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BlogBig Data Reveals $26M Surge in Business FraudNovember 27, 2023 by Verafin In the eyes of a criminal, fraud is just a money game. But for the countless American businesses targeted each year by bad actors and Business Email Compromise (BEC) scams, the impact is far greater, from lost livelihoods to reputational... |
BlogThe Importance of Information Sharing to Combat Terrorist FinancingNovember 21, 2023 by Verafin Criminal networks are vast and highly efficient – they are not constrained by borders or technology when plotting and financing terrorist activities. As recently highlighted in FinCEN’s alert on red flags to identify terrorist financing, financial institutions must be vigilant... |
Blog7 New FinCEN Red Flags to Identify Terrorist FinancingNovember 17, 2023 by Verafin World events can shift in a moment. Financial institutions need to be prepared to adapt to the constantly evolving landscape of regulatory compliance, while swiftly identifying potentially suspicious activity. To assist, FinCEN has issued a new alert with 7 red... |
BlogStalking America’s ElderlyOctober 18, 2023 by Verafin Fraudsters are targeting seniors with an emerging and sophisticated scam. From January to June, $542M was stolen through Phantom Hacker scams — a fraud that uses layers of social engineering to exploit a victim’s trust and pinpoint the most lucrative... |
BlogAI & Large Language Models: Great Power Requires Greater ResponsibilityOctober 11, 2023 by Verafin “Artificial intelligence is one of the most powerful technologies of our time, with broad applications. President Biden has been clear that in order to seize the opportunities artificial intelligence presents, we must first manage its risks.” The White House, 2023 ... |
BlogA Ruthless ScamSeptember 26, 2023 by Verafin A prominent virtual currency investment scam, with the demeaning label “pig butchering,” is creating significant financial and emotional harm for countless victims around the world – criminals defrauded victims of more than $2 billion USD in 2022. Known as financial... |
BlogBusiness Email Compromise: Tracing the Lineage of a $50B Fraud ProblemAugust 21, 2023 by Verafin Across the financial industry, few scams are as notorious as Business Email Compromise (BEC), and for good reason. The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has announced that since 2013 losses attributed directly to BEC surpassed $50B, representing a nearly 6300%... |
BlogVerafin Named Category Leader in Payments Fraud by Chartis ResearchAugust 11, 2023 by Verafin |
BlogFedNow® Service: Two Keys to Future Proof Your Fraud Prevention ProgramAugust 7, 2023 by Verafin The Federal Reserve’s FedNow® Service has arrived, joining The Clearing House’s (TCH) real-time payments platform (RTP®) in a watershed moment for the U.S. financial industry. Together, these platforms have launched America into a faster payments era — defined on one... |
BlogThe Faster Payments Era: New Channels & ExpectationsJuly 27, 2023 by Verafin “The shift to real-time payment infrastructure requires a focused effort, but the shift is inevitable. The time is now for all key stakeholders—financial institutions, core service providers, software companies, and application developers—to devote the resources necessary to support instant payments.”... |
