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      Title Fraud Risk Present in Nearly Half of 3Q Transactions   Wire and title fraud risk increased to a new high in the third quarter with just under half of all real estate transactions having at least one indicator of a potential problem, a report from FundingShield said. The overall error rate for the quarter was 47.9%, compared with 41.6% in the second quarter and 47.6% for the third quarter of 2021. Wire fraud risk bottomed out at 35.8% in the first quarter. The third quarter fraud analysis reflected $80 billion of real estate closings, approximately 160,000
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    FundingShield named to the HousingWire Tech100 2024 as a top 100 technology provider serving the real estate economy for sixth year in a row   FundingShield is excited to be named to the 2024 HousingWire Tech 100 list for the sixth year in a row. The HousingWire Tech100 is a list of the top 100 technology providers serving the real estate economy. FundingShield has achieved the award on the back on continued success in delivering a live, source-data driven ecosystem that provides data verification, 3rd party risk management, closing agent compliance, cyber security risk management, wire fraud prevention
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    FundingShield named to the HousingWire Tech100 2023 as a top 100 technology provider serving the real estate economy for fifth year in a row   FundingShield is excited to be named to the 2023 HousingWire Tech 100 list for the fifth year in a row. The HousingWire Tech100 is a list of the top 100 technology providers serving the real estate economy. FundingShield has achieved the award on the back on continued success in delivering a live, source-data driven ecosystem that provides data verification, 3rd party risk management, closing agent compliance, cyber security risk management, wire fraud prevention
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PRESS RELEASE:   FundingShield enters strategic partnership agreement with Milestones.Ai to offer consumer down payment wire fraud protection   Newport Beach, CA (January 17, 2023) – Fundingshield, LLC., is pleased to announce it has entered into a strategic partnership to deliver its consumer wire fraud prevention technology (“CWAVs”) to clients of Milestones.Ai (“Milestones”) protecting homebuyers from real estate wire fraud. FundingShield, a leading provider of FinTech risk management and fraud prevention tools used in the US real estate and mortgage finance ecosystem, announced that its Consumer-Wire Account Verification Service (referred to as “CWAVs”) will be made available to Milestones.AI clients.
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  PRESS RELEASE:   Bloomberg Covers FundingShield Press Release on Wire-fraud & title-fraud prevention as cyber-security risk rises and insurers pull back on crimes and cyber policy issuance   Bloomberg Covers FundingShield Press Release on Wire-fraud & title-fraud prevention as cyber-security risk rises and insurers pull back on crimes and cyber policy issuance. Signal that risk management technology, fraud prevention and compliance automation technology is needed to address payment security. For the full article from Bloomberg. Click Here
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