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...
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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...
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...
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...
CNBC - More than 1 million children — or 1.48 percent of minors — were victims of identity theft or fraud in 2017, according to a new report from Javelin Strategy & Research. Two-thirds of those affected were age 7 or younger.
