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.

Trulioo Says Always-On Identity Checks Needed to Stop Fraud
Trulioo Says Always-On Identity Checks Needed to Stop Fraud
March 20, 2026  |  Fraud Prevention

Know your customer (KYC) and know your business (KYB) remain the first formal barrier between legitimate commerce and organized fraud. Their durability, however, depends on...

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Fraud Gets Cheaper, Merchants Push Back
Fraud Gets Cheaper, Merchants Push Back
March 20, 2026  |  Fraud Prevention

Watch more: What’s Next in Payments With Spreedly’s Adam Hiatt The fraud economy has always been adaptive. For every 12-foot wall that a firm stands...

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IRS Warns of Most Dangerous 2026 Tax Scams Targeting SMBs
IRS Warns of Most Dangerous 2026 Tax Scams Targeting SMBs
March 17, 2026  |  Fraud Prevention

The “Dirty Dozen” list of tax scams released by the IRS this year reads less like a seasonal advisory and more like a snapshot of...

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Veriff Warns Deepfakes Are Distracting Firms From the Real Identity Problem
Veriff Warns Deepfakes Are Distracting Firms From the Real Identity Problem
March 16, 2026  |  Authentication

Watch more: What’s Next in Payments With Veriff’s Hubert Behaghel The surge in artificial intelligence-powered fraud has placed identity verification in the spotlight. Tools capable...

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Fake Worker Scams Swamp Remote Hires
Fake Worker Scams Swamp Remote Hires
March 15, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

AI-powered “fake worker” scams are reportedly spreading from the U.S. to Europe. That’s according to a report Sunday (March 15) from the Financial Times (FT),...

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Fraud Defense Moves From the Back Office to the Codebase
Fraud Defense Moves From the Back Office to the Codebase
March 13, 2026  |  Cybersecurity

The evolution of digital payments has often followed a predictable pattern. As transactions become faster and more seamless, new layers of infrastructure emerge to support...

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Commerzbank Taps Hawk to Fight Money Laundering With AI
Commerzbank Taps Hawk to Fight Money Laundering With AI
March 11, 2026  |  AML

Germany’s Commerzbank launched a partnership with anti-fraud and anti-money laundering (AML) technology firm Hawk. The collaboration, announced in a news release Tuesday (March 10), is...

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AI Forensics Takes Aim at Compliance Gridlock
AI Forensics Takes Aim at Compliance Gridlock
March 11, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Watch more: Digital Shift With Flagright’s Madhu Nadig Scale is fast becoming a central challenge in financial crime compliance. As digital payments expand and real-time...

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47% of Merchants Report False Declines Cost Them Sales
47% of Merchants Report False Declines Cost Them Sales
March 11, 2026  |  Fraud Prevention

Fraud prevention is no longer about stopping a single bad transaction. It is about managing risk across an entire payment journey without driving away legitimate...

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