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Tag: Financial Fraud


Capital and Risk, Operational

Swiss cantonal bank BLKB turns to NetGuardians to fight payment fraud

June 9, 2022

Via: FinTech Futures

BLKB selected NetGuardians’ fraud mitigation software and plans to go live with it in H2 this year. “Everything we do is for our customers,” states Christoph Schaer, chief operating officer (COO) at BLKB. “By working with NetGuardians we will be […]


Capital and Risk, Operational

From viral fun to financial fraud: How deepfake technology is threatening financial services

January 6, 2022

Via: FinTech Futures

During the height of the pandemic in 2020, UK online fraud rose by a third according to a Which? survey, while EY estimates financial crime is costing up to $3.5 trillion a year in the US. This has created an […]


Capital and Risk, Operational

How identity fraud is costing fintechs millions each year

September 15, 2021

Via: FinTech Futures

While this sounds great on the surface – who doesn’t want access to more sophisticated knowledge, after all? – it presents serious challenges as well. One of these challenges comes in the form of identity verification. Public access to media […]


Capital and Risk, Operational

Fraudsters rake in £58m during COVID-19 by impersonating banks

September 16, 2020

Via: Banking Technology

According to UK Finance, its members reported 15,000 cases between January and June 2020. Criminals raked in more than £58 million using the technique. Impersonation scams occur when a victim pays a criminal claiming to be from a trusted organisation. […]


Regulations

Regulators’ “fast and furious” AML fines don’t tell the whole compliance story

September 9, 2020

Via: Banking Technology

Rachel Woolley, global director of Financial Crime at Fenergo, tells FinTech Futures that penalties have come “fast and furious” over the past few years. Fenergo data shows that fines against financial institutions through July 2020 have reached $5.6 billion. The […]