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BlogThree Takeaways from Sibos 2025October 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... |
BlogBehavioral Intelligence: The New Frontier in Financial Crime PreventionOctober 10, 2025 by Colin Parsons In a world where digital transactions are the lifeblood of commerce, the battle against financial crime is relentless. Fraud is a $486B global problem, and in 2023, $10B of that was lost to cyber-enabled scams. Meanwhile, major growth in threat... |
BlogFraud Trends & Technology: 5 Inflection Points for 2025January 9, 2025 by Nasdaq Verafin Looking back on trends that shaped the financial industry in 2024, payments fraud was a prominent theme. Listed as a top concern for industry professionals, the threat loomed large as fraudsters exploited emerging technologies and industry associations moved to protect... |
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,... |
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... |
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... |
BlogHuman Trafficking: A Humanitarian CrisisApril 2, 2024 by Nasdaq Verafin “$350 billion dollars from human trafficking. Imagine how many victims had to suffer — sweat, blood, and tears — for $350 billion dollars.” – Timea Nagy, Human Trafficking Activist & Survivor Human trafficking is a global humanitarian crisis. At any... |
BlogBusiness Email Compromise: A Global MenaceMarch 14, 2024 by Nasdaq Verafin First identified in the early 2010s by the FBI as a financial cyber threat, Business Email Compromise (BEC) has evolved into a global menace to the integrity of our financial system. Nasdaq’s 2024 Global Financial Crime Report attributed $10 billion... |
BlogIncreased Use of Virtual Currency in Human TraffickingMarch 5, 2024 by Nasdaq Verafin Criminals will exploit the most vulnerable in society for significant financial gain. According to Nasdaq’s Global Financial Crime Report, in 2023, $346.7B of illicit funds was linked to human trafficking activity – although this number is likely only a fraction... |
