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68% of Banks Increase Fraud Defense Spending as Account Takeovers Spike

68% of Banks Increase Fraud Defense Spending as Account Takeovers Spike
68% of Banks Increase Fraud Defense Spending as Account Takeovers Spike
April 09, 2026  |  Fraud Prevention

Banks are learning that fraud defense is no longer just about stopping losses after the fact. The bigger shift in the latest data is that...

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Crypto Embraces Regulator-in-the-Loop Strategy as Federal Rules Roll Out
Crypto Embraces Regulator-in-the-Loop Strategy as Federal Rules Roll Out
April 08, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

Few industries have fates as entwined with their regulatory guardrails as crypto. After all, few industries are as unregulated as crypto has traditionally been. At...

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Treasury Proposes Anti-Money Laundering Framework for Stablecoin Issuers
Treasury Proposes Anti-Money Laundering Framework for Stablecoin Issuers
April 08, 2026  |  AML

The Treasury Department has proposed a rule that would require permitted payment stablecoin issuers (PPSIs) to adhere to anti-money laundering (AML) and sanctions compliance obligations. Get the Full Story...

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Citi AI Cuts Account Opening Times by 1 Hour
Citi AI Cuts Account Opening Times by 1 Hour
April 08, 2026  |  artificial intelligence

Citigroup has identified an initial 50 processes that it aims to automate, and the bank is already seeing results from those it has transformed, Reuters...

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Regulators Put Bank and FinTech AML Infrastructure on Notice
Regulators Put Bank and FinTech AML Infrastructure on Notice
April 08, 2026  |  AML

Regulators’ proposed anti-money laundering (AML) rulemaking, introduced this week, offers a clear path for how compliance will be expected to operate as financial services continue...

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When Everything Looks Like AI, Being Real Becomes the Advantage
When Everything Looks Like AI, Being Real Becomes the Advantage
April 08, 2026  |  artificial intelligence

Cookware brand Le Creuset paid a digital video artist to spend days shooting and hand-editing footage frame by frame. When the video went live, the...

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Fed Rewrites Rules to Bring Cross-Border Payments to FedNow
Fed Rewrites Rules to Bring Cross-Border Payments to FedNow
April 08, 2026  |  Cross-border Payments

The Federal Reserve Board proposed Wednesday (April 8) that U.S. banks and credit unions be allowed to use intermediaries to transfer funds through the FedNow® Service. Get the...

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White House Budget Axes Cybersecurity Agency Misinformation Programs
White House Budget Axes Cybersecurity Agency Misinformation Programs
April 08, 2026  |  Politics

The federal government’s cybersecurity agency is facing a $707 million budget cut amid a realignment of its focus. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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FBI Warns: Internal Risk May Outpace Cyber Threats
FBI Warns: Internal Risk May Outpace Cyber Threats
April 08, 2026  |  CFO

The greatest enemy of operational uncertainty is the enterprise technology that promises to streamline, optimize and automate it away. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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