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Paris Olympics offers bounty of opportunities for cybercriminals and fraudsters

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Officials warn of spike in phishing attacks, ticket and rental scams, mobile device theft, and more

PARIS, July 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — A new report released today examining digital banking fraud and financial crime trends in France identifies this summer’s Olympic Games as a potential hub for cybercrime. Citing warnings from the French government, the International Olympic Committee, and the Paris Prosecutor’s office, BioCatch – the global leader in digital fraud detection and financial crime prevention powered by behavioral intelligence – outlines the many opportunities for fraud created by the gathering of 10,000 athletes and millions of fans from more than 200 nations, in Paris at the end of July.

Paris expects to play host to more than 15 million tourists during this summer’s Olympic games, generating an estimated $3.75 billion in economic benefits,” BioCatch Director of Global Fraud Intelligence Tom Peacock said. “This creates fertile grounds for fraudsters, who will look to take their cut. The spectacle of the Games has the potential to distract both Parisians and visitors from best security practices, making them more vulnerable to fraud.”

Paris’ chief prosecutor has warned of European and South American gangs specializing in street theft flooding the streets of Paris for the Games. BioCatch warns this could lead to an increase in stolen device fraud – already a growing problem on the continent.

London experienced a 151% increase in mobile device fraud last year,” Peacock said. “Most of these stolen devices end up in China, where they’re stripped for parts. But in other instances, thieves have turned into digital banking fraudsters, logging into online banking apps and wreaking havoc.”

Consumers should also expect to see (if they aren’t already seeing) a deluge of Olympics-related phishing attacks, where cybercriminals fill our inboxes with promises of last-minute ticket sales.

“Fraud is a natural selection process,” BioCatch France Pre-Sales Manager Matthew Platten said. “The less skilled fraudsters have already been eliminated from the herd, leaving only the smart ones. We cannot underestimate the creativity of these cybercriminals. They won’t just look to impersonate the Olympic brand. The Games’ sponsors – Coca-Cola, Samsung, and Visa, to name a few – offer fraudsters a wealth of additional phishing and impersonation scam opportunities.”

Other key report findings:

A decline in total fraud losses in France means French banks are winning, right? Not so fast: Total digital banking fraud losses rose 9% in France last year, accounting for more than 70% of all large-value fraud in the nation.

Social engineering No. 1 threat: Fake bank advisor scams and other social engineering attacks pose the greatest challenge to French banks in 2024.

Scams vastly underreported: The Observatory for the Security of Payment Means estimates less than half of known fraud in France is reported to French police.

Digital banking dominant: Already 94% of the French population use digital banking, increasing the nation’s risk and exposure.

“Fake bank advisor scams play on the emotions of their victims,” BioCatch France Sales Manager Dominique Ango said, “offering retail-banking customers convincing – but fake – warnings their hard-earned money is in danger if they don’t take some action immediately. Naturally, we all want to protect our money wherever and whenever possible, but those who follow the advice of these scammers unwittingly transfer their money away to a criminal, often to lose it for good.”

Click here to access BioCatch’s complete 2024 Digital Banking Fraud Trends in France report.

About BioCatch:

BioCatch stands at the forefront of digital fraud detection, pioneering behavioral bintelligence grounded in advanced cognitive science and machine learning. BioCatch analyzes thousands of user interactions to support a digital banking environment where identity, trust, and ease coexist. Today, more than 30 of the world’s largest 100 banks and 196 total financial institutions rely on BioCatch Connect™ to combat fraud, facilitate digital transformation, and grow customer relationships. BioCatch’s Client Innovation Board – an industry-led initiative featuring American Express, Barclays, Citi Ventures, HSBC, and National Australia Bank – collaborates to pioneer creative and innovative ways to leverage customer relationships for fraud prevention. With more than a decade of data analysis, 92 registered patents, and unmatched expertise, BioCatch continues to lead innovation to address future challenges. For more information, please visit www.biocatch.com.

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EQT sets hard cap for EQT Private Capital Asia’s BPEA IX at USD 14.5 billion

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THIS IS INFORMATION THAT EQT AB (PUBL) IS OBLIGED TO MAKE PUBLIC PURSUANT TO THE EU MARKET ABUSE REGULATION. THE INFORMATION WAS SUBMITTED FOR PUBLICATION, THROUGH THE AGENCY OF THE CONTACT PERSON SET OUT BELOW AT 6:00 PM CET ON 17 NOVEMBER 2024.

