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  "id": 87950,
  "title": "Visa to buy cybersecurity firm BioCatch for $2.4 billion amid surge in AI-powered scams",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/visa-to-buy-cybersecurity-firm-biocatch-for-2-4-billion-amid-surge-in",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-03T14:11:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CNBC",
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    "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/03/visa-buys-biocatch-fraud-detection.html"
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  "summary": "It is also the latest move by Visa to expand its value-added services business, which has become one of the company's fastest-growing divisions.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "Visa plans to acquire Israeli company BioCatch, which uses AI to detect fraud and distinguish legitimate users from attackers in real time, for $2.4B in cash (Katherine Hamilton/Wall Street Journal)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/visa-plans-to-acquire-israeli-company-biocatch-which-uses-ai-to",
        "published": "2026-08-03T13:16:04.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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