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Cross-Border Payments Could Further Enable APP Fraud, Says Payments Association Study

Fintech Finance

Essentially, APP fraud is any type of fraud that uses an Authorised Push Payment – whenever a person is tricked into voluntarily sending a payment to another person. Criminals leverage the complexities and speed of cross-border payments to obscure transactions and evade detection, especially through UK-based accounts.

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APP Fraud, Identity Fraud and AI-Enabled Fraud Spotlighted as Main Threats Facing Fintech

The Fintech Times

More complex and financially damaging types of APP fraud include romance scams. “We expect these adaptations to include enforcing pauses on payments from time to time, to validate a transaction when the payment is out of the ordinary, so consumers will no longer be able to expect faster payments to be fast.”

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APP: The Biggest Fraud Threat with AI the Solution,” Says The Payments Association Survey

Fintech Finance

More complex and financially damaging types of APP fraud include romance scams. We expect these adaptations to include enforcing pauses on payments from time to time, to validate a transaction when the payment is out of the ordinary, so consumers will no longer be able to expect faster payments to be fast.”

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