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Bank Technology News February 2007 Holly Sraeel	ID Theft Needs Little Fuel to Fan The Flames. Or Does It? With financial crime -- particularly cybercrime -- becoming more sophisticated among for-profit criminals, some industry observers argue that ID fraud is rising, and that many victims are still unaware of it.
Bank Systems & Technology March 7, 2005 Cynthia Ramsaran	ID Theft Hits Paper Harder Despite growing fears of online fraud related to Web-based banking services, the increase in identity theft is hitting consumers closer to home than in cyberspace. Identity theft crimes are more often committed off-line rather than online.
Bank Technology News June 2006 Rubina Johannes	The Demographics Of ID Fraud Not every group is victimized, or protected, in the same way or at the same level. Javelin examines how incidents and precautions differ based on age, income and ethnicity.
Bank Technology News March 1, 2008 Glen Fest	Thwarted On-Line, Crime Looks to Past A new identity theft report survey finds a continuing overall decline in fraud numbers and victims, but unfortunately a rapidly rising number of "vishing" and other hands-on alternatives to catching consumers off guard.
Bank Technology News March 2011 Michael Sisk	ID Theft Declined in 2010 ... or Did It? A Javelin Strategy & Research survey of consumers found that the number of identity fraud victims fell 28 percent last year.
Bank Technology News February 2007 Glen Fest	Identity Fraud: ID Theft Victims, Losses Take Welcome Nosedive New account vulnerabilities are toughened, but 'vishing,' limited alerts practices, and consumers' misguided personal trust in acquaintances still leave the doors wide open.
InternetNews February 12, 2010	Study Puts Identity Theft Cost at $54B in 2009 Research firm Javelin estimates that more than 11 million Americans were victims of identity theft last year, a 12 percent increase that led to tens of billions of dollars in costs.
Bank Systems & Technology November 7, 2007 Nancy Feig	Bank of America Tops Large Banks in Combating Identity Fraud Bank of America ranked the highest in identity fraud protection, detection and resolution, according to a Javelin Strategy & Research study of the top 25 U.S. banks.
Bank Systems & Technology May 5, 2007 Maria Bruno-Britz	Fraud Techniques Evolve in Parallel with Bank Products and Defenses As fraudsters' techniques evolve alongside the products and services offered by financial institutions, new steps must be introduced to stop them.
Wall Street & Technology March 18, 2008 Cory Levine	Identity Fraud on the Decline Despite the hype, identity fraud is on the decline, according to a new survey. But as fraudsters return to traditional channels, such as phone lines, to steal the trusting public's personal information, few financial institutions have implemented multifactor authentication for telephone banking.
Wall Street & Technology April 14, 2006	Identity Fraud Is Finding Fewer U.S. Victims Despite a rise in phishing activity and the increased regularity of reported data breaches, instances of identity fraud in the United States actually decreased in 2005.
Bank Technology News October 2009 James Van Dyke	Consumers Do Want to Be Partners in Security While many bankers and technology professionals profess a belief that individuals can't be motivated to protect themselves, new Javelin research shows that more than eight in 10 online bankers view security as a shared responsibility.
Wall Street & Technology October 20, 2006	Mystery Shopping for Effective Fraud Prevention By comparing a combination of mystery-shopper tactics and Web site research against criteria in prevention, detection and resolution of identity fraud events, a research company ranked 24 financial institutions on how well they protected customers' identities.
U.S. Banker March 2008 Glen Fest	ID Theft: Thwarted Online, Fraud Goes Low-Tech Again More criminal enterprises are shifting toward off-fashioned "vishing" methods and other inexpensive alternatives to catching unwitting consumers off guard.
Bank Systems & Technology November 26, 2007 Maria Bruno-Britz	Javelin Finds More Banks Using Multi-factor Authentication With the FFIEC deadline for implementing multifactor authentication now but a memory, banks have improved their efforts to secure customers' information, according to a study. However, there is more banks can do.
