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November 21, 2017

Merchant Fraud

Account Takeover: An Evolution In eCommerce Fraud
 

Stolen financials are still fraudsters’ favorite strategy — however, account takeover is growing at an alarming rate. And, it will likely get worse before it gets better. In a new podcast series with Karen Webster, Signifyd director of merchant advocacy Sourabh Kothari discusses why account takeover has become so popular and what segments it’s hitting the hardest.

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Alt Lending

Why The Cleveland Fed Pulled Their Online Lending Study
 

A week ago, we reported about a tale of two independent Fed reports on the impact of online lending on consumers. The Cleveland Fed study reported the impact to be bad, and the joint report by the Chicago and Philly Feds said it helped creditworthy people get access. A week later the Cleveland Fed pulled the report. Karen Webster spoke with Lending Club’s head of government relations, Richard Neiman — whose data the Philadelphia and Chicago Fed used — about why the confusion between the Fed studies is a symptom of the confusion that exists more broadly about online lending and its place in the credit market.
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Friendly Fraud

Fighting The Friendly Fraud Fight
 

Card not present (CNP) fraud is on the rise. And fraudsters aren’t the only ones to blame. There’s also a danger tied to “friendly fraud,” a $331 billion problem decimating revenues and trust in the eCommerce ecosystem, as Keith Briscoe, chief marketing officer at Ethoca, tells PYMNTS.

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Intelligence of Things (IoT) Tracker™

NEW REPORT: Using IoT To Fix Things Before They Break
 

If it ain’t broke — then use IoT to fix it before it breaks. In November’s Intelligence of Things (IoT) Tracker™, Bell and Howell CEO Ramesh Ratan and VP Don Bullock explain why companies are rushing to embrace IoT to fix machines before they break to keep their businesses running 24/7. Find that, plus headlines on the first 5G-ready antenna, Amazon’s in-home delivery, automated adaptive automobile security and more from around the IoT space — including a scorecard of 239 industry players — all inside the Tracker.

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