Migliaccio & Rathod LLP is currently investigating various credit unions with partnerships with the peer-to-peer payment app, Zelle, for inadequately protecting consumers from fraudulent transactions and failing to provide refunds when fraudulent transactions occur. Unlike competing services like Venmo or Paypal, Zelle is not only the product of major banks and credit unions—such as Bank of America, Capital One, J.P. Morgan Chase, USAA, Navy Federal, and Discover, among others—it is also promoted by those financial institutions for use within their respective banking apps. The office of Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren released a report noting that incidents of fraud and scams are becoming commonplace on the app. In addition, banks and credit unions that promote Zelle are not refunding victims of scams or fraud perpetrated through the app. Data provided by four banks to Senator Warren’s office reveal, for instance, that the collective value of $192, 878 cases of fraud across four banks in 2021 and the first half of 2022 equaled $213.8 million.
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