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- Credits Fraud Regulations
- Unfortunately, credit fraud is an increasingly serious problem, having grown almost threefold in frequency in the last five years. Under the most common scam, called identity theft, the criminal opens a credit card or other account with another person's name and social security number or other uniquely identifying information. The...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Identity Theft: A Pernicious and Costly Fraud
- This paper follows with a broad study of identity theft, at times compared with traditional payment fraud, and continues with an evaluation of its overall risk to consumers, merchants, and credit providers. The paper compares the incentives each such party has to address identity theft in concert with current market...
- White papers 2003-12-01
- Unlicensed Fraud: How Bribery and Lax Security at State Motor Vehicle Offices Nationwide Lead to Identity Theft and Illegal Driver's Licenses
- In October 2002, the Center for Democracy and Technology CDT called upon the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators AAMVA to begin an index of cases of internal and external fraud at the state agencies that issue driver's licenses. AAMVA responded that they were interested in such an index, but...
- White papers 2004-01-01
- Extras! Extras!: Voluntary Benefits Bring Goodwill With a Small Price Tag, But Watch Out for Liabilities
- Companies large and small are offering so-called voluntary benefits to offset insurance costs and foster goodwill between workers and management. Employees like the convenience of buying products like life insurance, long-term care insurance, disability insurance, prepaid legal services, pet health insurance, and identity-theft protection at work: they can pay through...
- White papers 2005-02-22
- New Bankruptcy Law Will Not Protect You From Identity Theft
- Passed by Congress with overwhelming support, the oddly-named Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act was designed to eliminate "Bankruptcy of convenience." The perceived problem is that many compulsive gamblers, shoppers and drug users often run up huge debts on easily available credit cards with no intention of paying their...
- White papers
- Getting Credit Where Credit Is Due
- The potential for fraud, identity theft and other criminal attacks on a person's personal information is more than enough to keep the person busy making certain his personal information is secure and accurate. But there's more. A common credit industry information reporting and gathering policy requires additional effort on the...
- White papers 2006-07-13
- Protect Your Info
- While offline activities set the precedent for this type of fraud, the move to the Web allows con artists to reach vast numbers of potential victims. Often their goal is identity theft, and cons can be sneaky. Taking advantage of job seekers' desire to please potential employers, they ask for...
- White papers 2008-01-01
- Insurance Definitions - I
- This paper defines various terms of Insurance which Starts with I for e.g. IDENTITY THEFT INSURANCE: Coverage for expenses incurred as the result of an identity theft. Can include costs for notarizing fraud affidavits and certified mail, lost income from time taken off from work to meet with law-enforcement personnel...
- White papers 2009-01-01
- Banking & Securities Issue Briefing
- Identity theft has become a multi-billion dollar issue that continues to accelerate. Protecting against it has become a multi-million dollar business. While some of this regulation may seem burdensome it is important to remember that its ultimate goal is to help prevent fraud. Each fraudulent identity prevented from entering an...
- White papers 2008-07-01
- Protecting You And Your Business From Fraud: Online And Offline
- Fraud is a serious threat to all businesses and has increasingly become a reality for many. The damage to your business can potentially take years to repair. Studies show that banking and paying bills online may help decrease the risk of fraud and identity theft. Never give out your account...
- White papers 2009-01-01
- How one corporate misstep led to a change in American law
- In recent years great bluster has been generated over accusations that privacy laws or norms were broken by large segments of the US information brokering industry and the anti-terror efforts of the George W. Bush administration. But one misstep by a single big company produced tangible change.Hewlett-Packard was engulfed...
- External links 2009-08-16
- Agriprocessors Kosher Iowa Plant to Stay Open
- Agriprocessors is still keeping secret the identities of at least twelve bidders on its Postville, Iowa slaughterhouse, the site of the company's recent legal troubles. But yesterday the company's court-appointed Chapter 11 Operating Trustee, Joseph Sarachek, said the bidders have all agreed to keep the business open in Postville, and...
- Blog posts 2009-01-08
Additional Resources
- Unisys Real Time Technology Helps Banorte Improve Detection of Fraud, Identity Theft and Money Laundering
- BLUE BELL, Pa. -- Solution Offers Agile, Intelligent Risk Monitoring and Automated Crisis Management to Help Bank Achieve Benefits of Secure Business Operations
- Research articles 2006-05-01
- Healthcare Roundup: Advantage Commissions Targeted, Identity Rules Delayed, Death by Credit Crunch and More
- Humana, UnitedHealth call for caps on Medicare Advantage commissions -- Insurance agents who enroll seniors in Medicare Advantage plans --which are subsidized by the government but offered by private health-insurance plans -- are getting sizeable commissions from those insurers. Medicare will look into the commissions and whether they prompt overzealous...
- Blog posts 2008-10-27
- Scam Proof Your Business | BTalk Australia
- (12min 23) Do you believe you’re immune to scammers? What about other people in your business? Scammers are becoming increasingly sophisticated and a lot of it will come to you over the phone, not over the internet. In today’s BTalk Australia Phil Dobbie talks to Peter Kell,...
- Blog posts 2009-02-17
- Better security boosts agencies' use of wireless devices
- MOBILE AND WIRELESS Stronger policies and practices overcome comcerns about mobile communications In what might have been a symbolic event in the development of mobile communications, President Barack Obama, for whom security is paramount, kept his BlackBerry after taking office — but not before it was locked down with strong...
- News items 2009-08-23
- Handling Online Payments
- If your business sells its products or services online, it goes without saying that your online payment system must work flawlessly. If not, your credibility will vanish in a heartbeat. Your system must be easy to use and unfailingly secure. Consumers won't tolerate a long, cumbersome purchasing process, and they...
- Articles 2007-10-16
- Stolen Credit Card Data Goes for Cheap on Cyber Black Market
- The indictment of Albert Gonzalez in connection with hacking numerous companies is proof that cyber-crime is profitable. But stolen credit cards and other data may not sell for as much on the black market as you expect.The black market economy of the cyber-world is always busy, especially in an age...
- News items 2009-08-20
- Equifax's Own Credit Score Near Junk Status
- Investments in new products, such as updated identity theft protection programs, and strategic acquisitions have helped Equifax, one of the largest U.S. credit information agencies, find new avenues of growth to offset sluggish demand at its core U.S. operations, its credit reporting and mortgage loan origination services. For the nine-months...
- Blog posts 2008-11-02
- Equifax Struggles With Its Own Credit Problems
- Investments in new products, such as updated identity theft protection programs, and strategic acquisitions have helped Equifax, one of the largest U.S. credit information agencies, find new avenues of growth to offset sluggish demand at its core U.S. operations, its credit reporting and mortgage loan origination services. For the nine-months...
- Blog posts 2008-11-03
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