Anti-Fraud

How Fraud-as-a-Service is reshaping financial crime

How Fraud-as-a-Service is reshaping financial crime

Fraud is increasingly being organised as a service, with criminal groups able to buy data, infrastructure, tools and specialist expertise rather than developing every...
RiskScout raises capital to arm small banks against fraud

RiskScout raises capital to arm small banks against fraud

RiskScout, a US platform combining BSA/AML compliance and fraud prevention for banks and credit unions, has secured fresh investment as community lenders face growing...
Marble lands €6.5m to automate fraud and AML compliance

Marble lands €6.5m to automate fraud and AML compliance

Marble, a Paris-based fraud detection and anti-money laundering (AML) compliance platform, has secured €6.5m in Series A funding as it looks to make AI-driven...
LexisNexis AI tool slashes fraud false positives by 80%

LexisNexis AI tool slashes fraud false positives by 80%

LexisNexis Risk Solutions, the risk intelligence provider behind the Emailage brand, has introduced Emailage Adaptive, an AI-driven risk scoring tool that recalibrates itself automatically....
Uneven human capability is weakening financial crime checks

Uneven human capability is weakening financial crime checks

Firms can invest heavily in sophisticated systems and refined methodologies, but neither will produce a reliable financial crime risk assessment without capable people behind...
Socure

Socure brings AI identity checks to Circle’s Arc blockchain

Socure, a provider of AI-native trust infrastructure for identity and risk intelligence worldwide, has deployed its RiskOS platform to handle identity verification and fraud...
CDD

South Africa’s CDD bar rises after FATF greylist exit

Customer due diligence (CDD) has grown from a simple know your customer (KYC) exercise into one of the most demanding parts of the anti-money...
compliance

A7 scandal exposes gaps in periodic compliance checks

Kremlin-backed FinTech A7 has funnelled more than $6.9bn through the international banking system despite sanctions on Russia, according to a Financial Times investigation. UK...
Equifax

Equifax targets bot-driven fraud with real-time trust scores

Equifax has introduced two new intelligence tools, Signal Score for Email and Signal Score for Device, as automated fraud networks increasingly outpace the conventional...
FCA warns laundering networks outpace mule crackdown

FCA warns laundering networks outpace mule crackdown

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the UK's financial regulator, has revealed that firms shut down 238,396 suspected money mule accounts in 2025. Its research also...

News Stories

Proofpoint bets $6.3bn on Varonis as AI data risk mounts

Proofpoint bets $6.3bn on Varonis as AI data risk mounts

Proofpoint has agreed to buy Varonis in an all-cash deal worth roughly $6.3bn that will create the largest data and AI security organisation in...
Year-end crunch exposes hidden gaps in compliance teams

Year-end crunch exposes hidden gaps in compliance teams

As October arrives, many regulatory and compliance teams face two competing demands. Year-end deadlines are adding to an already heavy workload, while the annual...
Zurich partners with Hakuna to launch embedded ticket insurance

Zurich partners with Hakuna to launch embedded ticket insurance

Zurich Group Germany has teamed up with embedded insurance specialist Hakuna, event organiser eichels GmbH and event technology provider RACE RESULT to offer ticket...
Bank simplification risks leaving responsibility behind

Bank simplification risks leaving responsibility behind

Simplification reads well in an annual report. Lower costs, quicker decisions, fewer systems and less friction all signal progress. Inside a global bank, however,...
Lockton partners with LAIIER and Watergate to tackle water claims

Lockton partners with LAIIER and Watergate to tackle water claims

Lockton, the insurance brokerage, has launched its Asset Connect Ecosystem, a network of risk technology and industry partners designed to help property owners and...

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