STOCKHOLM, Nov. 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — EQT has today set the hard cap for investor commitments of USD 14.5 billion for EQT Private Capital Asia’s BPEA Private Equity Fund IX (“BPEA IX”). A hard cap refers to an upper limit on the amount of investor commitments accepted as part of the fund. The actual fund size is dependent on the outcome of the fundraising process. As previously communicated, the target fund size for BPEA IX is USD 12.5 billion

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The information contained herein does not constitute an offer to sell, nor a solicitation of an offer to buy, any security, and may not be used or relied upon in connection with any offer or solicitation. Any offer or solicitation in respect of BPEA IX will be made only through a confidential private placement memorandum and related documents which will be furnished to qualified investors on a confidential basis in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. The information contained herein is not for publication or distribution to persons in the United States of America. Any securities referred to herein have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and may not be offered or sold without registration thereunder or pursuant to an available exemption therefrom. Any offering of securities to be made in the United States would have to be made by means of an offering document that would be obtainable from the issuer or its agents and would contain detailed information about the issuer of the securities and its management, as well as financial information. The securities may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from registration.

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NTQ Korea Celebrates 5 Years: Empowering Korean Competitiveness Through Global Collaboration

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SEOUL, South Korea, Nov. 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — After 5 years of establishment in Korea, NTQ Korea has gained significant positions thanks to a dedication to raising Korean businesses’ competitiveness through its pioneering Global Collaboration model. 

On 14th November, NTQ Korea celebrated its fifth anniversary in Seoul, hosting esteemed clients and partners in a special ceremony that highlighted the company’s journey from a small venture to becoming a trusted partner for numerous major South Korean companies across various industries.

The secret behind NTQ Korea’s remarkable success lies in its strategy to focus on multiple dimensions of business development. Aside from a sole focus on tech service offerings, NTQ Korea stands out for its unique Global Collaboration strategy, which has been instrumental in helping South Korean businesses unlock new opportunities in emerging markets like Vietnam and beyond.

Global Collaboration – NTQ Korea’s Approach To Leverage Korean Businesses In The Competitive Landscape

As part of maintaining its position as a global innovation leader, South Korea has actively expanded ICT collaboration with countries worldwide to strengthen its supply chain networks. Vietnam, one of the nations that has a strategic partnership with South Korea, has contributed significantly to this strategy.

“Realizing the needs for globalization of Korean businesses and the long-lasting bilateral relation between Vietnam & Korea, NTQ Korea chooses to foster service offerings & business development strategy around the “Global Collaboration” – A model that enables NTQ to build sustainable partnership values with clients”, said Mr. Pham Thai Son, CEO of NTQ Solution.

As the name suggests, “Global Collaboration” is NTQ Korea’s unique strategy model that aims to enhance clients’ capabilities to enter global markets through digital transformation. NTQ’s Global Collaboration consists of two critical objectives: leveraging clients’ competitiveness in the Korean market and committing to accompany clients on their journey to expand business globally.

Dedicated resources of more than 1300 employees globally, diverse tech stack capabilities & global experiences are the solid foundation of NTQ Korea’s Global Collaboration. NTQ Korea acts as an IT Service Provider, while providing a powerful source of technical expertise, know-how & experiences that allow clients to access markets where NTQ has a presence, including Vietnam, Japan, the US, Europe, Hong Kong, and many other countries/regions.

“With the help of NTQ’s tech powerhouse and global experiences, Korean clients will both achieve global expansion goals and strengthen their competitive edge in the domestic market at the same time”, said Mr. Pham Thai Son, CEO of NTQ Solution.

To effectively execute its Global Collaboration strategy, NTQ Korea employs: (1) a Global Development Center (GDC) model with advanced workforce management, developing dedicated IT resources that support Korean enterprises’ growth, (2) end-to-end services combining hardware and software to bring clients’ solutions to life, meeting diverse global demands, and (3) emerging technologies like up-trending GenAI and Blockchain, providing solutions that enhance Korean companies’ competitiveness, boosting growth through improved productivity, communication, and learning efficiency. These innovations address Korean businesses’ evolving needs, creating a robust foundation for sustainable international expansion.

Ready For A Greater Leap!

