Criminals Cash in on Stolen Checks: FinCEN Releases 10 Red Flags for Mail-Related Check Fraud

March 24, 2023 by Nasdaq Verafin

Mail-related check fraud is surging. In 2022, check fraud-related SARs filed to FinCEN reached over 680,000, almost doubling the previous year’s number of filings. In response to a nationwide surge of stolen check fraud schemes targeting the U.S. mail system,... 

Fraud Trends and Technology 2022

January 30, 2023 by Colin Parsons

Liable? Consortium Solutions to Payments Fraud Change

October 28, 2022 by Nasdaq Verafin

Payments fraud is a major challenge across the financial industry — and with it has grown a significant call for legislative change. Concern over consumer-focused Authorized Push Payment (APP) scams has prompted proposals for mandatory victim reimbursement in the United... 

Disorganized Data: How Unresolved Entities Complicate AML Investigations

September 22, 2022 by Nasdaq Verafin

From savings accounts and credit cards to online banking and P2P payments such as Zelle, today’s financial institutions offer more products and services than ever before. There are dozens of product lines and service providers, and each product may require... 

Preventing Payments Fraud Loss: The Power of a Consortium-Based Approach

September 8, 2022 by Nasdaq Verafin

Payments fraud is changing, and financial institutions are facing major challenges effectively managing the growing volumes of legitimate and fraudulent transactions. Meanwhile, fraudsters are focusing their efforts on Authorized Push Payment (APP) scenarios such as Business Email Compromise (BEC), and... 

Wire Fraud Insights: The Looming Threat of Business Email Compromise

May 24, 2022 by Nasdaq Verafin

Today’s payments ecosystem is rapidly evolving, driven by customer demand for greater speed and convenience, and the financial industry’s digital transformation. This change has also presented opportunities for financial crime — fraudsters are exploiting wire payments with Business Email Compromise... 

Elder Financial Abuse: New Cloud Insights Show Major Surge

May 17, 2022 by Nasdaq Verafin

Wire fraudsters are uncompromising, often targeting seniors with cruel elder abuse tactics from romance and investment scams to grandparent schemes. Since our previous blog on elder financial abuse, surging inflation and rising interest rates have strained senior’s modest budgets, leaving... 

Fraud Trends and Technology

January 12, 2022 by Nasdaq Verafin

Financial institutions face increasing challenges to keep pace with evolving financial crime, and 2021 revealed that fraud is moving faster than ever. In a year-in-review presentation, we explored the top fraud trends of 2021 identified in the Verafin Cloud, the... 

Persistence Pays as Fraud Continues Under COVID-19

July 12, 2021 by Nasdaq Verafin

Earlier this year, FinCEN issued an advisory to “alert financial institutions to health insurance and health care frauds related to the COVID-19 pandemic.” Fraudsters have been targeting multiple sources of funds, including Medicare, the Medicaid/Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), TRICARE,... 

Crossing Boundaries: The Expansive Threat of BEC

May 20, 2021 by Nasdaq Verafin

“For five years in a row, BEC is responsible for the most financial losses reported to the FBI. We have no reason to believe that 2021 will be any different.” Agari, 2021 As the industry rebounds from a challenging year,...