Tag: Fraud

Scalarr said to collect $7.5m in its Series A round

Anti-fraud software developer Scalarr has reportedly collected $7.5m in Series A funding.

A Texan man charged with over $5m of Covid-19 relief fund...

A man from Texas has been charged under allegations of filing bank loan applications fraudulently seeking over $5m.

HSBC taps Silent Eight for multi-year compliance deal to fight fraud

Having closed a $15m funding round in October, Silent Eight has kicked off 2021 by inking a multi-year partnership with HSBC.

SEC accuses New Yorker of $2.1m fraud operating out of at...

The US' top financial market regulator has filed a complaint in federal court for the Eastern District of New York, accusing a New Yorker of conducting a $2.1m fraud out of at least two boiler rooms over six months in 2018 and 2019.

Four fifths of businesses now see identity verification as a strategic...

Business owners are seeing the benefit of have strong identity verification processes, with 81% believing it to be a strategic differentiator, according to a new study from GBG.

Forter cements unicorn status on the back of $125m Series E...

Fraud fighting RegTech Forter has raised $125m in Series E funding and has achieved a $1.3bn valuation in the process.

Rapyd launches cross-border fraud solution to combat payment crime

Rapyd, a FinTech-as-a-service provider, has launched a new solution designed to protect businesses and consumers against cross-border fraud.

ESMA criticises German regulators on how they supervised Wirecard

German regulators didn't do enough when they supervised the collapsed FinTech giant Wirecard, the EU’s securities markets regulator reports.

eTranzact lost 100% of its profits in Q2 after it recovered...

The problems don't seem to be over for Nigerian electronic payments provider eTranzact after it reported it incurred a loss of $306,623 in the second quarter, wiping away the recovery it had enjoyed after a 2018 fraud scandal.

FCA investigates over 150 Covid-19 related scams

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is investigating more than 150 coronavirus-related scams launched since the outbreak began, according to official figures.

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