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Unveiling digital fraud: Insights into scam trends and prevention in the UK payment sector

The Payments Association

John Erik Setsaas Director of Innovation Tietoevry Banking With over 55% of scams originating on digital platforms, its time to double down on high, low and even no-tech solutions upstream. Meanwhile, general impersonation scams, where fraudsters claim to represent various trusted entities, made up 10% of cases, leading to 42.8

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Unveiling digital fraud: A deep dive into scam trends and crime prevention in the UK payment sector

The Payments Association

Industry players (banks and smaller payments players) must continue collaborating on typologies and prioritising detection and awareness campaigns" Jessica Cath Partner, Financial Crime, Thistle Initiatives "As banking security improves, criminals shift tactics, targeting the weakest linkpeople. Entity Unknown scams accounted for 8.8%

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Will Real-Time Payments Increase Financial Crime in the USA?

FICO

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. Money Laundering and the Rise of the Money Mule.

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The state of fraud in 2024: Key mid-year takeaways

The Payments Association

The data shows that without better cross-industry cooperation, it will be difficult to curb the tide of fraud that originates outside traditional banking systems. Romance scams, though smaller in number, are notable for their emotional and psychological toll on victims. Losses from romance scams amounted to £14.5

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Scams Alert: We Can All Fall Victim to Social Engineering and Fraud

FICO

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. We asked them about the kind of financial crime that was worrying to them. Case 1: CryptoRom.

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UK Finance: Fraud is Down But Over £1billion is Still Stolen by Criminals – What’s Next for the UK?

The Fintech Times

Purchase scams accounted for 67 per cent of the total number of APP cases. Romance scams However, this type of scam isn’t the only cause for concern. Fraudsters abusing romance scams also utilise APP, tricking victims into believing they are in a relationship before stealing their money.

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