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.

Automation and AI Move Deeper Into Payment Exceptions
Automation and AI Move Deeper Into Payment Exceptions
October 09, 2026  |  Payments Innovation

Much of payment processing already happens without an employee touching the transaction. The “hands-on” interactions come when payments fail to clear, or transactions trigger fraud...

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59% of Firms With AI Fraud Defenses Stop Losses Before They Start
59% of Firms With AI Fraud Defenses Stop Losses Before They Start
October 09, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Businesses that combine several artificial intelligence tools to fight payments fraud are nearly twice as likely to stop at least 90% of attempted attacks before...

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What the Treasury and SEC Can Teach CFOs About Fraud
What the Treasury and SEC Can Teach CFOs About Fraud
October 08, 2026  |  Fraud Prevention

The most expensive fraud control is becoming the one that works perfectly, just a few seconds too late. Two developments from Washington this week, one...

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Scams Move From the Inbox to the Text Screen
Scams Move From the Inbox to the Text Screen
October 08, 2026  |  Fraud Prevention

A bank can monitor a login, score a transaction and flag unusual account activity. It can’t see the text message that convinced its customer to...

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U.S. Bank Debuts Service to Help Clients Spot Identity Threats
U.S. Bank Debuts Service to Help Clients Spot Identity Threats
October 07, 2026  |  Fraud Prevention

U.S. Bank introduced a service called Project 360, designed to help customers protect their privacy, according to a Wednesday (Oct. 7) press release. Project 360...

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Fraud Becomes a Bigger Cost of Running a Neobank
Fraud Becomes a Bigger Cost of Running a Neobank
October 07, 2026  |  Fraud Prevention

Neobanks are spending far more on fraud prevention even as their fraud losses continue to rise. Fraud prevention spending among neobanks, digital-only banks and FinTechs...

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AI Made B2B Fraud Cheap and Trust Expensive
AI Made B2B Fraud Cheap and Trust Expensive
October 07, 2026  |  Fraud Prevention

Watch more: Stopping B2B Fraud Before AI Moves the Money Artificial intelligence is breaking the economics of the traditional accounts payable fraud model. Attackers can...

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Congress Wants to Unplug the Scam Call Factory
Congress Wants to Unplug the Scam Call Factory
October 07, 2026  |  Fraud Prevention

A pair of representatives last week unveiled legislation targeting one piece of the increasingly industrialized fraud economy. Reps. Jefferson Shreve of Indiana and Rob Menendez...

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Basware Acquires Trustpair for Fraud Prevention
Basware Acquires Trustpair for Fraud Prevention
October 05, 2026  |  Fraud Prevention

Invoice lifecycle management Basware has completed its acquisition of payment fraud prevention platform Trustpair. “The acquisition extends Basware’s invoice lifecycle management capabilities all the way to the payment...

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