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Mint drops bill payments as its service narrows

April 27, 2018

PaymentsSource - About 75% of all U.S. bill payments flow through digital channels, according to Javelin Strategy & Research. “Banks control the bill payment market, and it’s theirs to lose if they don’t come up with some more innovations...

More Than 1M Children Victims of Identity Fraud in 2017

April 27, 2018

Dark Reading - The 2018 Child Identity Fraud Study, conducted by Javelin Strategy & Research and sponsored by Identity Guard, found 11% of households had at least one minor's data compromised in a breach last year. Nearly 40% of minors who...

Study: 1 million children were victims of ID theft in 2017

April 27, 2018

Fox 35 - A new study by Javelin Strategy & Research shows more than 1 million children were the victims of identity theft in 2017, costing their families more than $540 million to clean up their credit. 

How fraudsters prey on children

April 26, 2018

PaymentsSource - Most commonly, at 33%, a family friend initiated the fraud against a child, while the caregiver's partner or spouse was the perpetrator 18% of the time. "A trend that is unique among children is they are much more likely to have the...

What's behind Citi's surge in mobile app users

April 26, 2018

American Banker - Emmett Higdon, director of digital banking at Javelin Strategy & Research, gives the bank points for this feature. “I think that’s a great example of helpful, consumer-aware functionality that we haven’t brought to mobile...

How India's Paytm plans to reap success in Canada's mature market

April 26, 2018

PaymentsSource - Paytm Canada also is going at the market with a completely different value proposition, introducing rewards for using its platform to pay utilities and other bills. It will nevertheless be challenging to overcome the thin...

More Than 1 Million Children Were Victims of Identity Theft in 2017

April 24, 2018

Fortune - A new report from Javelin Strategy & Research says that in 2017, more than 1 million children in the United States were victims of identity theft, resulting in $2.6 billion in losses. Families paid an estimated $540 million in out-of-...

1 Million US Children Affected by Identity Theft Last Year, Infuriating Study Finds

April 24, 2018

Gizmodo - It’s never too early to have your identity stolen, unfortunately. More than 1 million children in the United States were affected by identity theft last year, according to a new study highlighting what’s easily the most overlooked...

1 million kids suffer ID theft, so parents beware

April 24, 2018

CBS Moneywatch - A child's credit report is a "blank slate," crooks can use a kid's Social Security number to create an entirely new identity. By the time the child grows up and finds out he or she has been victimized, the crook has done so much...

What to do if your child was one of the 1 million whose identities were stolen in 2017

April 24, 2018

MarketWatch - Your children may be less safe online than you think — even before they ever use a computer. More than 1 million children were victims of identity fraud in 2017, a new study from Javelin Strategy & Research found, costing a...