Fraud Prevention

Fraud Prevention
Data Beats Instinct in the Race to Outrun Fraudsters
September 25, 2025

Watch more: Digital Shift: Entersekt, Steve Bledsoe Real-time payments thrill consumers and businesses with immediate fund transfers, but that same speed attracts fraudsters. Banks eager to meet customer expectations must rethink defenses because scams, particularly authorized push payment (APP) fraud, are spreading and pressure is...

Fraud Prevention
Regulators’ Call Spurs Wide-Ranging Comments on Payments Fraud
September 23, 2025

Fraud continues to plague the payments system — and regulators are asking for answers. Banks, credit unions and payment networks responded to a joint Request for Information (RFI) from the Office of Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Federal Reserve, and the Federal Deposit Insurance...

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Risk Experts Tell Congress Banks Need to Unify Against Fraud
September 18, 2025

Fraudsters, aided by advanced technologies, pose a pervasive and escalating threat to the financial system, financial services and risk experts told lawmakers on Capitol Hill Thursday (Sept. 18). A House Financial Services Committee oversight and investigations subcommittee hearing titled “Fraud in Focus: Exposing Financial Threats...

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Financial Leaders Warn Against Giving AI a 51% Stake in Decisions
September 17, 2025

Financial institutions have long treated customer data as a proprietary asset, but a new PYMNTS report, “Fighting Fraud and Finding Trust Amid Banking’s Data Deluge,” suggests the bigger competitive advantage may come from knowing when to pool information. In a digital economy where fraud evolves by...

Fraud Prevention
Entrust Adds Mastercard Insights to Identity Verification Platform
September 09, 2025

Entrust has integrated Mastercard Identity insights powered by Ekata into the Entrust Identity Verification Security Platform. This combination delivers intelligent pre-screening that identifies threats early to strengthen fraud prevention and automates remote onboarding for customers to streamline their onboarding experience, the companies said in a...

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SEC Launches Task Force to Prevent Fraud Against Investors
September 08, 2025

The SEC is upping its efforts to fight cross-border fraud targeting American investors. A new cross-border task force, announced by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Monday (Sept. 8), will initially focus on investigating possible securities law violations connected to overseas companies, including market manipulation...

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FinCEN Supports Banking Consortium Approach to Fraud
September 05, 2025

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued guidance Friday (Sept. 5) that it said aims to encourage appropriate, voluntary cross-border sharing of information between and among financial institutions, including appropriate foreign ones. This information sharing can help financial institutions combat money laundering, terrorist financing and illicit finance...

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Cloudflare Says Support Case Data Compromised by Breach of Salesloft’s Drift
September 02, 2025

Cloudflare said Tuesday (Sept. 2) that information shared in its customer support system should be considered compromised. The company issued this warning in a Tuesday blog post in which it disclosed that it was affected by a breach of Salesloft’s Drift that allowed someone outside Cloudflare to access...

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FCA Cautions Against Rise of Impersonation Scams
August 27, 2025

England’s financial watchdog wants residents to be wary of fraudsters impersonating the agency. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said Wednesday (Aug. 27) that it had received nearly 4,500 reports of “fake FCA scams” during the first half of 2025. While the number of reports of...