payment app and payment service-based fraud at $163m.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 18, 2019

The success of every successful digital payments network in these economies is, therefore, linked to cash: the ability to deposit cash into a digital account and a way to take it out to spend at businesses that don’t accept any other way to pay. The Facebook Ecosystem .

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Payments Online and Mobile Banking Cross-Border Financial Inclusion 98

Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 29, 2016

It’s hard to imagine that the CFPB–who isn’t actually tasked with enforcing information safeguarding (Congress left that with the FTC)–would impose civil fines on a company for safeguarding representations, when the company in question didn’t have a data breach. Guest post by Erica A.N. Kramer and Justin B. Hosie*. __.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

The FTC said way back in February (feels like a lifetime ago!) Even before the pandemic — and the stimulus bills that sent trillions of dollars via check into consumers’ (and not a few fraudsters’) hands — the alarm bells were tolling. that check scams were on the rise.

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Mobile Deposit Checks Technology Duplicate 101

Payments Dive

JUNE 23, 2025

Deep Dive Opinion Library Events Press Releases Topics Sign up Search Sign up Search Retail Banking Restaurants Regulations & Policy Risk Technology B2B An article from Dive Brief Shift4 buys Smartpay for $180M The payments services provider bought the distribution network business to keep building its presence in Australia and New Zealand.

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Privacy Push-to-Card On-Demand Addressing 149