Fraud prevention

Georgia United Credit Union is collaborating with the income-verification fintech Argyle to combat submissions of false documents and other crimes.

The FBI, NSA and CISA highlighted the emerging dangers of AI-powered deepfakes in phishing campaigns and cataloged protections companies can deploy.

Lloyds Banking Group, Natwest Group, Bank of Scotland and others will use the artificial intelligence tool in preparation for new rules that will require them to compensate customers affected by "authorized push payment" scams.

Synthetic fraud — which combines real and false identifying information — has been a niche variety of identity theft for some time. But recent advancements in artificial intelligence and people's access to it might bring it into the mainstream in a big way.

Ever since Silicon Valley and Signature banks collapsed in March, a scramble began among regulators, politicians, bank executives and others to manage the fallout from this spring's banking crisis. Here are 10 predictions of what still lies ahead to be dealt with.

Borrowers from certain nonbank lenders that have been identified as magnets for Paycheck Protection Program scams also committed check fraud at elevated rates, according to a new data analysis. Banks could use that kind of data from the pandemic-era government program to spot bad actors.

Fraudsters continue to impersonate owners of small and midsize businesses at a rate comparable to the early days of the pandemic. Many lenders can take simple steps to mitigate it.

The firms respectively settled the regulator’s allegations about suspicious activity reports and the duty of best execution — two major areas of emphasis.