Financial Crimes news and trends

Meet the AI Agents Acing Compliance Tests and Correcting Government Data
Artificial Intelligence // July 08, 2025

Watch more: Castellum’s AI Agent Scores Compliance Win Regulators Can’t Ignore Before you read this story, let’s take a little quiz to test your knowledge of financial crimes. One rule before you do: No AI allowed. A customer opens an account and provides information that...

FTC Adds Defendants in Case Alleging Unlawful Debt Relief Operation
Legal & Regulation // March 28, 2025

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has added more defendants in its case against student loan debt relief operation Superior Servicing and its operator, Dennise Merdjanian. The regulator’s amended complaint added corporate defendants Sunrise Solutions USA LLC, Alumni Advantage LLC, Student Processing Center Group LLC, SPCTWO LLC and Accredit LLC, and...

Meta Sounds Pre-Holiday Alarm as Scam Incidents Jump 56%
Facebook / Meta // December 10, 2024

Meta has launched a pre-holiday anti-scam awareness campaign to keep users safe. “Scammers are persistent and try to trick people in a variety of ways — malicious texts and emails, websites impersonating known brands, posts on social media, visual discovery platforms and discussion forums, and...

Report: Financial Scams Drive 122% Increase in Fraud Losses by US Banks
Fraud Prevention // November 22, 2024

Transactions have moved more digital, changing the fraud landscape. Financial institutions (FIs) have made real progress in holding off fraudsters attempting to exploit the digital shift. Our multiyear analysis finds that fraud related to more routine digital payments has decreased markedly over the last three...

Interviews & Exclusives
FIs Depend on AI/ML Partners to Fight Next-Gen Fraudsters

December 06, 2023
PYMNTS Intelligence recently found that more than 40% of financial institutions (FIs) see increasing fraud and financial crime. This advancing wave likely poses a significant threat to the financial services industry. Security is a top concern, and these institutions need cutting-edge tools to fight this rising tide of fraud and financial crime. FIs typically use […]

Quick Reads
US Says Cambodia’s Huione Group Is Crime Hub

August 03, 2025
Cambodia’s Huione Group offers things like insurance, money exchange and financial services. But to the U.S. Treasury Department, the company’s online platform performs another, illicit and unadvertised function, Bloomberg News reported Friday (Aug. 1). While Huione affiliated companies have repeatedly denied any involvement with criminal activities, the Treasury has called it as a “critical node” […]

FTC Adds Defendants in Case Alleging Unlawful Debt Relief Operation

March 28, 2025
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has added more defendants in its case against student loan debt relief operation Superior Servicing and its operator, Dennise Merdjanian. The regulator’s amended complaint added corporate defendants Sunrise Solutions USA...

Meta Sounds Pre-Holiday Alarm as Scam Incidents Jump 56%

December 10, 2024
Meta has launched a pre-holiday anti-scam awareness campaign to keep users safe. “Scammers are persistent and try to trick people in a variety of ways — malicious texts and emails,...

FinCEN Says ABLV Bank No Longer of Primary Money Laundering Concern

September 26, 2024
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has withdrawn its finding that ABLV Bank, AS is a financial institution of primary money laundering concern, because the bank no longer operates as...