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OrboNation Newsletter: Check Processing Edition – October 2021

October 28, 2021

In case you missed it, over the past month, we have published incredible content on our OrboNation Blog and Modernizing Omnichannel Check Fraud Detection. Review the latest OrboNation Newsletter online or via PDF download.

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BBB Study: Job Scams Jumped During Pandemic

October 27, 2021

The Better Business Bureau has released a study that shows an increase in job scams during the COVID-19 pandemic. As reported in The Augusta Chronicle: The in-depth investigative study finds job scams increased during the pandemic, and warns job seekers to verify employment offers to avoid illegal jobs, identity theft and fake checks, some of the many forms employment fraud takes and the scams that often result. Read the full study at BBB.org/jobscams.

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Google Abandons Plans to Offer Plex Checking Accounts — While Post Office Looks to Cash Checks

October 20, 2021

About two years ago, Google shook the financial world a bit when it announced its intention to offer checking accounts to its users in partnership with banks and credit unions. Google was initially planning to work with Citigroup and Stanford Federal Credit Union. That is no longer the case, as Banking Dive reports: The decision…

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Avoiding Investment in Fraud Tools — Save Now, Pay Later

October 19, 2021

Is your organization lagging behind in fraud detection and prevention tools? Waiting for a fraud event can cost more than pre-emptive fraud prevention Fraud prevention tech is not a DYI proposition In his always-entertaining Frank On Fraud blog, Frank McKenna takes a look at businesses that are struggling to get the fraud tools and technology…

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ABA Looks at a Cloud Computing Success Story at JPMorgan Chase

October 13, 2021

JPMorgan Chase is known as an early adopter of cutting-edge tech, and, true to form, they are deploying a new, cloud-based core system for their retail bank using software developed by Thought Machine. Cloud computing in the fintech world is certainly not new at this stage, but seeing it embraced by the nation’s largest bank is a sign of the times.

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Mastercard to Buy (Crypto) Digital-Currency Security Firm CipherTrace

October 12, 2021

Mastercard Inc. solidifies its participation in cryptocurrency Crypto fraud has steadily increased Banks will need to be aware of inevitable crossover fraud Digital Transactions, true to its name, reported a literal digital transaction as Mastercard Inc. announced last week its acquisition of CipherTrace Inc., a 6-year-old company specializing in technology to combat money laundering and…

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Disaster-Proof: FDITECH Launches Tech Sprint to Measure & Test Bank Operational Resiliency

October 6, 2021

A couple of days ago, Facebook went offline for approximately six hours and it made international headlines. Afterwards, it was revealed that a relatively minor internal error caused the outage, which reportedly cost Mark Zuckerberg seven billion dollars (with a “b”). However, everything was soon back on line completely intact, and the world was free…

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To Catch a Criminal, Train AI to Think Like One

October 5, 2021

It’s valuable to know how criminals and fraudsters think Some criminal traits are actually admirable when redirected AI and ML detect criminal tactics and habits that human observation can overlook Business Innovation Brief offers some streetwise advice: If you want to stop fraud activity, you have to think like a criminal. They also go one…

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OrboNation Newsletter: Check Processing Edition – September 2021

September 29, 2021

In case you missed it, over the past month, we have published incredible content on our OrboNation Blog and Modernizing Omnichannel Check Fraud Detection. Review the latest OrboNation Newsletter online or via PDF download.

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AFP: 66% of All Fraud Originates from Paper Checks

September 28, 2021

In a digital world, check fraud still leads the pack There are common “ingredients” to each fraud “recipe” Consumers can protect themselves Joshua Riggins, president of Farmers and Mechanics Federal Savings Bank, makes no bones about it in an article for the Greene County Daily World: Even in the rapidly expanding world of digital finances,…

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