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Iain Swaine

Iain Swaine

Director EMEA, Global Advisory at BioCatch
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Bio Iain has spent 16 years specialising in Cybercrime prevention, holding positions within Banks, Consulting and Product companies. He has seen the rise of attack methodologies from individual attackers to organised crime groups and nation state attackers, and has tried to understand both the technical and human side of these attacks. He has been with BioCatch for 5 and a half years helping shape how behaviour can be used to detect new attack methodologies and different use cases as part of the Global Advisory Team.

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Artificial Intelligence and Financial Services

AI’s Impact on Digital Fraud and Financial Crime

25 Apr 2024

Nearly 70% of the 600 fraud-management, anti-money laundering, and risk and compliance officials surveyed in BioCatch's first-ever AI-focused fraud and financial crime report say criminals are more adept at using artificial intelligence to commit financial crime than banks are at using the technology to stop it. Equally concerning, around half of ...

Banking

BioCatch: Comprehensive Analysis of Banking-Fraud and Financial-Crime Trends in Europe

08 Apr 2024

In a recent BioCatch report, findings showed bad actors targeting the region continue to innovate, bombarding European financial institutions with a medley of bank-impersonation, purchase, romance, investment, and other scams. BioCatch also warns of more attacks employing artificial intelligence (AI) to target victims in their native languages. “...

Banking

Most Surprising Fraud Scams and What to Expect in 2024

08 Jan 2024

Fraudsters are fickle. What’s new is old in the world of cybercrime, with fraudsters often just repackaging up an old attack with a new bow. But it is for this very reason that it is so difficult to predict the next move they’ll make. Recently, we reached out to a team of industry experts and practitioners to get their perspective on one question...

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Five Factors Fueling the Global Scampocalypse

20 Nov 2023

It seems everywhere today, people are talking about being in the midst of a global epidemic of digital scams targeting victims from all directions. But I’ve noticed that no one is providing an explanation as to why scams – which are usually nothing more than a technology enabled version of an old-fashioned confidence scam (or grift) – have become ...