A series of skimming crimes that hit the Nashville, TN area recently is but one of many ATM fraud schemes preying upon financial institutions and their customers.
So, here's my story: Two weeks ago, the day before Halloween, one of my son's friends goes home from school with a fever, cough, nausea - all the early symptoms of the H1N1 virus, or swine flu.
One of the recurring topics at last week's BAI Retail Delivery Conference & Expo -- in almost all recent conversations about the banking industry, in fact - was social media.
It's been one year since federal regulators started examining banks and credit unions for compliance with the Identity Theft Red Flags Rule. How have institutions fared?
So far, so good, regulators say. The majority of institutions examined have been in compliance, with a minority failing to either implement or...
Banking customers in two additional states have been hit by the telephone-based fraud scheme that already has struck institutions in several other states.
Chase Bank customers in the New York metro area have been receiving bogus text messages claiming to be from the bank, asking for account information. A local New York television station reported the phishing attack last week, claiming that "tens of millions of dollars" have already been stolen by fraudsters.
A computer technician has been indicted in New York Supreme Court, charged with stealing the identities of more than 150 Bank of New York Mellon employees and using them to steal more than $1.1 million from charities, non-profit groups and other entities.
Adeniyi Adeyemi, a 27-year-old man from Brooklyn, was...
Just how good are you at getting the word out on phishing attempts against your institution?
The FDIC's alert this week is a great example of what needs to be told to customers.
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