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Fraud & COVID-19: Lessons Learned from the 2008 Recession

FICO

There’s one fraud pattern that’s highly predictable: when the economy goes down, fraud goes up. When it comes to fraud and COVID-19, the Great Recession of 2008 provides some important lessons that can help banks and consumers protect themselves against the increased risk. A Resurgence of Specific Fraud Types.

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Deep Dive: How FinTechs, FIs Can Arm Up Against Fraud

PYMNTS

Financial services providers that slack on regulatory compliance and fail to safeguard their operations against money laundering, terrorist financing and other criminal activities may face damaged reputations and significant fines. A team of analysts can only handle so many potential fraud cases at a time, after all. . resources.

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Wirecard Loses $8.3 Billion in Three Days on Fraud Allegations

Bank Innovation

Wirecard AG fell the most in more than a decade on Friday after a report that a law firm found evidence of alleged forgery, the latest fraud allegations to beset the digital payments company. The 25% plunge -- the worst since July 2008 -- capped a tumultuous three days that shaved about €7.2 billion ($8.3 […].

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FinCEN Hits Capital One For $390 Million; Says Bank Violated Bank Secrecy Act

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It also said the bank’s Check Cashing Group admitted that it failed to file thousands of suspicious activity reports (SARs) as well as thousands of Currency Transaction Reports (CTRs) from 2008 to 2014. The statement from FinCEN said Capital One established the Check Cashing Group as a business unit within its commercial bank in 2008.

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Application Fraud – Does Canada Need a New Approach?

FICO

Application Fraud – Does Canada Need a New Approach? FICO’s Fraud, Identity and Digital Banking Survey 2022 shows that customers in Canada want slick onboarding processes, where fraud controls work but don’t delay account opening. And what does that mean for the future of your fraud management solutions? FICO Admin.

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FICO World 2023 - Agenda Focuses on 3 Key Fraud Strategies

FICO

Operating at highly organized and relentless levels, fraud networks have become a multibillion-dollar, global problem. The banking and financial services industry must evolve their fraud-fighting strategies at an equally relentless pace to stay one step ahead. Last year in the UK, nearly 41% of fraud losses were due to scams.

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The Three AML Screens Companies Must Continually Monitor

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We had already identified that we wanted to grow out of being a point solution and become more of an end-to-end compliance and identity proofing platform,” Pointner said. “We The world saw this during the 2008-09 financial crisis, he pointed out, when fraud attempts doubled and, in some cases, tripled.

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