Bank Systems & Technology June 26, 2006 Deena M. Amato-McCoy	Closing the Door on Criminals Banks need a consistent approach to fraud assessment and prevention, otherwise they will never truly get ahead of the problem.
U.S. Banker July 2006 Michael Dumiak	For Victims of ID Fraud, Losses are Not the Same Age, income and ethnicity factor into who is most vulnerable to identity fraud. The demographics of ID fraud are a call to action for institutions to analyze the trends closely so they can better educate customers.
InternetNews January 30, 2006 Sean Michael Kerner	ID Theft And Internet Fraud Declining? New studies indicate that the Internet isn't as dangerous as other places.
Bank Technology News December 2008 Holly Sraeel	ID Fraud Resolution? Yes. But Banks Need To Prevent It. But a greater focus on prevention, detection and resolution of ID fraud over the past four years has translated into big advances for banks.
Bank Systems & Technology May 8, 2007 Deena M. Amato-McCoy	Fear Of Identity Theft Discourages Consumers From Banking Online Proactive security measures increase online banking confidence and use, study says.
Bank Systems & Technology August 2, 2005 Phil Britt	Fighting the New Face of Fraud Technology plays a critical role in banking fraud, both in creating new opportunities for fraud and offering new methods to defend against it. Financial services institutions must take a holistic approach to combating fraud.
U.S. Banker July 2005 Holly Sraeel	Want to Make a CEO Wince? Talk About Fraud. When bankers refer to fraud in public, it often comes off as if the theft does not involve a human being. Behind the financial losses and data breaches are people-on both sides of the problem.
The Motley Fool August 14, 2007 Selena Maranjian	How Insecure Is Your Credit Card? The plastic in your pocket may not fight fraud as well as you think.
Bank Technology News September 2006	Homeland Insecurity One of the toughest battles for bankers may be in combating online security breaches and sophisticated money laundering schemes.
Bank Systems & Technology August 27, 2009 Maria Bruno-Britz	Evolving Fraud Schemes Keep Pressure on Evolving Payments Instruments While some of the latest schemes borrow from scams past, today's fraud schemes are as sophisticated as banks' most advanced payments systems. And stopping them is still a challenge.
Bank Technology News October 2004 Holly Sraeel	Fraud is Rising, But Victims, Banks are Fighting It Talk about fraud in banking circles and one will inevitably hit a nerve.
Bank Technology News April 2006 Glen Fest	Fraud Prevention: Engaging More Than The Enemy Banks could improve anti-fraud measures if they provided tools that draft customers into the battle. But it's not that simple for an industry still rife with soft spots.
U.S. Banker February 2006	ID Theft Insurance: Community Banks Seek To Protect Themselves Banks are taking out new insurance policies to protect themselves against the financial losses stemming from identity fraud.
Bank Systems & Technology April 13, 2010 Matt Gunn	ID Theft, Card Fraud Top Consumer Concerns, Unisys Survey Finds Banks need to go beyond "traditional" fraud prevention efforts, report authors find.
Bank Technology News May 2007 Glen Fest	Identity Fraud: Banks Offer ID Theft Resolution Services A Tennessee bank gets surprising demand for an ID theft resolution service it is private labeling from Worldwide Assistance. Customers are even willing to pay for the luxury.
Bank Systems & Technology April 7, 2006 Peggy Bresnick Kendler	Security Outlook A plethora of high-profile data breaches and concerns about identity theft have put the banking industry on high alert. To secure their information assets, banks must implement a cross-channel, multilayered approach that extends beyond technology.
InternetNews May 26, 2005 Tim Gray	BofA Steps up Authenticity Plan Bank of America moved quickly to restore its reputation this week, announcing a new online authentication service it says will help prevent online fraud and identity theft.
