Author: OurCrowd

[BioCatch in Digital Chew] Skyrocketing digital scams: US and Canadian banks brace for unprecedented tenfold surge

In a startling revelation, cybersecurity firm BioCatch reported a tenfold surge in digital scams this year across US and Canadian banks. These startling figures reveal the modus operandi of transgressors who rely on manipulating customers into parting with their hard-earned money. This sharp uptick raises alarms amid increased bank efforts to prevent account takeovers and other fraudulent activities. Read...

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[BioCatch in it news] Australia’s Big 4 banks ‘exit’ thousands of suspected mule accounts

Australia’s ‘Big 4’ banks – CBA, NAB, ANZ and Westpac – flagged and/or “exited” thousands of bank accounts in the last financial year, aided by AI and other anti-scam detection capabilities. This includes the use of BioCatch – described as an “interbank, behaviour- and device-based, fraud and scams intelligence-sharing network” – that only revealed its list of Australian bank users last month. Read...

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[Databricks in Observer] Dominating the A.I. startup scene

From rolling out new A.I. models to securing U.S. defense contracts to advancing autonomous systems, the world’s top 50 A.I. startups of 2024 are focused on a wide range of sectors. Despite their differing focus areas, one factor links roughly a quarter of them: a CEO that counts Google (GOOGL) as their former employer. Read...

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