49 Results from 2020, /crime
Tamas Kadar Founder and CEO at SEON
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, we have seen the rapid rise of phishing scams, ID theft and account takeover techniques, as fraud has increased alongside digital activity while consumers shop from the safety of their homes. However, the real fallout of the current fraud ‘boomtown’ will not be felt fully for months to come and the increased level...
28 August 2020 /security /crime Information Security
Adam Holden Chief Executive Officer at NorthRow
As a first step towards introducing the Economic Crime Levy, as announced by the Chancellor in his March budget, the Government has issued a consultation document designed to get feedback on how the levy should be introduced, what it should cover and who should pay for it. Although there appears to be a general acceptance that the levy is a good i...
24 August 2020 /regulation /crime Financial Risk Management
John Bertrand MD at Tec 8 Limited
UKFinance reported fraud grew 28% in 2019 to £456 million with Faster Payments, 73% of that total, growing at 33%. UKFinance noted 76% of the fraud comes from the internet and the banking industry covers 98% of the fraud losses. If continued unchecked this could total £1 billion within three years. In addition, COVID 19 has turbo charged the move ...
07 August 2020 /payments /crime UK Faster Payments
Matt Smith CEO at SteelEye
As the Covid-19 pandemic continues, global regulators are warning financial services firms that they may need to enhance their trade surveillance activities to ensure they detect potential financial crime and insider trading. During lockdown, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) voiced concerns about managing insider trading conduct risks with ...
06 August 2020 /regulation /crime Financial Services Regulation
Ketharaman Swaminathan Founder and CEO at GTM360 Marketing Solutions
There are a lot of fraud-like situations, where there’s no fraud in the strictest sense of the term, but consumers feel defrauded. Let me give a few examples: Price of a certain item is 225 (in whichever currency) at one outlet of a chain store in one zip code and 265 at another outlet of the same chain store in the adjacent zip code. Price of a c...
04 August 2020 /crime /covid-19
John Cant Managing Director at MPI Europe Ltd
I have nothing against Harrogate, well not consciously at least. However, over recent months there has been much discussion about unconscious bias in many walks of life - including mention in this article about data used for algorithms. So let's consider the role that preparation of data for regulatory uses might have, and where issues exist, what...
24 July 2020 /regulation /crime Data Management and Governance
Micah Willbrand Product Director ID&F at Experian UK&I
Covid-19 has caused upheaval to all our lives. With the economic impact still uncertain but likely very significant, it’s clear we’ll be living with the consequences of the outbreak for a substantial period of time. But even during these unprecedented times, criminals and fraudsters remain active. Banks and other financial providers’ fraud teams – ...
25 June 2020 /crime /covid-19 Analytics in Banking
Adam Krug CLM Ambassador at Pegasystems
30 years ago, financial services built everything in-house. Nowadays, with so many off the shelf software products for trading and transaction systems – accounting, HR, CRM to name a few – the challenge now is which vendor to select. In the words of Tony Soprano, “Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see.” When it comes to investing...
24 June 2020 /regulation /crime Financial Services Regulation
René Hendrikse Vice President & Managing Director, EMEA & LATAM at Mitek
From social media scams to fake government texts, phishing links in business emails and false phone calls, fraud has risen sharply since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. More than 2,500 scams had been reported to investigators in the UK by the start of April alone. The threat doesn’t show signs of slowing down either. By early May, more than 16...
23 June 2020 /identity /crime Digital Identity Management
Jay Floyd Principal Fraud Consultant at ACI Worldwide
The current COVID-19 pandemic is unprecedented in its global reach and implications for consumers and businesses worldwide. Across the globe, millions of people have been locked down in their homes, with online banking and shopping consequently seeing a significant rise. However, this situation has also created a fertile ground for fraudsters, wit...
19 June 2020 /crime /covid-19 Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
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