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BlogFinancial Crime: Impacting the U.S. EconomyOctober 3, 2024 by Nasdaq Verafin From trillions of dollars in losses to an incalculable human cost, financial crime a serious threat to the integrity of the global financial system. A newly released Nasdaq Verafin whitepaper has revealed how financial crime is also having deep impacts... |
BlogCombating ACH Fraud with a Consortium ApproachSeptember 24, 2024 by Nasdaq Verafin The Automated Clearing House (ACH) payment rail has seen significant growth, with the NACHA network processing 30 billion payments valued at $76.7 trillion in 2022, up 3% and 5.6% respectively over 2021. This growth has gained unwanted attention from fraudsters,... |
BlogStolen Check Fraud: Four Insights from FinCEN’s Latest AnalysisSeptember 19, 2024 by Nasdaq Verafin Check fraud continues to challenge financial institutions across the United States. Nasdaq found that in 2023, check fraud losses totaled $21 billion in the Americas, representing nearly 80% of total global check fraud losses. In response to rising concerns around... |
BlogCombating Payments Fraud with Consortium AnalyticsSeptember 12, 2024 by Nasdaq Verafin In 2023, losses to payments fraud scams totaled hundreds of billions of dollars worldwide. An evolving challenge, it has proliferated across multiple payment rails as criminals exploit the inherent weaknesses of these channels, manipulating customers through social engineering, and exploiting... |
BlogThree Expert Insights on Combating Predicate CrimesSeptember 3, 2024 by Nasdaq Verafin In 2023, $3.1 trillion in illicit funds flowed through the global financial system, fueled by hundreds of billions of dollars generated by predicate crimes for money laundering, from drug trafficking to human trafficking, terrorist financing and fraud. Tackling an issue... |
BlogPreventing Payments FraudJuly 24, 2024 by Colin Parsons In 2023, losses from payments fraud scams totaled $485.6B worldwide. With a perfect scenario of high-value transactions combined with a narrow window of opportunity for institutions to intervene, payments fraud scams will only continue to challenge financial institutions unless our... |
BlogPushing Back: The UK’s Response to Authorized Push Payment FraudJuly 17, 2024 by Nasdaq Verafin On October 7, financial institutions and regulators around the world will be watching closely as the United Kingdom (UK) embarks on a new frontier of fraud mitigation and consumer protections. In a global economy experiencing increasing bank and consumer fraud... |
BlogConsortium Analytics and Machine Learning: A New Frontier in Check Fraud DetectionJuly 11, 2024 by Colin Parsons The financial industry has been tackling the issue of check fraud for many years using outdated technology and siloed approaches. With the increase in check fraud, estimated at over $26 billion in losses globally, we need a new solution that... |
BlogA Roadmap for Navigating the AI LandscapeJuly 9, 2024 by Nasdaq Verafin We live in an era where technology is rapidly reshaping the financial landscape; the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) offers striking advances in innovation and efficiency. Survey results published in Nasdaq Verafin’s 2024 Global Financial Crime Report, indicate 70% of... |
BlogA Complicated CrimeJuly 4, 2024 by Nasdaq Verafin Financial crime is a global epidemic – more than $3 trillion in illicit funds and money laundering activity flowed through the financial system in 2023. Predicate crimes are driving much of this activity with fraud being one of the eight... |
