Innovative Payments Association

JANUARY 13, 2025

The consequences of these scams can be devastating, both financially and emotionally. Common Payment Scams Targeting Seniors Phishing Emails and Texts: Scammers impersonate legitimate organizations, such as banks or payment apps, asking seniors to provide personal information or payment details.

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Fintech Review

MARCH 11, 2025

ScamAlert transforms customers into active defenders against increasingly sophisticated scams. This is particularly crucial because, in many scams, customers validate fraudulent transactionseffectively handing scammers the green light to continue their schemes.

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The Payments Association

OCTOBER 28, 2024

From shifts in unauthorised card fraud to the evolving nature of authorised push payment scams, there’s a lot to unpack—and a lot at stake. One of the most alarming trends identified in the report is the continued rise in social engineering scams, which now account for a significant portion of fraud activity. million cases recorded.

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Fintech News

JUNE 16, 2024

Two men, aged 26 and 47, will appear in court on 15 June 2024, for their alleged involvement in malware-enabled scams targeting Singaporeans since June 2023. Million Malware Scam Probe appeared first on Fintech Singapore. The joint effort led to the arrest of the two suspects in Malaysia on 12 June 2024.

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The Fintech Times

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Feedzai , an AI solution provider in financial crime prevention, is teaming up with payments giant Mastercard , to makeit easier for more banks to identify and stop scams, protecting consumers and businesses globally. As payments continue to evolve, fraudsters are increasingly using AI to scam consumers.

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Fintech News

AUGUST 19, 2024

The syndicate was responsible for laundering proceeds from scams, including technical support scams in Singapore and other fraudulent activities in Hong Kong. Between January and July 2024, the SPF received 185 reports of technical support scams, resulting in losses exceeding S$ 17.9

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Fintech News

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The Singapore Police Force (SPF) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) have issued a joint warning about a sharp increase in government impersonation scams. These scams involve fraudsters posing as bank officers, often from major banks like DBS, OCBC, UOB, or Standard Chartered, to deceive victims.

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The Fintech Times

MARCH 31, 2025

As cross-border transactions grow in Europe, the cloud-based financial crime management technology solutions provider, Nasdaq Verafin has revealed that these payment channels are opening up more passageways for fraud to take place, as $194.9billion was moved across borders in 2023; more than a quarter of the total fraud figure in 2023 ($750billion).

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The Payments Association

MAY 21, 2025

This award is a significant validation of our AI-driven fraud prevention technology and the Lynx teams dedication to closely partnering with our customers in the fight against financial crime. Financial institutions (FIs) grapple with complex, interconnected fraud and financial crime challenges.

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Fintech News

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The report by Chainalysis provides a deep dive into these changes, highlighting the decline in certain types of crypto crimes and the persistence, if not growth, of others, such as ransomware and darknet markets. However, the decrease in scamming and theft does not tell the whole story. billion (SG$ 32.51

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Fintech News

DECEMBER 3, 2024

This regulatory action occurs amid increasing international scrutiny of Cambodia’s involvement in cybercrime and crypto scams. The United Nations Office on Drugs & Crime has identified the country as a hub for illicit activities, including money laundering and dark web transactions facilitated by cryptos.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 24, 2020

In a case that highlights how anybody — truly, anybody — can be a victim of invoice fraud, federal officials have reportedly charged two brothers in New York State for an alleged $19 million scam targeting Amazon. Attorney Audrey Strauss described the scam as "a new twist on an old trick" through the use of "complex technology.".

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Fintech News

MAY 21, 2024

Singapore’s Anti-Scam Centre (ASC) and DBS Bank have successfully recovered more than S$170,000 lost in a technical support scam. Realizing she had been scammed, the victim immediately reported the incident to the police. For more information, visit Scam Alert or call the Anti-Scam Helpline at 1800-722-6688.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2020

As the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine continues to roll out to medical workers and high-risk populations, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is asking financial institutions to be extra vigilant when it comes to cybersecurity. .

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Fintech News

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

These data, released preliminarily in anticipation of the upcoming Chainalysis 2024 Crypto Crime Report, reveal that 2023 was a year of recovery for the cryptocurrency industry as the sector rebounded from the scandals, business collapses and price declines that took place in 2022. and 54.3%, respectively.

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The Fintech Times

AUGUST 11, 2024

This increase reflects the platform’s intensified security efforts to combat external hacks and scams. Approximately 80 per cent of these recoveries are linked to hacks, exploits and thefts that occurred outside the Binance platform, with the remaining 20 per cent involving external scams. per cent from 0.42 per cent in 2022. .

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Neopay

DECEMBER 4, 2024

In a world increasingly driven by digital interactions, scams and fraud remain significant challenges, with fraud accounting for 39% of all reported crime in England and Wales. For scams and fraud prevention, legitimate interests often apply, requiring a robust three-part legitimate interests assessment (LI assessment).

