Tag: behavioural biometrics

Why check fraud is rising and how AI is fighting back

Although paper checks are steadily declining as consumers and businesses adopt faster digital payments, check fraud remains a persistent and costly problem. In 2024, checks...

How SIM swapping threatens modern ID verification

Financial crime continues to evolve, and one of the fastest-growing threats sits in an unexpected place: the humble SIM card. SIM swapping, a technique...

Why biometrics are the future of fraud prevention

Traditional authentication methods such as passwords and one-time codes are no longer strong enough to protect financial institutions against sophisticated fraud. Deloitte estimates synthetic...

Fraud prevention through effective merchant verification

Global e-commerce fraud surged to $48bn in 2024, representing around 42% of global credit card fraud losses. This staggering figure underscores the urgent need...

Why banks must adopt biometrics to fight financial fraud

Biometrics are rapidly shifting from optional security features to a cornerstone of financial crime prevention strategies worldwide. Regulators across Europe, Asia, and beyond are steadily...

Stopping payment fraud with behavioural analytics

As digital payments continue to expand, financial institutions face the urgent challenge of preventing fraud before it occurs while maintaining seamless customer experiences. Traditional fraud detection methods, whether rules-based systems or machine learning models, are often too rigid or slow to identify today’s rapidly evolving fraud tactics, leading to either missed threats or excessive false positives that inconvenience genuine customers.

European RegTech funding fell by a fifth in Q1 2025 as...

Key European RegTech investment stats in Q1 2025: European RegTech funding fell by a fifth QoQ in Q1 2025 Average deal value decreased to...

Napier AI and ThreatMark team to boost fraud detection and AML...

Napier AI and ThreatMark, a fraud prevention-focused firm, have recently entered into a strategic partnership.

ThreatFabric secures €11.5m seed round to boost fraud detection capabilities

ThreatFabric, a leading provider of fraud detection solutions and intelligence for the financial services sector, has successfully raised €11.5m in a seed round.

RegTech platform BioCatch nets $145m in its Series C

Behavioural biometrics platform BioCatch has bagged $145m in its Series C round which was led by growth investor Bain Capital Tech Opportunities.

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