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 $95B Wake-Up Call: ‘Good Enough’ Digital Identity Is Costing Firms Growth

The $95B Wake-Up Call: ‘Good Enough’ Digital Identity Is Costing Firms Growth
The $95B Wake-Up Call: ‘Good Enough’ Digital Identity Is Costing Firms Growth
October 23, 2025  |  Cybersecurity

In an era where artificial intelligence-driven bots and digital agents are rewriting the rules of commerce, many companies still believe their identity verification systems are...

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Romance Fraud Reports Increase 9% in UK
Romance Fraud Reports Increase 9% in UK
October 17, 2025  |  Fraud Prevention

Payment service providers and online platforms have roles to play in combating romance fraud, the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority said Friday (Oct. 17). The...

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Visa DPS Finds Top Issuers Fight Fraud to Win Customers
Visa DPS Finds Top Issuers Fight Fraud to Win Customers
October 17, 2025  |  Cybersecurity

Fraud prevention has long been a defensive strategy for card issuers, but top-performing issuers are treating it as an offensive one. They’re using tokenization and...

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AI and Embedded Humans Join Forces to Outwit Fraudsters
AI and Embedded Humans Join Forces to Outwit Fraudsters
October 16, 2025  |  Artificial Intelligence

Watch more: Need to Know: i2c, Matthew Pearce The fraud landscape is changing faster than ever — and increasingly, the bad actors are using artificial...

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Scam Texts Yield Billion-Dollar Bonanza for Chinese Criminals
Scam Texts Yield Billion-Dollar Bonanza for Chinese Criminals
October 15, 2025  |  Fraud Prevention

The world of text message scams marked an unwelcome milestone last month. On a single day in September, Americans reported a record 330,000 scam messages...

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US and UK Announce Sanctions Targeting Online Scams and Money Laundering
US and UK Announce Sanctions Targeting Online Scams and Money Laundering
October 14, 2025  |  Cybersecurity

Government agencies in the United States and the United Kingdom are targeting cybercriminal networks in Southeast Asia. These cybercriminal networks were responsible for online scams...

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Banks Can Future-Proof Against AI Fraud by Engineering for Change
Banks Can Future-Proof Against AI Fraud by Engineering for Change
October 10, 2025  |  Authentication

Watch more: Digital Shift: Capital One, Jenna Kaye-Kauderer Novel threat vectors, like deepfakes, synthetic identity fraud and phishing powered by powerful language models, were once...

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Slow AP Workflows Threaten Supply Chains at a Critical Moment
Slow AP Workflows Threaten Supply Chains at a Critical Moment
October 09, 2025  |  Accounts Payable

Watch more: Need to Know: Finexio, Ernest Rolfson Since its inception, the accounts payable (AP) function has been a sleepy back-office chore. It represented the...

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