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New Biannual Threats Report Reveals Fundamental Shift in Fraud Operations as Criminals Adopt Industrial-Scale Tactics



(BUSINESS WIRE)--To celebrate International Fraud Awareness Week, Visa (NYSE: V) today released its Fall 2025 Biannual Threats Report, revealing five forces that are transforming the global payments security landscape.

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The report, produced by Visa's Payment Ecosystem Risk and Control (PERC) team, draws on intelligence from Visa's global network to identify how criminal operations are evolving with unprecedented speed, scale, and sophistication.

"The payments ecosystem is experiencing a paradigm shift in how fraud operates," said Paul Fabara, Chief Risk and Client Services Officer at Visa. "Criminals are no longer working as opportunistic individuals-- they're operating like tech startups, building reusable ... Read more »

(BUSINESS WIRE)--EMVCo – the technical body that creates and manages EMV® Specifications and programmes that enable seamless and secure card-based payments worldwide – has announced that it is working on how global specifications can support innovation in agentic payment solutions by increasing trust and interoperability across the ecosystem.

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(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Andersen Consulting enters a Collaboration Agreement with Cloud23, a next-generation consulting firm integrating data and artificial intelligence to drive digital transformation.

Located in South Africa, Cloud23 delivers intelligent, platform-based solutions to clients across sectors such as finance, telecom, healthcare, and manufacturing. The firm’s offerings span Salesforce consulting and implementation, managed services, and AI strategy, empowering organizations to modernize customer engagement, optimize operations, and drive measurable outcomes.

“Our goal at Cloud23 has always been to simplify transformation through smart, scalable design,” said Ram Ramakrishnan, founder and CEO of Cloud23. “We focus on aligning technology with purpose, delivering outcomes that support long-term growth, customer value, and innovation. Collaborating with Andersen Consulting allows us to amplify our mission and extend the impact of our work across a global platform ... Read more »

Doha, Qatar - Thursday, 20. November 2025

Among Gen Z Qatari females, 40% prioritize makeup, 25% fragrance, and 20% skincare as top beauty spends

Fashion preferences include modest-meets-contemporary (22% of Gen Z Qatari females), streetwear (34% of shoppers), premium perfumery (32%), and modest fashion (28%)

Half of shoppers rank ambience, personalization, and events above convenience when choosing a mall

AI in GCC retail is projected to grow from $5 billion in 2023 to $31 billion by 2028, with 97% of retailers increasing investment

Expert contributors include MAC, Chalhoub Group, New Balance, Harvey Nichols, and Creed.

Doha Festival City, Qatar’s destination for style, expression, and coveted trends, has released Festival Edits: Qatar’s Retail Trends Report 2025, a first-of-its-kind, data-driven study providing insights into the evolving fashion, beauty, and retail landscape in Qatar. Developed with r ... Read more »

Un SUV super-hybride révolutionnaire pour la maîtrise urbaine et tout-Terrain DEEPAL, la marque de mobilité électrique intelligente du groupe Changan Automobile, a renforcé sa présence dans la région MENA avec le lancement aux Émirats arabes unis du DEEPAL G318, dévoilé le 18 novembre à Nara Oasis, à Dubaï. Cela fait suite au succès régional des modèles DEEPAL S05 et S07, marquant l’expansion continue de la marque en collaboration avec son importateur-distributeur exclusif aux Émirats, Al Tayer Motors.Le DEEPAL G318 introduit une technologie avancée Super Hybrid associée à un design audacieux et performant, alliant efficacité, polyvalence et solides fondations techniques. Conçu à la fois pour la conduite urbaine et les capacités tout-terrain, ce modèle offre un confort optimal pour les trajets quotidiens ainsi que pour les aventures prolongées sur des terrains variés.« Nous nous engageons à apporter des solutions de mobilité intelligentes, efficaces, fiables et axées sur le design dans ... Read more »

CHICAGO - Thursday, 20. November 2025 AETOSWire Print

Certification strengthens NIQ’s position as a global leader in media outcomes measurement.

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- NIQ, a leading consumer intelligence company, is proud to announce its certification as a Google Meridian partner, enabling NIQ to utilize Google’s open-source marketing mix models to measure marketing impact for advertisers. This achievement underscores NIQ’s commitment to delivering transparent and actionable outcome measurement solutions that help advertisers evaluate and optimize their marketing investments worldwide.

Google's Meridian is an open-source Marketing Mix Model (MMM) designed to help businesses measure marketing effectiveness and optimize ad budgets across various media channels. By joining a select group of certified partners, NIQ is collaborating with Google to advance outcome measurement standards and introduce new innovations that complement NIQ’s proprietary MMM solution ... Read more »

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(BUSINESS WIRE)--Synthio Labs, a clinical-grade voice AI company transforming how life sciences organisations engage clinicians and patients, today announced that it has raised $5 million in seed funding. The round was led by Elevation Capital with participation from 1984 Ventures, Peak XV Partners, Y Combinator, and several strategic angels from the global healthcare and AI ecosystem.

“We believe Synthio Labs is defining the next major Customer Engagement infrastructure for Life Sciences. Their Clinical-grade Voice AI platform unifies how pharma communicates - giving field teams a powerful voice companion, and giving physicians and patients instant, trusted, compliant answers 24/7. Pharma’s global Commercial and GTM footprint is a trillion-dollar machine ripe for reinvention, and Synthio has exactly the right team to deliver on this mission,” said Krishna Mehra, AI Partner, Elevation Capital.

Pharma companies spend over $30 billion every year to eng ... Read more »