The evolution of artificial-intelligence tools toward countering credit card transaction fraud took another step with the launch of a new AI workflow from Nvidia Corp. Meanwhile, the RTP network from The Clearing House Payments Co. LLC finds that 90% of organizations’ counterparties whom they send to or receive instant payments …
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Eye on Fraud: AI’s Looming Role This Holiday Season; Trulioo’s New Anti-Fraud Tool
With just 52 days until the traditional start of the holiday shopping season post-Thanksgiving, consumers and criminals are gearing up for a busy period. A new report from ACI Worldwide Inc. forecasts that synthetic-identity fraud and artificial-intelligence use will be a big lump of coal for merchants. Meanwhile, identity platform …
Read More »Mastercard’s AI in Fraud Detection and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 5/23/24
Mastercard Inc. outlined how it uses generative artificial intelligence to counter fraud, such as when criminals place part of a 16-digit card number on an illegal Web site. Mastercard said it is better able to predict the full card detail of these compromised cards on its network, enabling them to be …
Read More »KyckGlobal’s Cash Bill-Pay Option And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 12/6/23
Exceleron, a payments service for utility companies, said it is working with payments platform KyckGlobal to allow persons to pay a utility bill with cash at certain ATMs. Dash Solutions acquired KyckGlobal in August. Payments and loyalty platform Givex announced an integration with Uber Direct to enable merchants to add on-demand delivery service to …
Read More »FedNow Tally at 108, up from 35 And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/3/23
The Federal Reserve said FedNow, its real-time payments service that launched in July with 35 banks and credit unions, now counts 108 participating institutions with 21 others providing liquidity and settlement services and 20 service providers. Kenneth C. Montgomery, the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston first vice president and chief operating officer who spearheaded …
Read More »Contactless And Mobile Wallets Are Gaining Ground Among Debit Users, a Pulse Study Finds
Consumer affinity for in-person transactions that reduce points of contact are taking hold as contactless payments made with debit cards swelled to 16% of the U.S. card-present share last year from 8% in 2021. It’s a similar story with debit cards used with mobile wallets. Their use increased from 5% …
Read More »Debit Networks Prepare As a Fed Clarification on Network Choice Sinks in
Debit card networks are gearing up for an expected flood of new online transactions in the wake of a Federal Reserve rule clarification that took effect more than a month ago to require that issuers enable network choice for online as well as in-person transactions. The latest example emerged late …
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The fraud that threatens real-time payments is quicker—and demands quicker action. Today’s world of instant gratification is about to take another big leap forward in July when a second real-time payments network debuts with the launch of FedNow, the Federal Reserve’s instant-payment network. Announced as a concept in 2019, two …
Read More »Darwinium Evolves to San Francisco And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/19/23
Darwinium, a fraud-prevention platform serving payments providers and fintechs from global offices in London and Sydney, announced its expansion into the U.S. market, including relocation of its corporate headquarters to San Francisco. Some 65% of treasury officers reported their organizations were victimized by attempted or actual fraud last year, the …
Read More »Plaid Rolls Out Signal to Unlock Instant ACH Transactions And Attack Return Risk
Looking to speed payments through the automated clearing house while reducing risk, Plaid Inc. announced late Thursday the rollout of Signal, a machine-learning risk engine. Plaid has been piloting Signal for more than a year with select customers that generate high ACH volumes. To accelerate ACH transactions and make them …
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