Open Banking Can ‘Bolster Defences’ Against Rising APP Fraud in the UK
Authorised push payment (APP) fraud losses decreased by 17 per cent in 2022 according to UK Finance, the UK banking and financial services trade association. However, of all reported cases of payment fraud, APP accounted for 57 per cent. As the threat of APP fraud rises, organisations are setting up ways to protect their customers […]
Hollywood Strikes’ Impact Felt in Georgia Town Where ‘Stranger Things’ Is Shot
The impact of the writers’ and actors’ strikes has rippled far from Hollywood, including to the town where “Stranger Things” is partially filmed.Read More
Amid Strikes, One Question: Are Employers Miscalculating?
UPS, the Hollywood studios and the Detroit automakers appear to have been taken aback by the tactics and tougher style adopted by new union leaders.Read More
Biden Allies Try to Squash Third-Party Candidates
With Democrats worried that a third-party bid could throw a tight race to Donald Trump, President Biden’s top aides have blessed a broad offensive to starve such efforts of cash and ballot access.Read More
Rape, Race and a Decades-Old Lie That Still Wounds
Farid El Haïry spent most of his adult life as a convicted rapist. Then his accuser changed her story.Read More
In Latin America, Eric Adams’s Warning Meets Skepticism From Migrants
Mayor Eric Adams traveled to three countries to discourage migrants from coming to New York. At each stop, people said they were still determined to make the trek.Read More
A Texas Community Attracts Migrants and Republican Ire
The development near Houston offers cheap land and unconventional financing to buyers, many of them undocumented immigrants. Gov. Greg Abbott has called for hearings.Read More
CMA Investigates UK Cloud Services Market After Ofcom Reveal Concerns About Providers
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched an independent market investigation into the £7.5billion cloud services market in the UK, to examine and consider whether competition concerns are holding back businesses. The CMA investigation will consider how to improve the supply of cloud services for UK customers as they are rapidly adopted by businesses, […]
Wall Street Isn’t Sure It Can Handle All of Washington’s Bonds
Investors long shrugged off U.S. deficits, but a torrent of Treasurys is testing the bond market.Read More
Autopay Is Making Us Worse at Managing Credit-Card Bills
The set-it-and-forget-it approach can lead consumers to paying more in interest charges.Read More