Bank Technology News December 2003 John Adams	By the Numbers Identity fraud should be a top-five business priority for line-of-business decision-makers at retail financial institutions. Growth rates are indeed troublesome.
U.S. Banker April 2011	Noted & Noteworthy A recently released survey from electronic-payments firm ACI Worldwide found that nearly one-third of consumers say they were victims of credit or debit card fraud in 2010.
U.S. Banker March 2004 John Engen	Identity Victims Get Badly Needed Help Bankers view the industry's first stab at forging a unified response to the problem as a strong signal-sender. "Customers can see that we're banding together to stop this, and we can send a message to criminals that we're not working in a siloed fashion," says Mary Blegen, head of US Bancorp's fraud liaison center.
InternetNews March 11, 2005 Jim Wagner	New Service to Put ID Protection in Your Hands Amid a flurry of data theft issues, Intersections readies an in-depth service to police who's trying to use all your data. This can help you spot identity theft.
BusinessWeek July 3, 2006 Dean Foust	ID Theft: More Hype Than Harm Law enforcement officials say the criminals tend not to follow through after stealing personal data.
Bank Technology News February 2005 Holly Sraeel	Hot on the ID Theft Trail: Will the Real Jane Doe Stand Up? Welcome to the world of identity theft, where the snatch of an individual's social security number begins that unsuspecting individual's downward financial spiral.
U.S. Banker April 2011 Jeremy Quittner	Breach Comber MasterCard's new technology identifies the likeliest victims of fraud and helps minimize unnecessary account closings.
Bank Technology News July 2005	Securing Customer Data Gets Tougher Each Day When bankers refer to fraud publicly, it often comes off as if the theft does not involve human beings. But behind the recent spate of data breaches are people-on both sides of the problem. Want to make a CEO wince? Talk about fraud in real terms.
PC Magazine June 21, 2006 Robert Lemos	Defending Your Identity Hardly a week goes by without companies and universities losing digital identities. What can be done?
Bank Systems & Technology August 24, 2006 Nancy Feig	BITS Releases Insider Fraud Database BITS, a nonprofit consortium of 100 of the largest U.S. financial institutions, released its own insider fraud prevention service, which consists of a list of former financial institution employees who have compromised consumer information and/or knowingly caused financial losses.
PC Magazine December 9, 2003	Phishing for Online IDs Spam and viruses are enough to worry about, but now online fraud is reaching epidemic proportions.
Bank Technology News March 2007 Holly Sraeel	Protecting Data Online Is a Top Priority for Consumers Today, consumers recognize that fraud is no laughing matter. According to a study, 41% of respondents would decrease their use of online banking or switch institutions in the wake of a data breach.
InternetNews January 23, 2004 Ryan Naraine	FTC: Online Fraud Losses Hit $437M Using stolen identities, fake Internet auctions and fraudulent shop-at-home schemes, online swindlers robbed Americans of a whopping $437.5 million in 2003.
Bank Technology News August 2008 Glen Fest	Equifax Shifts to Preventative Meds Equifax is keeping in step with the trend of making prevention -- not just detection -- the backbone of identity security for banks and retail customers.
Wall Street & Technology November 21, 2006 Gregory Framke	Ask The Experts: Customer Account Security Security risks are very real for financial institutions, whether they serve customers at a retail branch or over the Internet.
PC World December 2004 Bob Tedeschi	Protect Your Identity Phishers and other online thieves are targeting your money and personal data--and they're getting sneakier. Here's how to defend yourself, and how to erase the damage if you get scammed.
Wall Street & Technology October 23, 2007 Melanie Rodier	Financial Firms Continue to Struggle to Plug Security Loopholes New technologies, such as pattern analysis, as well as awareness and training can help financial services firms keep hackers at bay.
InternetNews February 26, 2010	CyberSource, ThreatMetrix Team for ID Security In an effort to stay a step ahead of the scammers, firms team up to develop sophisticated new identity protection applications to help Internet retailers combat online fraud.