In a six-month pilot, NatWest and Metro Bank shared with Meta 185 URLs connected to scams, enabling the platform to take down 20,000 accounts.

The new real-time payments system is being optimized for speed, not necessarily security, requiring the banks participating in the program to exercise a heightened level of vigilance.

TD Bank must pay more than $20 million to resolve investigations over a former trader's alleged placement of "spoof" orders to manipulate the Treasuries market.

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The suit was filed by three New Jersey residents who alleged that BofA froze their prepaid debit cards during a pandemic-era fraud wave, blocking them from accessing unemployment benefits.

While it can be difficult to recover the funds victims lose to the scams, the U.S. has created a legal safe harbor that banks can use to share intel to prevent fraud.

A hearing included discussion of European laws that will put banks on the hook for fraud schemes, and whether the U.S. needs a digital identity standard.

Nothing less than a whole-of-government approach, in concert with the financial services industry, will be enough to address the spiraling cost of fraud to both businesses and consumers.

St. Mary's Bank in New Hampshire tries to serve members as it has for 116 years, while dealing with today's cybersecurity and fraud concerns.

The Canadian bank said it expects to recover hundreds of millions of dollars after a three-judge appeals panel found that it cannot be held liable in connection with a multibillion-dollar fraud. The ruling echoed a different appeals court's decision stemming from the collapse of Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme.

Banks and consumers report fraud at higher rates than they did before the pandemic, and those cases have continued getting costlier.

The bureau studied mail theft-related check fraud and found that fraudsters often know to manipulate checks and avoid branches.

Reports of fraud committed against financial companies are on pace to, for the first time, fall this year compared with 2023. Consumer reports of fraud are also down.

A company spokesperson said the company reviews fraud-related issues and refers them to law enforcement "as appropriate."

A survey of 135 financial services companies conducted by LexisNexis Risk Solutions, a subsidiary of LexisNexis, found that a vast majority reported increased levels of fraud in 2023.

People filmed themselves depositing bad checks, then quickly transferring or withdrawing the funds. Then they shared screenshots of their negative balances.