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Cachet Financial Reeling from MyPayrollHR Fraud

When New York-based cloud payroll provider MyPayrollHR unexpectedly shuttered its doors last month and disappeared with $ 26 million worth of customer payroll deposits, its payment processor Cachet Financial Services ended up funding the bank accounts of MyPayrollHR client company employees anyway, graciously eating a $ 26 million loss which it is now suing to […]

Property Investment Hacking: 13 Ways to Ethically Shortcut Your Way to Financial Freedom in Property with Little to None of Your Own Money in 12 Months or Less

Property Investment Hacking: 13 Ways to Ethically Shortcut Your Way to Financial Freedom in Property with Little to None of Your Own Money in 12 Months or Less Property investment is dead. The old way of doing it is, anyway. Would you like to save up deposits, buy a property every few years, and (maybe) get […]

Seven steps to minimize your risk of financial identity fraud

This is one of a few Security for Real People blog posts routinely updated once or twice a year, to offer up-to-date advice to consumers and small businesses as threats evolve over time. The recent Equifax breach has put most Americans at a higher risk of identity fraud and is a good reason for an […]

First American Financial Corp. Leaked Hundreds of Millions of Title Insurance Records

The Web site for Fortune 500 real estate title insurance giant First American Financial Corp. [NYSE:FAF] leaked hundreds of millions of documents related to mortgage deals going back to 2003, until notified this week by KrebsOnSecurity. The digitized records — including bank account numbers and statements, mortgage and tax records, Social Security numbers, wire transaction […]