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Fintech News

MAY 22, 2024

Over the past years, financial crime tech has risen to prominence, driven by increasing complexity and frequency of financial crimes, stricter regulations and compliance requirements, and technological advancements. The study, which surveyed nearly 50,000 people from 43 countries, found that 25.5%

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BioCatch

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Just because they chose a life of crime doesn’t make them inherently lazy. In fact, they’ve demonstrated a level of creativity and problem solving that has made digitally enabled crimes, such as scams, harder and harder to stop. Criminals aren’t slouches when it comes to technology – quite the contrary.

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Finextra

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

In tune with bank findings, Revolut scam data for 2023 reveals that the majority of all its reported crime cases in the UK started on Meta platforms.

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Fintech News

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

The world witnessed an alarming escalation in cryptocurrency -related crimes in 2024. trillion in 2024, up 56% from the previous year, the shadow economy of digital crime has grown increasingly sophisticated. trillion in 2024, up 56% from the previous year, the shadow economy of digital crime has grown increasingly sophisticated.

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Fintech News

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Global neobank Revolut has rolled out an advanced artificial intelligence (AI) feature designed to shield its 35 million users worldwide from the growing threat of card scams. Developed by Revolut’s in-house financial crime team, this feature assesses the likelihood of a transaction being fraudulent.

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FICO

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Their lives can be turned upside down and their finances ruined when they become victims of clever scam artists. Despite numerous studies and newspaper headlines informing us about the scams that fraudsters perpetrate, most of us don’t think we can easily be tricked into handing over money to criminals. Case 1: CryptoRom.

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Fintech News

MAY 20, 2024

FICO, a global analytics software firm, has revealed findings from its latest consumer fraud research , highlighting concerns among Singaporeans regarding real-time payment scams. Identity theft remains a prominent worry, with 25% of respondents citing it as their top financial crime concern.

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The Payments Association

JANUARY 21, 2025

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the key trends defining the payments sector in 2024, highlighting the opportunities for strategic growth, as well as the challenges posed by regulatory pressures, financial crime, and evolving infrastructure demands. However, this growth is not without its hurdles.

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Finextra

AUGUST 5, 2024

The UK's National Crime Agency has shut down a platform used by hundreds of criminals to defraud victims across the world through the use of spoofed phone calls.

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Fintech Finance

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Authorized push payment (APP) scam losses are on the rise, expected to climb to $7.6 Authorized push payment (APP) scam losses are on the rise, expected to climb to $7.6 Financial institutions also face significant erosion of trust and rising customer attrition as consumers fall victim to APP scams.

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Neopay

APRIL 28, 2025

SIM farms are technical devices capable of holding multiple SIM cards enabling criminals to send scam texts to thousands of people at once or set up verified online accounts in large volumes. The ban will come into effect6 months after the Crime and Policing Bill receives Royal Assent. Think Fraud – How to stay safe from scams.

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The Payments Association

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Rising youth involvement in economic crimes highlights the urgent need for robust financial education. However, young people are increasingly falling into careers of economic crime under the guises of hackers, fraudsters or money mules. Children must develop their digital literacy and financial literacy skills in tandem.

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Fintech Finance

JULY 2, 2024

This is according to the first findings of an in-depth financial crime survey by The Payments Association , which champions innovation and collaboration across the industry, due for full publication later this month. million was lost to APP scams in the first half of 2023. The latest figures show £239.3 Why is APP fraud so dangerous?

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Fintech Finance

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Ahead of Money20/20 US, Visa , a global leader in digital payments, today published the State of Scams: Fall 2024 Biannual Threats Report. The latest edition of the report brings to light several emerging threats and scams targeting banks and consumers, including a surprising resurgence of small-scale physical crime.

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The Payments Association

OCTOBER 21, 2024

The UK’s increasing fraud and scam problem, focusing on new regulations mandating automatic reimbursement for APP fraud victims. The UK’s fraud and scams problem is not going away. Fraud still accounts for almost 40% of all crime in England and Wales, and with an estimated 3.2 What is this article about? What’s next?

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2020

COVID-era fraudsters use scams that range from impersonating tax officials to selling fake PPE on P2P payment apps. Financial crime is a constant worry for banks, credit unions, FinTechs and other financial institutions (FIs) and businesses, with total fraud losses totaling $1.45 Developments Around The Financial Crimes Space.

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FICO

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

For many consumers and businesses, the ability to quickly send money directly from their bank account is a win in terms of convenience, but it isn’t without risk, when it comes to fraud and other types of financial crime. How RealTime Payments Impact Financial Crime.

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Fintech Finance

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Mastercard and Feedzai , an AI solution provider in financial crime prevention, today announced they are joining forces to make it easier for more banks to identify and stop scams, protecting consumers and businesses globally. As payments continue to evolve, fraudsters are increasingly using AI to scam consumers.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 3, 2020

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a press release warning financial institutions (FIs) and consumers about pandemic-related scams, including some connected to cryptocurrency. FinCEN warns that bad actors “are engaged in fraudulent schemes that exploit vulnerabilities created by the pandemic.”

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Fintech News

AUGUST 21, 2024

million was seized in a joint operation between the Anti-Scam Centre (ASC) and OCBC. The operation, conducted from May to August 2024, targeted accounts allegedly involved in facilitating scam-related activities, particularly those opened by foreigners. or contact the Anti-Scam Helpline at 1800-722-6688.

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