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News on regulation, fraud, and card scheme rules
We keep you updated on card scheme rules, fraud trends, underwriting best practices, and Web Shield products.
Regulation round-up
Visa Integrity Risk Program European pricing changes
Acquiring banks face policy changes, including doubled registration fees and additional Visa fees, as part of Visa's compliance overhaul from April 1, 2024.
Fraud focus
Fraud Trends 2021 into 2022
At the end of the year, we caught up with Web Shield CEO Alex Noton to look back on the main fraud trends to emerge during 2021 and the implications for fraud prevention and risk management in 2022.
Fraud focus
Riskconnect virtual 2021: how to follow the money
RiskConnect Virtual panellists discussed the challenges of investigating wrongdoing in a dynamic digital environment.
Fraud focus
On the trail of the cyber scammers
We caught up with Ken Gamble after his presentation at RiskConnect Virtual 2021 to find out more about the battle between good and evil in cyberspace.
Regulation round-up
How to sign adult content merchants with confidence
Mastercard is introducing revised standards for those who acquire adult merchants, effective 15 October 2021. Some of these new requirements are significant and will impact how acquirers on-board and monitor their adult content merchants.
Web Shield update
Stay compliant with Web Shield’s High-Risk Verification
High-Risk Verification for Web Shield’s InvestiGate delivers a full compliance review of any adult content merchant to help you comply with Mastercard rules.
Web Shield update
GM Sectec and Web Shield partner to empower merchant underwriters in Latin America
Web Shield is partnering with GM Sectec, a global leader in cybersecurity, to bring Web Shield's state-of-the-art underwriting and monitoring solutions to the Latin American market.
Fraud focus
UK Companies: The money launderer’s getaway vehicle of choice
When it comes to setting up shell companies, UK limited companies and limited liability partnerships (LLPs) are the top choices for money launderers. We explain why.
Web Shield update
A New chapter for Web Shield
Web Shield is now a member of the ZignSec family – the Swedish RegTech company famous for its global Identity Verification Platform and one of the first RegTech companies to be listed on the NASDAQ composite.
Fraud focus
The impact of Covid-19 on money laundering
Covid-19 has not fundamentally altered the predicate offenses for money laundering. Fraud is still fraud. Theft is still theft. Yet scam methodologies and money laundering typologies have changed.
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