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BlogBehind Enemy Lines: What Financial Institutions Can Learn From the Mind of a ScammerSeptember 9, 2026 by Sune Gabelgård & Sanne Fahnøe This piece is based on a three-hour recorded interview with a former fraudster and insider in the telemarketing business, later edited into two podcast episodes of the Danish podcast ‘Deceived by a Scammer’ sponsored by Nasdaq Verafin. In the financial... |
BlogBusiness Onboarding: The New Frontline in Fraud PreventionAugust 20, 2026 by Nasdaq Verafin Fraud prevention has traditionally focused on identifying suspicious activity after an account is opened and money begins moving. But as financial institutions continue to modernize business onboarding, attention is increasingly shifting to an earlier point in the customer lifecycle: the... |
BlogMailbox to Marketplace: Stolen Checks Fuel an Underground Fraud EconomyAugust 7, 2026 by Nasdaq Verafin In today’s digital world, financial data is increasingly bought and sold within dark web networks. This includes stolen checks — introducing a new dimension to a traditionally pen-and-paper fraud problem. Stolen check fraud is increasingly a problem of data proliferation.... |
BlogConfronting Scams at ScaleJuly 21, 2026 by GSE Guest Authors Emily Taylor and Lucien Taylor, Global Signal Exchange The 2026 Nasdaq Verafin Global Financial Crime Report makes a stark case that scams are escalating at an unprecedented pace and scale. Fraud scam losses reached $62 billion in 2025,... |
BlogDark Web and Cyber Threat Intelligence: Moving Fraud Detection UpstreamJuly 9, 2026 by Nick Pearson Fraud often becomes visible to financial institutions when a suspicious transaction is attempted, a counterfeit check is deposited or an online account takeover is underway. For fraudsters, however, the process often begins much earlier — on the dark web. Hidden from traditional search engines... |
BlogFFIS Research: Connecting Intelligence Across Sectors & Borders to Address FraudJune 30, 2026 by Nick Maxwell Fraud losses are surging across the globe, and information sharing between institutions can mitigate this activity. The Future of Financial Intelligence Sharing (FFIS) research programme is working with Nasdaq Verafin to unlock the power of cross-sector and cross-border information sharing... |
BlogSoutheast Asia’s Fraud Risk Is RisingJune 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... |
BlogThe Shifting Fraud LandscapeJune 22, 2026 by Kamlesh Harry Fraud remains one of the most complex, dynamic, and rapidly evolving risks facing the financial services industry today. As criminals adapt their methods, exploit emerging technologies, and scale social engineering tactics with increasing sophistication and speed, financial institutions must continually reassess vulnerabilities and response... |
BlogEurope’s Financial Crime Inflection PointMay 27, 2026 by Kamlesh Harry Globally, illicit financial flows rose to $4.4T in 2025, as revealed by Nasdaq Verafin’s 2026 Global Financial Crime Report — with trends in the European, Middle East, and African (EMEA) region mirroring this trajectory. Illicit financial flows across EMEA increased to over... |
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... |
