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Ron Kaine

Mitigating fraud risk : effective strategies for small financial institutions

In 2023, the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre reported a staggering $554 million in victim losses related to fraud and cybercrime — nearly 5 per cent more than what was reported in 2022, which in itself was...

22 Feb 2024
Transaction Fraud Systems and Analysis
Greg Woolf

The Rise of the Digital Catfish: How ChatGPT and Deep-Fake Personas are Changing Financial Fraud

The emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) has given rise to a troubling new type of fraud that is extending digital impersonation beyond just dating platforms and reality TV and into the financial...

07 Aug 2023
Transaction Fraud Systems and Analysis
A Finextra Member

Adapt to Shifting Fraud Trends with an Omnichannel Data Strategy

As more and more banks implement an omnichannel experience to serve their customers, it’s clear that fraud management needs to follow suit. Consider the limited scope of branches as digital transacti...

20 Dec 2022
Transaction Fraud Systems and Analysis
Tamsin Hill

Confidentiality by Design - The Future of Fraud

Those working in the financial services are constantly facing a fraud dilemma that is unlikely to end, seeing fraud surge 24% during the COVID-19 pandemic alone. Financial institutions (FIs) are stil...

24 Oct 2022
Transaction Fraud Systems and Analysis
A Finextra Member

Fuel Payments - Alternate Fuels are leading to Alternate Fraud

How can the payments and fuel industries get prepared for the adoption of future vehicle technologies? Building a greener and more sustainable economy means consumers need to change how they consume, ...

26 Apr 2022
Transaction Fraud Systems and Analysis
Jackie Barwell

2022: What's next for financial fraud?

Against the backdrop of continuing economic uncertainty, financial fraud will continue to thrive in 2022, with fraudsters expected to exploit consumers across all digital channels. Sadly, the industr...

16 Dec 2021
Transaction Fraud Systems and Analysis
John Bertrand

APP (Authorised Push Payment) fraud mitigation planned by banking and payment authorities

APP fraud is rocketing, up 70 per cent in six months, and likely to be a multi billion business shortly. No one is surprise to learn that the Bank of England, Pay.UK and UK Finance (The Collaboration...

16 Nov 2021
Transaction Fraud Systems and Analysis
A Finextra Member

Armchair Fraudsters – Impact of COVID-19 on “Friendly Fraud”

Working from home has become “the norm” for many of us, as COVID-19 forced the closures of traditional offices, people across the world moved into hastily converted kitchens, sheds, dining rooms and s...

15 Nov 2021
Transaction Fraud Systems and Analysis
Steve Goddard

You Can Mimic a Result, but Not the Creativity

A recent survey found that 93% of respondents agreed that fraudsters have become more diverse and that the speed of innovation has increased with it, resulting in greater complexity when detecting the...

29 Jun 2021
Transaction Fraud Systems and Analysis
Ron Hynes

Preventing fraud without compromising the customer experience

Delivering a great shopping experience is about more than just the shopping, it's about the paying too. However, today merchants are so hyper-focused on the risk of fraud and attacks, the ease of chec...

16 Jun 2021
Transaction Fraud Systems and Analysis
Gabe McGloin

Making Free Trials Work for Customer and Merchant

The experience of lockdown has turned many consumers into a captive but willing audience for streaming entertainment and subscription services. Stuck at home with children or friends and relatives to ...

13 Aug 2020
Transaction Fraud Systems and Analysis
Gabe McGloin

Stopping the chargebacklash

Brands have been encouraging consumers to move their shopping online for years. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, this has happened all at once. Even as lockdowns ease around the world, many store...

31 Jul 2020
Transaction Fraud Systems and Analysis

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