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Looking internationally to fight fraud domestically

Voice of the Industry | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 18 Feb 2025

Reed Luhtanen, Executive Director of the US Faster Payments Council (FPC), elaborates on internationally-observed strategies that, if implemented, could help the US combat fraud to increase faster payments adoption.

payments , instant payments, real-time payments, RTPs, fraud prevention, biometric authentication, multi-factor authentication, transaction monitoring, Confirmation of Payee, data sharing, machine learning, data analytics, fintech, KYC, financial crime, FedNow

Fenergo teams up with PwC to optimise financial institutions' operations

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 13 Feb 2025

AI-powered solution for KYC and transaction monitoring Fenergo has teamed up with PwC to support the provision of its Client Lifecycle Management (CLM) and Know Your Customer (KYC) solutions to financial institutions. 

partnership, AML, KYC, financial crime, financial institutions, artificial intelligence

New report examines data sharing in efforts to combat economic crime

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 13 Feb 2025

Global Counsel, in collaboration with Enveil, has published a report addressing economic crime and the role of data sharing in its prevention.

report, research, data sharing, financial crime

US, Australia, and UK to sanction key infrastructure that enables ransomware attacks

News | Online & Mobile Banking | 13 Feb 2025

The United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom have jointly sanctioned key infrastructure that enabled ransomware attacks.

partnership, cybercrime, financial crime, compliance

FCA intensifies scrutiny on misleading financial promotions

News | Online & Mobile Banking | 10 Feb 2025

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has decided to act against nearly 20,000 financial promotions in 2024, requiring them to be amended or withdrawn.

fraud prevention, promo abuse, regulation, financial crime

Airtel Payments Bank goes live with I4C's real-time API

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 10 Feb 2025

Airtel Payments Bank has gone live with I4C’s real-time API integration in order to strengthen customer security and fight against fraud.

partnership, fraud management, API, financial crime

Europol publishes guide for cooperation against financial crime

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 03 Feb 2025

Europol has issued the EFIPPP Practical Guide for Operational Cooperation between Investigative Authorities and Financial Institutions.

financial crime, fraud prevention, partnership, financial institutions, fraud management

UK introduces the ECCT Act for AML controls and stricter corporate IDV

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 31 Jan 2025

Companies House has announced a transition plan in which UK businesses will have to comply with new identity verification requirements for directors and those with corporate control by 2026.

fraud detection, AML, regulation, financial crime, fraud management

Fintrac warns fentanyl money laundering is linked to online gambling

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 31 Jan 2025

The Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (Fintrac) has released an alert suspecting that online betting platforms are being used to launder money from fentanyl dealing and production.

AML, financial crime, fraud detection, POS, ATM

IDB Bank implements ThetaRay's Transaction Monitoring solution

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 30 Jan 2025

US-based private and commercial bank IDB Bank has partnered with ThetaRay to implement the latter’s Transaction Monitoring solution. 

financial crime, fraud management, fraud detection, online fraud, compliance

Sumsub joins PA EU to stop ID fraud in digital transactions

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 30 Jan 2025

Sumsub has announced its membership into the Payments Association EU (PA EU), alongside Mastercard, Visa, Paypal, Amazon, and other retailers and companies.

fraud prevention, fraud management, retail, financial crime, deep fake

Tech unicorn Deel files to dismiss money laundering claims

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 28 Jan 2025

Tech unicorn Deel has filed against allegations that its platform enabled money laundering and sanctions evasion.

fraud detection, AML, financial crime, fintech, financial services

Block Inc pays USD 80 million fine for violating AML regulations

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 16 Jan 2025

Block Inc has agreed to pay a USD 80 million fine for violations of the Bank Secrecy Act following a joint enforcement action by 48 state financial regulators.

regulation, fraud management, financial crime, AML, fintech

FINTRAC fines Exchange Bank of Canada USD 2.46 million for AML oversight

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 16 Dec 2024

The Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) has enforced a USD 2.46 million administrative penalty on Exchange Bank of Canada for not falling in line with money laundering regulations. 

money laundering, regulation, AML, financial crime, financial sanctions, financial institutions

Equifax and Mastercard partner to combat fraud in Latin America

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 10 Dec 2024

Mastercard has partnered with Equifax to offer financial institutions, payment service providers, acquiring banks, and merchants from Latin America a solution to overcome fraud challenges.

fraud management, digital payments, financial crime, financial institutions, ecommerce

Barclays pays USD 19.5 million settlement on debt sale blunder

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 06 Dec 2024

Barclays has agreed to pay USD 19.5 million to settle a lawsuit by shareholders who sued the bank for securities fraud after it sold USD 17.7 billion more debt than regulators allowed.

banks, regulation, financial institutions, settlement, financial crime

Uganda confirms hack of central bank accounts

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 29 Nov 2024

Uganda has confirmed that accounts in the country's central bank had been hacked, as officials also have downplayed the extent of the losses. 

online fraud, fraud detection, fraud management, financial crime

Unlocking AI's potential in combating financial crime: insights from NatWest's Colin Whitmore

Voice of the Industry | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 29 Nov 2024

NatWest's AML expert Colin Whitmore explores how AI can unlock new potential in the fight against financial crime.


fraud prevention, artificial intelligence, financial crime, AML

Sumsub partners with Elliptic in order to tackle crypto financial crime

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 27 Nov 2024

Sumsub has announced its partnership with crypto asset risk management company Elliptic in order to tackle crypto financial crime and protect its customers.

partnership, crypto, cryptocurrency, fraud management, financial crime

NICE Actimize partners with TF Bank to optimise its financial crime prevention programme

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 22 Nov 2024

NICE Actimize has announced its partnership with TF Bank in order to elevate the latter’s financial crime prevention programme through AML and SaaS solutions.

partnership, financial crime, AML, artificial intelligence, SaaS