New data from Jumio, the leading AI-powered trusted identity as a service provider, reveals that new account fraud increased 27.8 percent worldwide YTD in 2019, compared to full-year 2018 results, and more than 100 percent compared to 2014 levels.Surprisingly, attempted new account fraud was 19 percent less during the Black Friday/Cyber Monday weekend (compared to the average 2019 fraud levels), when fraud attempts normally escalate.In the third edition of Jumio’s Holiday New Account Fraud Report, fraud is defined as an attempt by an individual to create a new online account by manipulating a government-issued ID.Close The company compared global ID fraud patterns from millions of ID verification transactions between 2014 and 2019 across various industries, focusing on the period between Black Friday and Cyber Monday, including Thanksgiving and the Tuesday after Cyber Monday. Jumio also analyzed new account fraud levels across regions, countries, industries and time period. … [Read more...] about Global New Account Fraud Increased 28% in 2019: Report
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Productivity Confidential: Beyond The Cubicle – Design Thinking For The Office (podcast)
RIP Cubicle: Inside The Innovative New Office Designs That Will Change The Way We Work For decades, the image of the American office was a grim one. Endless rows of cubicles; harsh, humming, fluorescent lighting; stiff task chairs that make your back ache just looking at them. Recently, though, there’s been a shift, with employers injecting best practices from the wellness industry into the workplace and seeing productivity skyrocket. advertisement advertisement Rachel Gutter, president of the International WELL Building Institute, has made it her mission to make wellness a central component of any office. Think of IWBI as a LEED rating for wellness, with buildings and offices awarded designations based on how they integrate employee wellness into the workplace. On this episode of Productivity Confidential, we sat down with Gutter to talk about why focusing on wellness can be the key to unlocking a company’s potential. HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE PODCAST: … [Read more...] about Productivity Confidential: Beyond The Cubicle – Design Thinking For The Office (podcast)
Pink for girls and blue for boys? What toymakers get wrong about gender
Parents who want to raise their children in a gender-nonconforming way have a new stocking stuffer this year: the gender-neutral doll. advertisement advertisement Announced in September, Mattel’s new line of gender-neutral humanoid dolls don’t clearly identify as either a boy or a girl. The dolls come with a variety of wardrobe options and can be dressed in varying lengths of hair and clothing styles. But can a doll—or the growing list of other gender-neutral toys—really change the way we think about gender? Mattel says it’s responding to research that shows “kids don’t want their toys dictated by gender norms.” Given the results of a recent study reporting that 24% of U.S. adolescents have a nontraditional sexual orientation or gender identity, such as bisexual or nonbinary, the decision makes business sense. As a developmental psychologist who researches gender and sexual socialization, I can tell you that it also makes … [Read more...] about Pink for girls and blue for boys? What toymakers get wrong about gender
Movers & Shakers: Top 10 stocks which gained or lost the most this week
Indian equity benchmarks logged strong gains on December 13 buoyed by positive global sentiment as hopes of an orderly Brexit grew stronger after a landslide election victory for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.The Sensex settled 428 points or 1.05 percent, higher at 41,009.71 while the Nifty closed the day with a gain of 115 points or 0.96 percent, at 12,086.70.Close Mid-caps and Small-caps, too, witnessed decent gains but underperformed the benchmark Sensex. BSE Mid-cap closed 0.92 percent up and the Small-cap index settled 0.82 percent up. For the week, both Sensex and Nifty climbed 1.4 percent. related news ITDC jumps 9% on merger with Kumarakruppa Frontier Nifty Bank marches toward record high on likely resolution of 4 NPA cases in December BGR Energy share price locked in 20% upper circuit on Rs 4,442-cr order win Among sectoral indices this week, the Nifty PSU Bank surged 4.5 percent, while the Nifty Metal and the Nifty Auto were up over 3 percent each. The Nifty … [Read more...] about Movers & Shakers: Top 10 stocks which gained or lost the most this week
D-Street Buzz: PSU banks rally led by Union Bank; SBI hits record high, Bharti Infratel slips 2%
The Indian benchmark indices are trading on a negative note with Nifty down 34 points at 11,807 while the Sensex shed 115 points and is trading at 39,471 level.Nifty Metal is down over a percent dragged by Jindal Steel & Power, JSW Steel, Tata Steel, Vedanta and NALCO.However, the PSU Bank index is outperforming all other indices, which jumped close to 2 percent led by Central Bank of India and Union Bank of India which jumped over 6 percent each followed by Bank of India, Canara Bank, IDBI Bank, Punjab National Bank and Syndicate Bank.Close "There are talks of privatization in the financial sector, and there could be some announcements regarding the same in the upcoming budget and/or also outside the Budget, over the course of the year. The government has already provided recapitalization to some of the PSU banks, and gradually seems to be going in for consolidation within the sector," said Sampath Reddy, CIO at … [Read more...] about D-Street Buzz: PSU banks rally led by Union Bank; SBI hits record high, Bharti Infratel slips 2%