Merchant Risk Council

With the vision of making commerce safe and profitable everywhere, the Merchant Risk Council is the leading global business association for eCommerce fraud and payments professionals.

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Upcoming Webinars

Join us for our upcoming webinars discussing the impact of Strong Customer Authentication on customer experience, key takeaways from the 2019 MRC Global Fraud Survey, functionality available in today's payment engines and transaction switching products, the evolution of fraud prevention, and ways to treat and prevent gift card fraud and abuse.

MRC Connects Leeds

Join us at MRC Connects Leeds on June 20 sponsored by Emailage! Here you will have the opportunity to connect with local industry professionals and enjoy networking, a panel discussion, and refreshments.

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European Advisory Board Position Open

The MRC is accepting applications from European solution provider members for an open position on the MRC European Advisory Board. Applications for this exceptional opportunity are being accepted until May 28.

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Industry News

Finextra Research News

ECB paper warns of regulatory arbitrage on crypto-assets
While crypto-assets do not currently pose a threat to the euro area's financial stability, a disjoin...
Automated Analysis and the AI Race
This post is adapted from a March 2019 blog at www.bcmstrategy2.com. Artificial Intelligence (AI). ....
JPMorgan Chase buys healthcare payments firm InstaMed
JPMorgan Chase is buying US healthcare payments specialist InstaMed in a deal reported to be worth m...
Swedbank to take over Barclays Rise in Lithuania
Swedbank is to take over Barclays financial technology centre, Rise Vilnius, following the UK bank's...
ABN Amro to launch blockchain and IoT platform for trade inventories
ABN Amro is looking to launch a blockchain platform for the commodities industry that uses the Inter...

Krebs on Security

Account Hijacking Forum OGusers Hacked
Ogusers[.]com -- a forum popular among people involved in hijacking online accounts and conducting SIM swapping attacks to seize control over victims[…]
Feds Target $100M ‘GozNym’ Cybercrime Network
Law enforcement agencies in the United States and Europe today unsealed charges against 11 alleged members of the GozNym malware network, an internat[…]
A Tough Week for IP Address Scammers
In the early days of the Internet, there was a period when Internet Protocol 4 (IPv4) addresses (e.g. 4.4.4.4) were given out like cotton candy to an[…]
Microsoft Patches ‘Wormable’ Flaw in Windows XP, 7 and Windows 2003
Microsoft today is taking the unusual step of releasing security updates for unsupported but still widely-used Windows operating systems like XP and […]
Nine Charged in Alleged SIM Swapping Ring
Eight Americans and an Irishman have been charged with wire fraud this week for allegedly hijacking mobile phones through SIM-swapping, a form of fra[…]

The Paypers

Cornèr Group partners with German open banking fintech NDGIT
(The Paypers) Cornèr Group has become the latest Swiss bank to sign with German open banking fintech NDGIT.
Salt Edge Open Banking API now supports eIDAS PSD2 certificates
(The Paypers) Salt Edge has added the support of eIDAS PSD2 certificates in its system for TPP identification when they access ASPSPs’ channels[…]
Avidia Bank to implement the RTP network from The Clearing House
(The Paypers) US-based Avidia Bank has announced that it has committed to bringing real-time payments capabilities to its customers through the RTP n[…]
New York Supreme Court orders Tether to freeze transfers to Bitfinex
(The Paypers) The Supreme Court has ordered Bitfinex and Tether execs and employees to stop loaning Tether’s reserves to Bitfinex, alongside a […]
Complaints over banking fraud surged by over 40 percent in UK
(The Paypers) Official figures have showed UK consumers` complaints over banking fraud have surged by over 40% to hit an all-time high in the 2018-19[…]