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Faster Payments: Effective Fraud Mitigation Strategies

May 8, 2018

Bank Info Security - "Payments are evolving quickly, and if we don't adjust how we approach fraud, then we will fall further and further behind criminals," says Al Pascual, senior vice president of research and head of fraud and security at...

Online Fraud Soared 30% In 2017, Double The Rate Of E-commerce Sales

May 7, 2018

Value Walk - Though the U.S. transition to EMV technology has helped reduce point-of-sale (POS) card fraud, CNP fraud has continued to escalate. Javelin Strategy & Research projected that POS losses would decline from $6 billion to just...

Is Your Child One of the Million Child-Identity-Theft Victims of 2017?

May 2, 2018

The Street - "Child-identity fraud is a serious problem and is frequently overlooked as the public focuses on high-profile breaches involving the personally identifiable information of adults," says Al Pascual, head of fraud and security...

Google and Amazon to power voice banking trend

May 2, 2018

Fintech Innovation - A new report from the research firm titled, Smart Speaker Banking Must Overcome Digital Inertia, recommends that large banks support emerging capabilities from Amazon and Google, while advising smaller institutions to play...

Niche lending markets central to GreenSky's $100M IPO

May 2, 2018

American Banker - GreenSky’s increased focus on elective health care customers — it already provides a platform for banks to lend for cosmetic, dental and vision procedures — coincides with rising health care costs and an aging American...

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...