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BlogImproving Complex Financial Crime Investigations with Big Data, AI, and AutomationFebruary 20, 2025 by Nasdaq Verafin In 2023, $3.1 trillion in money laundering and illicit funds flowed through the global financial system. The need to follow the money, uncover hidden connections and provide actionable intelligence to law enforcement is acute. For many financial institutions, unravelling intricate... |
BlogCanadian Financial Crime Trends & Technology: Reflecting for 2025January 17, 2025 by Nasdaq Verafin Financial crime is a worldwide problem. In Canada, drug trafficking, human trafficking, terrorist financing and other illicit proceeds of financial crime are estimated to contribute nearly $47 billion to this global epidemic, capitalising on vulnerable Canadians and threatening the integrity... |
BlogDeepfakes Empower Authorized Push Payment ScamsDecember 10, 2024 by Nasdaq Verafin In an increasingly digital world, technology has made life more convenient — and created opportunities for sophisticated fraud. Deepfake technology is a prime example — so much so that FinCEN is warning financial institutions of its rising use in scams... |
BlogVirtual Kidnapping: Protecting Payments in AI-Enabled ExtortionDecember 2, 2024 by Nasdaq Verafin “The internet never forgets.” This warning from the U.S. Army Reserves is a stark reminder that online activities create an unerasable trail of information. In a digital age where most Americans spend countless hours on social media, the sheer availability... |
BlogFraud Trends & Technology 2023January 22, 2024 by Colin Parsons Fraud never sleeps, and neither should financial institutions. As digital technology continues to develop new and faster ways to move money throughout the financial system, fraudsters are evolving to find new ways to intercept that money and commit their nefarious... |
BlogBig Data Reveals $26M Surge in Business FraudNovember 27, 2023 by Nasdaq Verafin In the eyes of a criminal, fraud is just a money game. But for the countless American businesses targeted each year by bad actors and Business Email Compromise (BEC) scams, the impact is far greater, from lost livelihoods to reputational... |
BlogA Ruthless ScamSeptember 26, 2023 by Nasdaq Verafin A prominent virtual currency investment scam, with the demeaning label “pig butchering,” is creating significant financial and emotional harm for countless victims around the world – criminals defrauded victims of more than $2 billion USD in 2022. Known as financial... |
BlogBusiness Email Compromise: Tracing the Lineage of a $50B Fraud ProblemAugust 21, 2023 by Nasdaq Verafin Across the financial industry, few scams are as notorious as Business Email Compromise (BEC), and for good reason. The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has announced that since 2013 losses attributed directly to BEC surpassed $50B, representing a nearly 6300%... |
BlogA Look Inside the Cloud: Wire Fraud Trends Impacting Your CustomersJune 15, 2023 by Nasdaq Verafin Criminals are prolific and persistent in their attempts to defraud their victims. At Verafin, we know the first step in protecting financial institutions from these pervasive threats is understanding how, to whom and where fraud is occurring as criminals evolve... |
BlogInflection Points: 5 Key Trends for Payments FraudJune 5, 2023 by Nasdaq Verafin The financial industry has entered a period of significant challenge and opportunity in payments. With the increasing focus on frictionless customer experiences and introduction of new payment rails such as TCH RTP and FedNow, money is moving faster than ever... |
