Fraud prevention

For bankers and network providers, it’s a given that moving to a real-time payment system like Zelle will lead to an increase in fraud attempts. Here's a look at the ways they're fighting back.

Members can play an integral role in helping credit unions fight fraud, but only if they have the right training.

The cost of fighting fraud at financial institutions is up nearly 10 percent from last year. That means credit unions face significant challenges in being ready for the next threat.

A deaf woman who had over £8000 stolen from her bank account by fraudsters has become the latest symbol of the insecure practice of using phone numbers as proof of identity.

For businesses that serve a predominantly millennial audience, knowing the age group’s tolerance toward online security measures is an important lesson that coincides with customer retention, according to David Britton, vice president of industry solutions of global fraud and identity at Experian.

With technology tightening defenses against account fraud, scammers increasingly turn to what they view as the weakest link: the human being at a call center.

The time is now for Congress to enact stricter data security standards that better protect credit unions and consumers.

Happy State Bank and others use rewards, rather than punishments, to encourage employees to stay vigilant and catch fraud and cybersecurity issues.

After 20 years of working with a clunky, time-consuming 3-D Secure authorization method for online purchases, the wheels are finally in motion to get the upgraded 2.0 version in place for merchants and banks, granting access to more data for spotting fraud.

CO-OP Financial Services is currently pilot testing the new data-driven tool with credit unions in its shared branching network.

A mortgage fraud scheme involving fake employment records, initially thought to be contained to Southern California, is occurring statewide, Fannie Mae said in a new fraud alert.

Wire and other payments fraud affected a record number of businesses last year, and the FBI is warning in particular about real estate scams.

Fallout from the Equifax breach is coming into clearer focus as more companies begin pinpointing its effects over the last several months.

Judge says agency should not exist; the Fed says the largest banks are “strongly capitalized” and could withstand a severe crisis.

E-commerce payment fraud losses are mounting, giving merchants the opportunity to dump responsibility on their technology partners, but there's no surefire way to totally offload the financial hit.

From a refresher on basic payments terminology to the new battle of VHS vs. Betamax, here are some of the highlights from the recent Trellance conference in Fort Lauderdale.

What was unusual about CEO Kam Wong's alleged fraud wasn't that it happened but that it happened at such a large credit union.

A new set of principles by Envestnet’s Yodlee, Quovo and Morningstar's ByAllAccounts aims to settle a much-debated issue in data sharing: which party is liable when a hack occurs.

Among the findings, credit unions may not be doing enough to protect against malware, which involved in nearly 40 percent of hacking incidents, as well as Trojan botnets and denial of service attacks.