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Card Fraud is the driver of major industry initiatives such as EMV implementation to combat the use of lost, stolen and counterfeit cards, while 3D-Secure authentication protects against the fraudulent use of stolen card details online. But what is the scale of card fraud losses in selected European countries, Canada and the USA and how does [...]

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The recent release of the annual UK fraud figures describes an interesting picture of some successes and some areas for continued concern and renewed action. First, the headline successes. Fraud conducted in the face-to-face retail environment continues to show a healthy decline trend (down 14% on the previous year) with card ID theft (down 19%) [...]

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A recent rise in fraudulent Apple Pay transactions raises concerns among security analysts that the service’s simplicity may be a major weakness. Users only have to open the app on smartphones and enter a credit card number, the expiration date, and the verification code, and then Apple scores those users as safe or risky according [...]

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Recorded fraud victims increased by 25% last year, according to the latest report from the UK fraud prevention service, Cifas, published today. In total there were 276,993 frauds recorded in 2014, compared to 221,075 in 2013. The single biggest threat continues to be identity fraud – 41% of all frauds recorded in 2014 fall into [...]

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MTN Uganda has been forced to call a press conference, with high-ranking executives from both MTN and Stanbic. Stanbic bank’s Managing Director, Patrick Mweheire, opened by explaining that the briefing was being held at Stanbic to show more significance to the fact that MTN does not create – or keep – any of the money from the MTN [...]

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