In the latest weekly update, four ISMG editors discuss the breach of customer engagement platform Twilio, a cyberattack on the U.K.'s NHS that has reignited concerns about supply chain security in the healthcare sector, and the U.S. Treasury clamping down on shady cryptocurrency mixers.
A high-ranking employee at Bitcoin Mercantile Exchange, or BitMEX, has pleaded guilty to violating the Bank Secrecy Act, which requires financial institutions to help prevent money laundering. The plea by Gregory Dwyer follows BitMEX's three founders all pleading guilty to the same charge.
Financial crimes against financial institutions have become more significant. These risks now represent one of the biggest areas of concern for the industry and one of the largest drivers of IT and compliance costs. Nick Davison of EY Australia and Paul Franks of SAS share new financial crime management...
Financial crimes against financial institutions have become more significant. These risks now represent one of the biggest areas of concern for the industry and one of the largest drivers of IT and compliance costs. Nick Davison of EY Australia and Paul Franks of SAS share new financial crime management strategies.
How can you leverage artificial intelligence and make sense of data from different industries to determine whether a customer is creditworthy or whether an account is a mule account? Guy Sheppard, general manager of financial services at Aboitiz Data Innovation, discusses a case study.
In 2021, check transaction volumes increased by 8%, while attempted fraud dollar value increased by 106% for checks *. Check fraud risk is not only alive and well, but a growing concern for Fraud Managers.
To combat check fraud, Financial Services Organizations (FSOs) need both external account verification tools...
Financial services firms lose an average of $18.5 million per year through malicious activity like leaked credentials, payment fraud, money laundering, fake account registration, loyalty abuse, and more. Fraud prevention depends on effective intelligence gathering, and few firms have the tools or personnel to...
There has been a rise in crypto fraud, and a substantial portion of it can be attributed to stimulus funding and paycheck protection programs, says David Britton, vice president of strategy, global ID and fraud at Experian. He discusses new authentication methods and stricter regulations.
Financial criminals are constantly adapting and evolving their tactics to get ahead of financial institutions (FIs). Keeping pace with these criminals is a challenge in of itself, and when you couple that with the need to comply to ever-changing regulations?
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Between the ever-changing fraud landscape, and the surge in digital banking (which is here to stay), small to mid-sized banks and credit unions are already at a crossroads for financial crime risk management.
To make matters even more challenging, conventional fraud and AML tools are generating an overwhelming...
Most consumers are now thrust into using online and mobile banking more often, FIs need to stay alert as digital acceleration elevates vulnerabilities for fraud, money laundering, and other illicit activity.
Download this report produced by Aite Group to learn how a digital-first strategy is imperative for...
Pre-pandemic, escalating mobile banking adoption rate was primarily fueled by smartphone penetration, with over 4 billion people using smartphones. However, the disruption emerging from the onset of COVID-19 has been a major driver of mobile banking, fast-tracking the trend of mobile-first banking among younger...
In the today’s digital world, when so much of our lives are online, identity verification and authentication are critical to addressing fraud-related risk management challenges. To prevent fraud and protect your business and your customers, you must be certain the people you are dealing with are who they represent...
Today’s sophisticated cyberattacks combine multiple tactics that include social engineering, zero-day malware and 3rd party OAuth app abuse. Threat actors employ tactics across email, cloud and web that target specific people in your organization to breach your environment and access sensitive data. Hybrid work...
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