Financial crime increasingly begins long before a fraudulent transaction occurs. Across dark web forums, encrypted messaging platforms and underground marketplaces, stolen checks, payment cards and online banking credentials are bought, sold and resold at scale — often for days or weeks before anything is presented at a branch or a login screen. Institutions see the crime only when it arrives.
Nasdaq Verafin has partnered with Q6 Cyber, which delivers dark web fraud intelligence purpose-built for financial institutions. By combining Q6 Cyber’s first-hand access to the communities where stolen instruments are traded with Nasdaq Verafin’s consortium data and fraud analytics, institutions gain a critical time advantage: confirmed compromises surfaced in the same workflow they already use to investigate fraud, while there is still time to act.
In this session, industry experts from Q6 Cyber and Nasdaq Verafin will explore the evolving role of dark web intelligence in financial crime prevention, and how institutions can put external intelligence to work inside their existing fraud strategies. Using check fraud as a real-world example — where the average time from Q6 Cyber’s detection of a stolen check to the first fraudulent check being returned was 10.3 days — the panel will examine how a confirmed compromise identified before the transaction can uncover risk, inform investigations and support earlier intervention.
Panelists
Nick Pearson
AVP, Fraud Product Management
As an Associate Vice President Fraud Product Management at Nasdaq Verafin, Nick Pearson leads the advancement of fraud detection capabilities with a focus on check and account fraud. Working closely with financial institutions, he brings frontline insight to emerging fraud trends and translates those challenges into product innovation that strengthens prevention efforts across the industry.
Since joining Nasdaq Verafin in 2018, Nick has become a trusted bridge between the customer community and product development, combining deep customer engagement with a strategic product lens. He plays a key role in shaping fraud product direction and is an active voice in the industry, regularly sharing perspectives on the evolution of fraud and the importance of collaborative, data-driven approaches to staying ahead.
Greg Williamson
Head of Fraud Commercialization Strategy
Greg Williamson is Head of Fraud Commercialization Strategy at Nasdaq Verafin and a seasoned leader in financial crime prevention, with more than two decades of experience across fraud, identity and authentication. Specializing in fraud strategy and analytics, cyber fraud prevention and the development of enterprise-scale identity and authentication solutions, Greg has held senior leadership roles at PNC Bank, Prudential, JPMorgan Chase, and Mastercard. Prior to joining Nasdaq Verafin, Greg led fraud reduction initiatives at the Bank Policy Institute, collaborating with industry leaders to advance policies, operational practices, and best practices in combating financial crime. He holds both a bachelor’s degree in Economic Crime Investigation and a master’s degree in Economic Crime Management from Utica University and has also contributed as an adjunct instructor in economic crime studies, bringing a strong academic foundation to his practical, industry-driven perspective.
