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BlogCanada’s National Anti-Fraud StrategyMay 26, 2026 by Greg Williamson Fraud is a systemic threat to consumer trust, financial stability, and economic resilience. That reality is reflected globally: fraud is now a “top global priority” for INTERPOL amid surging numbers of scams, according to the agency’s Secretary General Valdecy Urquiza.... |
BlogCanada’s $65.2B Money Laundering Threat: Following the FlowsMay 15, 2026 by Nasdaq Verafin While Canada’s $3.4 billion fraud problem is significant, it is only one piece of a much larger criminal ecosystem. Money laundering enables some of the most harmful crimes impacting Canadians today — from terrorist financing and human trafficking to drug trafficking and organized crime. As... |
BlogIllicit Flows are Compounding Faster than the Global EconomyMay 14, 2026 by Mauriceo Castanheiro When illicit financial activity climbs to an estimated $4.4T in a single year, the number becomes staggering. But the more destabilizing story is the rate of change behind it: a 19.2% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) from 2023 to 2025—far... |
BlogDrug Trafficking Detection: Why Complexity is the Financial Sector’s Greatest ChallengeMay 11, 2026 by Cheryl Friedenbach Drug trafficking remains one of the most persistent and damaging forms of financial crime, and for financial institutions, it is also one of the most complex to detect. As drug trafficking organizations (DTOs) evolve their operations, the financial services community is collaborating to advance anti-money laundering (AML)... |
BlogThe Changing Face of Canada’s $3.4B Fraud ProblemMay 11, 2026 by Nasdaq Verafin As criminals industrialize their operations and leverage emerging technologies, fraud has become faster, more coordinated and more digital than ever before. The 2026 Global Financial Crime Report estimated the impact of fraud at $579.4 billion globally last year, representing an immense financial crime challenge to which no... |
BlogAgentic AI: Streamlining The Future of ACH Fraud DetectionMay 7, 2026 by Greg Williamson Cyber-enabled fraud has become a significant financial threat and daily operational challenge for fraud teams. Last year, Business Email Compromise (BEC), phishing and data breaches claimed $14.3 billion, rising at a 19.6% annualized rate from 2023-2025. Alongside these figures is a hard reality for fraud teams: more alerts, greater complexity and... |
Blog3 Insights from Nasdaq Verafin’s Canada AML RoundtableMay 6, 2026 by Fouad Hassouneh Illicit financial activity in Canada surged to $65 billion USD in 2025. Institutions cannot address the issue in isolation — yet questions remain about how to collaborate responsibly, while maintaining customer privacy. Institutions are actively prioritizing where collaboration makes sense today, while defining what more advanced forms of information sharing could... |
