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By Aaron Nicodemus2023-03-24T16:35:00
An investment research firm accused financial technology payment company Block of facilitating money laundering, fraud, and scams on its platform.
Hindenburg Research, a noted short seller, released a report Thursday on Block (formerly Square) backed by two years of research and interviews with former Block employees and partners. The investigative report alleged the company’s claimed disruptive innovation of the payments industry has been fueled by its “willingness to facilitate fraud against consumers and the government, avoid regulation, dress up predatory loans and fees as revolutionary technology, and mislead investors with inflated metrics.”
Block’s “‘Wild West’ approach to compliance” on its Cash App platform has “made it easy for bad actors to mass create accounts for identity fraud and other scams, then extract stolen funds quickly,” according to the report.
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2022-04-07T16:26:00Z By Kyle Brasseur
Approximately 8.2 million U.S. customers of Cash App Investing have been notified of a data breach carried out by a former employee of the mobile payment service provider.
2021-12-21T18:43:00Z By Jaclyn Jaeger
Electric semitruck startup Nikola agreed to pay $125 million to settle charges brought by the SEC for defrauding investors by misleading them about its products, technical advancements, and commercial prospects.
2021-02-08T19:18:00Z By Jaclyn Jaeger
The Securities and Exchange Commission has launched an investigation into Clover Health Investments in response to scathing allegations made against the Medicare provider by short-seller Hindenburg Research.
2024-11-14T20:36:00Z By Adrianne Appel
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network issued an alert to financial institutions about their obligations to report deepfakes, warning artificial intelligence has given bad actors additional tools in their arsenal.
2024-07-31T15:31:00Z By Adrianne Appel
A nationwide rental outlet affiliated with Rent-a-Center and its chief executive have been sued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for allegedly deceiving five million consumers about the terms of credit agreements.
2024-07-24T17:54:00Z By Neil Hodge
A lack of risk visibility is causing companies to reject customers–and potentially lose money–over fears they might be in danger of violating rules around anti-money laundering and sanctions regulations.
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