Fraud & Security

Wedge Financial Inc. said its app, which lets users spend funds from multiple fiat accounts and assets using a single card, has joined Fiserv Inc.’s AppMarket. Work at the New York Fed under an initiative called “Project Cedar” means the United States has officially moved from the “research” phase to the …

Phishing attacks continue to set record highs. The third quarter of 2022 was the highest quarter on record for number of attacks, according to the latest Anti-Phishing Working Group’s Phishing Activity Trends report, released Wednesday. The APWG observed 1,270,883 phishing attacks during the September quarter, up 16% from a then-record …

U.S. payments provider Shift4 Payments Inc. said it has now processed transactions in Europe on its SkyTab point-of-sale platform for restaurants and its VenueNext service for mobile ordering and payment at stadiums and other facilities. The company said it plans to launch the two platforms commercially in Europe next year. Kansas-based processor Euronet Worldwide Inc.’s epay …

Airwallex, an Australia-based fintech, has partnered with Plaid Inc. to enable merchants in the United States to streamline transactions initiated through the automated clearing house. Airwallex merchants can leverage Plaid’s open-banking technology to authorize adding funds to their Airwallex wallet from an external bank account or to accept payments from …

The messaging app Clickatell added updates to its Chat Commerce Platform, including a new integration of Chat 2 Pay, which allows travel brands to accept payments as part of business messages. The card-issuing platform Marqeta Inc. announced it has integrated Mastercard Track Instant Pay, which enables immediate payment of supplier invoices. The virtual-card platform Extend announced …

Curve OS Ltd. said it secured a deal with Credit Suisse to fund its first $1 billion in installment loans, via its Curve Flex product, in the United Kingdom, Europe, and the United States. London-based Curve announced Curve Flex in 2021. A survey from Bango PLC of 2,500 U.S. subscription users found that 65% said …

To counter the rising tide of first-party misuse chargebacks, also known as “friendly fraud,” Chargeback Gurus has introduced ARI, a predictive-analytics engine the company says can identify transactions likely to be disputed by the cardholder, even though the transaction is legitimate. ARI uses artificial intelligence to analyze data gathered from …

As e-commerce volume soars during the holiday season, so does the risk of fraud. Between Thanksgiving Day and Cyber Monday, the Monday after Thanksgiving, 18% of e-commerce transactions originating in the United States were identified as potentially fraudulent, according to a report from TransUnion LLC. On a global basis, 15% …

Thales, a French company known in the payments industry for its digital-identity technology, on Thursday introduced a product that it says will allow visually impaired shoppers to verify the details of a card transaction while standing at the point of sale. The Voice Payment Card, which Thales announced has been …

American Express Co. announced AmEx Business Link, a business-to-business payments ecosystem for network issuing and acquiring clients to offer their business customers. Payments provider Newtek Business Services said it has received conditional approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to close on its acquisition of the National Bank of New …