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Fraud is the making of false representations or engaging in deceptive behavior in order to unlawfully secure financial or personal gain. 
Alston & Bird

Third Party Payment Processors as ‘Covered Persons’: A Return to CFPB Regulation by Enforcement?

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A&B ABstract: The CFPB has recently asserted extraordinary authority to make any payment processor monitor the activities of any merchant for which it processes payments, even if that merchant does not provide consumer...more

Goodwin

CFPB Issues Consent Order Against Fintech for Enabling Merchants to Secure Loans for Consumers Without Their Authorization

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On July 12, 2021, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a consent order (the Consent Order) against a Fintech company that facilitates home improvement loans (the Fintech).  The CFPB claims that the Fintech...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Fraud Alert: Payment Processors And ISOs Must Ensure That Their Compliance Procedures Can Detect COVID-19 Fraud

The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) plans to aggressively police companies that use deceptive marketing to take advantage of consumers’ fears relating to the COVID-19 pandemic....more

Goulston & Storrs PC

Credit Card Evolution: Goodbye John Hancock

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For years, the signature requirement for completing a credit card transaction has felt something like an obsolete means of confirming a user’s identity. ...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip #57 – Do Those Chip Credit Cards Really Protect Me from Fraud?

There are a half a billion chip cards in the market right now. They have been touted to improve security and reduce credit card fraud. But do they? According to a new report, both Visa and MasterCard have reported that...more

King & Spalding

Risky Business – Five Facts You Should Know About the EMV Liability Shift

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On October 1, 2015 the major payment card companies instituted the EMV Liability Shift in an effort to incentivize card issuers and merchants to migrate to using payment cards with embedded chips (“chip cards”) according to...more

Foster Garvey PC

Credit Card Fraud Liability Shift is Here

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Most credit and debit cards in the U.S., and the point of sale terminals and ATMs that read them, still use “magnetic stripe” technology. Magnetic stripes are obsolete and relatively insecure, allowing fraudulent practices...more

Jackson Walker

If Your Business Takes Credit Cards, Are You Ready for October 1, 2015?

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October 1, 2015, is the date that many payment networks, including Visa, American Express, Discover, and MasterCard, have set for a counterfeit fraud liability shift. Although that date is just around the corner, many small...more

Cozen O'Connor

EMV Credit Cards Are Coming, But Consumers Must Stay Vigilant

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Major credit card companies, including Visa, MasterCard, Discover, and American Express, have announced plans to switch to EMV cards in the United States over the course of 2015. ...more

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