fraud

Fraud is intentional deception to secure unfair or unlawful gain, or to deprive a victim of a legal right. Fraud can violate civil law, a criminal law, or it may cause no loss of money, property or legal right but still be an element of another civil or criminal wrong.

The Next Bank Run May Start With an AI Hack, Not Bad Loans
The Next Bank Run May Start With an AI Hack, Not Bad Loans
May 15, 2026  |  Cybersecurity

Artificial intelligence is becoming part of the everyday operating system of financial services, from fraud detection and identity checks to customer service and transaction monitoring....

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35% of Firms Delay Embedded Finance Over Fraud Fears
35% of Firms Delay Embedded Finance Over Fraud Fears
May 14, 2026  |  Fraud Prevention

Embedded finance is giving businesses a faster way to move money, but its next stage of growth may depend on how well companies build security...

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24% of Bank CEOs Put AI Cybersecurity First
24% of Bank CEOs Put AI Cybersecurity First
May 13, 2026  |  Cybersecurity

Embedded payments are forcing businesses to rethink fraud prevention as a design challenge, not just a cleanup job after something goes wrong. That was the...

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The End of the Artisanal Hack: How AI Industrialized Cybercrime
The End of the Artisanal Hack: How AI Industrialized Cybercrime
May 12, 2026  |  Cybersecurity

The enterprise software industry has long held on to the traditional assumption that while bugs are common, the expertise to exploit them, particularly at scale,...

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The Enterprise Security Stack Is Moving to the Edge
The Enterprise Security Stack Is Moving to the Edge
May 11, 2026  |  Digital Identity

One uncomfortable truth about digital identity is that it both tends to, and needs to, conform to the dominant architectures of existing digital experiences and...

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OCC Recommends Banks Sharpen AI Defense Tactics
OCC Recommends Banks Sharpen AI Defense Tactics
May 08, 2026  |  Cybersecurity

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency highlighted artificial intelligence as both a risk and an opportunity for innovation in its spring 2026 Semiannual...

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AI Fraud Pushes Banks to Rethink ID Verification
AI Fraud Pushes Banks to Rethink ID Verification
May 08, 2026  |  Digital Identity

The modern trust economy was built to eliminate ambiguity. Instead, it is producing more of it. Consider two stories circulating through technology and compliance circles....

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Vendor Breaches Create a New SEC Compliance Test
Vendor Breaches Create a New SEC Compliance Test
May 07, 2026  |  Cybersecurity

The public narrative around third-party cyber risk has traditionally focused on downstream fallout. When a software provider or financial services vendor suffered a breach, attention...

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Banks Are Building the Trust Layer AI Can’t Break
Banks Are Building the Trust Layer AI Can’t Break
May 06, 2026  |  Digital Identity

Banks, payment firms and digital platforms are rebuilding identity verification around what many executives now describe as “ID supply chains,” a networked approach to trust...

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