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Identity Fraud Surges in Scale and Sophistication, with APAC’s Financial Services Becoming a Prime Target

Fintech News

Data from identity verification specialist Sumsub reveal that identity fraud incidents have more than doubled in the past three years, with account takeovers and deepfakes emerging as major concerns. Notably, account takeovers witnessed a remarkable increase, increasing by 250% year-over-year (YoY) on a worldwide basis.

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Sumsub Combats Fraud Networks in APAC With Upgraded Solution

Fintech News

Sumsub, a global verification provider, is addressing the sharp increase in fraud networks in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region with its enhanced Fraud Prevention Solution. This tool is designed to help businesses tackle fraud rings, account takeovers, chargeback fraud, and bot attacks.

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Taking the Preemptive Strike to Thwart Rising Scams and Fraud in ASEAN Banking

Fintech News

. “Many financial organisations are already adopting biometric and liveness detection technologies to strengthen their fraud prevention systems,” said Frederic Ho, Vice President of APAC at Jumio. Malicious actors can now create highly convincing videos, images, or audio recordings with these tools.

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Deepfake Fraud Jumps by 194% in APAC, as Fraud-as-a-Service Becomes More Widespread, Sumsub Reveals

The Fintech Times

Identity fraud across the Asia Pacific region (APAC) continues to rise, driven by increasingly sophisticated fraud tactics and the more widespread use of Fraud-as-a-Service (FaaS), according to the latest report from full-cycle verification platform, Sumsub.

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When US$1,000 Can Cause US$2.5 Million in Monthly Business Losses from Fraud

Fintech News

Sumsub , a global full-cycle verification platform, coins this trend as the democratisation of fraud in their 2024 APAC Identity Fraud report. According to the APAC Identity Fraud Trends 2024 report , approximately one in every 100 online platform users was involved in a fraud network in 2024.

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