The resilience towards Global Collaboration has contributed to NTQ Korea’s remarkable achievements in both service development and market expansions. Looking ahead, NTQ Korea is pursuing a 5-year strategy toward future growth. This includes the goals of achieving 100 employees in Korea, deploying GDCs with 2000 – 3000 dedicated talents specialized for the Korean market, and granting top positions in the Korean ICT Market.

Along with other global subsidiaries, NTQ Korea is striving for the NTQ Solution’s 2026 goals, including 3000 employees milestones, $100M in revenues & achieving the Top 5 IT company in Vietnam!

About NTQ Korea: NTQ Korea is one of the international branches of NTQ Solution, a Global IT Service Provider with more than 13 years of experience in harnessing digital transformation for businesses worldwide. Founded in 2019, NTQ Korea has become a trusted IT partner of leading Korean companies, contributing to leveraging the position of Vietnam’s ICT competency in the market.

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Gubagoo and Fullpath Unveil Curator, the First Unified Intelligence Engine for Automotive Retailers

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Curator brings together every type of data across a dealership and normalizes, cleanses, and deduplicates it, creating a single unique view of every customer.

HOUSTON and TEL AVIV, Israel, Nov. 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Gubagoo, the leading provider of digital retailing and conversational commerce for automotive dealerships, announced today Curator, the first Unified Intelligence Engine for automotive retailers.

Powered by Fullpath, the automotive industry’s leading customer data platform (CDP) and marketing automation platform, Gubagoo’s Curator has unified all three types of data – transactional, demographic, and behavioral – and made it actionable. Curator collects and unifies first-party data from multiple sources to build a single, complete view of each customer. Dealerships can then use this data for powerful customer and user activation – giving consumers the 1:1 personalization they expect in today’s environment.

While dealerships sit on a wealth of data, one of the biggest challenges they face is leveraging their strong datasets to impact their business strategy and improve the client experience. The root cause is data siloed in disparate applications, spread across multiple or duplicate customer records, sources, reporting tools, and vendors.

Through the partnership, Fullpath provides accurate first-party behavioral data fueled by its powerful analytics engine, identity resolution, and website traffic attribution.

Gubagoo and its parent company, Reynolds and Reynolds, bring a view from inside the dealership with transactional and demographic information, leveraging the richest first-party data in the industry from within the DMS and CRM, as well as customer activity from chat and digital retailing activities.

Combining all of this data into a Unified Intelligence Engine creates a holistic view of the dealership’s customers, unlike any other.

“We knew with Gubagoo and Reynolds we would build something historic for the industry by giving dealers the power to understand and activate their data through a truly connected data infrastructure. And now that we’ve seen the power of Curator, we know that dealers have unparalleled views of their customers they can take action on,” says Aharon Horwitz, Fullpath CEO & Co-founder.

By connecting the DMS, CRM, F&I, Chat, Digital Retailing tools, and more, Curator provides:

Business insightsDecisioning toolsMulti-touch attribution metricsData segmentation across sales and serviceCampaign management and audience best practices for marketing purposesSales enablement

Furthermore, Curator measures effectiveness by department, ad campaigns, as well as customer retention and reactivation; all while managing data hygiene, enrichment, appends, and ID resolutions.

“Dealers have a huge opportunity in front of them, and we couldn’t be more excited to help them take advantage of it with a Unified Intelligence Engine,” said Brad Title, president of Gubagoo. “They have struggled for years with segmented data in disparate tools, and now with Curator, they can leverage all their information in a single place to dramatically increase efficiencies and truly wow customers.”

The groundbreaking Unified Intelligence Engine will launch at NADA 2025.

About Fullpath
Fullpath is the automotive industry’s first enhanced Customer Data Platform (CDP). Fullpath unifies first-party dealership data and activates it by layering powerful AI and marketing automation on top to create a Customer Data and Experience Platform (CDXP). Dealerships that invest in the platform create exceptional, hyper-personalized customer experiences that drive loyalty and build resilient, lasting business.

About Gubagoo
Gubagoo is the leading provider of conversational commerce and retail solutions for both automotive dealerships and OEMs. More than 8,500 dealerships worldwide partner with Gubagoo, including 90% of the top dealer groups in North America. The company is a subsidiary of Reynolds and Reynolds, with offices in Dayton, Ohio, Houston, Texas, and operates in the US, Canada, Mexico, Europe, and Australia. (Gubagoo.com)

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