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Southeast Asia’s Fraud Risk Is Rising

June 24, 2026 by Mauriceo Castanheiro

Asia-Pacific is a global leader in real-time payments and is expected to nearly double its cross-border payment volumes to $24 trillion by 2033. As a result, money movement is getting faster, more connected and more accessible — creating an attractive... 

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Illicit Flows are Compounding Faster than the Global Economy

May 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... 

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3 Takeaways from Auriemma Roundtables on Check Fraud Detection

December 16, 2025 by Mauriceo Castanheiro

Check fraud remains an urgent topic for financial institutions — in 2023 it caused $21 billion in losses across the Americas, and losses remained high last year. As financial institutions face increasingly sophisticated threats, consortium analytics has emerged as a powerful tool to strengthen check fraud prevention and improve efficiency in financial crime management.  ... 

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Three Takeaways from Sibos 2025

October 16, 2025 by Mauriceo Castanheiro

At Sibos 2025 in Frankfurt, it was clear – payments are accelerating into new territory. The sessions and side discussions consistently circled around three transformative themes: AI and Agentic AI, ISO20022, and digital assets. Each is reshaping the industry in...