Financial crime stories - Page 5

Zama predicts privacy-first compliance tools and quantum-safe cryptography will become standard for regulated onchain finance by 2026.

AI-powered 'Truman Show' scam uses OPCOPRO app and fake trading rooms in official stores to steal cash and victims' digital identities.

A leading fraud expert says the FCA's new Firm Checker will boost transparency but leave sophisticated social engineering scams largely untouched.

Dark web vendors sell UK ID packs for about USD $30, helping criminals bypass biometric checks at banks and fintechs, AMLTRIX warns.

Banks are set to embed AI deep into payment systems by 2026, slashing costs as fraud surges and pressure mounts on platforms and regulators.

Australia's vast public sector is turning to AI to boost efficiency, cut costs and improve services, while navigating strict ethical safeguards.

As cross-border payments soar towards USD $1 quadrillion, businesses race to tackle identity fraud with AI, biometrics and smarter data.

Kyckr retains top spot as Chartis names it KYC data category leader for 2025, highlighting its strengths in real-time global registry data.

MITRE warns that cheap face-swap deepfakes can defeat banks' remote KYC checks, bypassing liveness tools to open fraudulent accounts.

Autonomous 'agentic' AI fraud tools set to intensify cybercrime by 2026, forcing firms to fuse human judgment with smarter machine defences.

Australia's banks face rising AI-driven scams, making robust human identity verification and phishing-resistant MFA critical to security.

With crime costing Australia up to AUD $60.1 billion a year, robust PEP and sanctions screening is now a strategic necessity for business.

Atturra teams with Comtrac to roll out AI-powered investigation tools for Australian law enforcement and regulators via a single service channel.

Australia's real-time network has blocked over AUD $60m in fraud attempts, protecting 85% of bank customers with advanced behavioural payment analysis.

Despite billions invested in AI, financial firms see slow adoption as solutions must prioritise trust, transparency, and augment human judgement over automation.

SEON launches enhanced AML platform tools to help businesses manage complex cross-border compliance with flexible screening and investigative analytics.

BioCatch launches Connect 2.0, a platform using behavioural and device data to fight rising digital banking fraud and AI-driven financial crimes globally.

Nearly 24% of Instagram posts tagged as 'quick-money' offers are linked to money mule recruitment, posing major challenges for law enforcement and platforms.

Ransomware, a $10.5tn cybercrime industry by 2025, uses a professional economic model driving global attacks, with governments moving to curb payments.

Russia, the US and Brazil top the Executive Crypto Threat Index as the riskiest countries for wealthy cryptocurrency holders in 2025, while Japan and Singapore are safest.