5 Results from 2023
Iain Swaine Director EMEA, Global Advisory at BioCatch
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 ...
20 November 2023
The UK government launched a three-pronged strategy for combating and eliminating financial scams in the UK in May 2023, under the direction of UK Home Secretary. There are three pillars: 1. Pursue fraudsters, 2. Block fraud, 3. Empower people. The lengthy 66-page report outlines the ambitions and goals of the new fraud strategy, broadening the s...
26 July 2023 /regulation /crime
Financial institutions everywhere are still wrangling with the issues of vishing and smishing, the identifiable code words for scam phone calls and text messages. According to the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW), there were an estimated 4.5 million fraud offences in the Telephone-operated Crime Survey year ending March 2022, a 25% increa...
17 April 2023 /identity /crime Financial Services Regulation
Iain Swaine, Global Advisory Director EMEA, BioCatch and Katie McKenzie, Engagement Manager EMEA, BioCatch The financial industry is preparing itself for a surge in Authorised Push Payment (APP) scam reimbursements. Why? Because the statistics speak for themselves. In the UK alone, APP scams cost consumers close to £250 million in the first half of...
04 April 2023 /regulation /crime Artificial Intelligence and Financial Services
Phishing is the oldest weapon in a fraudster’s war chest and still serves as the most common form of cyber-attack around. Phishing attacks reached a record high in 2022, according to the Anti-Phishing Working Group, with banks continuing to be the number one target. What has become known to many consumers is how to spot most phishing emails when ...
22 February 2023 /identity /crime Artificial Intelligence and Financial Services
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