Data Verification
The other day a friend was telling me about how he ordered a lens for his camera via Amazon at 10am in the morning, and had an Amazon truck in his driveway at 3:30pm that afternoon. We used to be astounded by 48-hour delivery, and now the “click”-to-doorstep duration is only a little longer than the…
Read MorePayment fraud and identity theft nags the industry as mobile and online payments grow. There are even expectations of check fraud increasing due to the additional safeguards of EMV on the credit card side, per the Atlanta FED. Detecting check fraud has changed over the years, evolving from a “hands on” approach of manual check observation to…
Read MoreIn March of 2014 we were warned that the ballooning of ICD-10 diagnostic codes from 13,000 to 68,000 was going to disrupt the finances and data systems of healthcare providers. As it turns out – it was manageable. A new report from public accounting, consulting and technology firm Crowe Horwath reveals four key findings (as originally cited by…
Read MoreBanks are facing bigger and bigger challenges to ensure new accounts are actually legitimate. Once fraudsters create an account under a false identity, it can be very difficult to stop before its too late. To make it more difficult, online applications and online account opening give fraudsters the upper hand in manipulating their identities. From the American…
Read MoreIt’s not a live-in-person teller, and it’s not an ATM. But, based on conversations I’ve had with some of my older, more set-in-their-ways relatives, it may be the only way to get certain people to make use of a “machine” to do their banking. The interactive video teller machine certainly looks like an ATM, but the remote…
Read MoreFed. Government: “Technological and other processes exist that allow financial institutions to fully reconcile discrepancies in deposit accounts”
Read MoreIt should come as no surprise to security-obsessed online merchants that fraud is the leading concern of e-commerce merchants polled by the Merchant Risk Council, a Seattle-based worldwide association of e-commerce payments and risk-control executives. The MRC polled a total of 193 merchants in December and January at companies of varying industries and sizes (see their report…
Read MoreWhen it comes to Electronic Payment and Remittance Adoption in the US hospital market, what are the real numbers?
Read MoreI really enjoy gatherings like last month’s BAI Payments Connect Conference because they provide an opportunity to re-engage colleagues interested in new technologies around “the check”… now, where else can you find that???
This year’s event was especially gratifying because Orbograph used the occasion to launch the new OrboAnywhere™ solution…and they recorded my presentation to create a video!
Read MoreIn the interest of equal time – Checks? We love ’em!
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