Meta vowed to stop illegal financial ads in Britain; it failed 1,000 times in a weekBritain's Financial Conduct Authority found that during one week in November, 1,052 ads for currency trading and certain complex financial ...
18 Mar, 2026, 12.17 PM IST
RBI to issue instructions to prevent mis-selling of financial productsThe Reserve Bank of India will soon release new rules for financial institutions. These guidelines aim to stop the mis-selling of financial...
29 Dec, 2025, 06.35 PM IST
AI-led ad frauds skim billions from brands one click at a timeFrom China to Egypt, the murky world of fake clicks is thriving. So-called “click farms” are inflating website traffic numbers and duping a...
01 Aug, 2025, 06.00 AM IST
Tackling cyber frauds: Finance Ministry includes I4C under PMLA for information sharingTo combat cyber fraud and trace money trails, the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) is now authorized to exchange information wi...
27 Apr, 2025, 12.56 PM IST
Fake recruitment agents: Indian Embassy in Myanmar informedKerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan outlined combatting fake recruitment agents trafficking youth to Myanmar and Thailand. Kollam cases, Norka-Roots...
09 Jul, 2024, 02.45 PM IST
Cybersecurity firm ClearTrust raises $1.9 million in funding led by Ideaspring Capital, othersWith the fresh funding, ClearTrust plans to expand its operations into North America and further invest in research and development in AI, ...
29 Jan, 2024, 01.13 PM IST
Around Rs 3,500 crore is lost to advertising fraud across platforms: Amit Relan, mFilterItAdvertising frauds are one of the most serious challenges faced by the brand managers as these frauds could cause a massive damage to digit...
12 Sep, 2021, 11.18 PM IST
Google announces measures to fight Covid-19 misinformation, will verify the location of all advertisersThe move builds on Google's efforts launched in 2018 to verify political advertisers.
24 Apr, 2020, 05.58 PM IST
Ecommerce giant ropes in cybersecurity experts on spike in app downloadsIt found that these were not real customers but bots and could have resulted in revenue loss on account of advertising fraud — forcing a co...
09 Apr, 2020, 08.56 AM IST
Havoc on mobile: Indian internet companies grappling with fake app installationsSomething as insignificant as a mobile recharge package worth Rs 10. For companies spending big money on making their apps stand out amid t...
04 May, 2018, 12.23 PM IST
Google issues refunds over ad fraudThe fraud was detected in ads bought through a platform called Double Click Bid Manager (DBM) over the last few months of this year, the WS...
29 Aug, 2017, 10.28 AM IST
Countering Frauds in Mobile AdvertisingWith mobile advertising rocked by fraudulent app installs, mobile filters may be the ideal solution to detect and prevent fake app installa...
16 Apr, 2016, 01.43 PM IST
Money is where mobile is: The future of mobile advertising in IndiaA research says that by 2020, the number of Indians accessing the Internet over mobile devices is expected to touch a whopping 600 million.
31 Mar, 2016, 10.10 AM IST
mXpresso launches mFilterIT fraudulent app install detection serviceMobile app install fraud is a challenge and many brands promote their mobile businesses by paying a cost-per-install bounty for each report...
23 Feb, 2016, 02.42 PM IST
How scientists based in Canada are vital cog in success of PaytmThe headquarters of Paytm, India’s largest mobile payment and commerce platform, is located in Noida, but the lifeblood of the company is f...
04 Jan, 2016, 12.21 PM IST
Panel suggests a new disclaimer for use in insurers' advertisementsThe report has also suggested an industry-level collaborative effort to minimise subjective and varied interpretation of policy terms and c...
24 May, 2015, 12.39 PM IST
RBI prescibes uniform provisioning norm for fraud casesPresently, banks are advertising the list of wilful defaulters on their website and newspapers individually.
01 Apr, 2015, 11.11 PM IST