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Contractor gets four-year jail term for defrauding bank of over £2 million

A contractor who worked for a major UK bank has been sentenced to four years in prison after he successfully diverted over £2 million of the bank's money into his own account.

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Bank staff receive jail terms over £1 million fraud

Banking insiders working with an organised crime group have been sentenced on charges of stealing up to £1 million from customer accounts

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HSBC warns of spike in dummy apps

HSBC has issued an urgent fraud warning after a spike in the number of UK customers downloading dummy apps that trick users into handing over financial information.

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Monzo and Starling among worst performers for APP fraud reimbursements

Monzo and Starling are among the lowest scoring firms for reimbursing victims of authorised push payment fraud, according to 2022 data published by the Payment Systems Regulator.

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AIB apologises for online banking glitch

Irish high street bank AIB has admitted to a glitch in its online banking service after it was highlighted by newspaper The Irish Independent.

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UK consumers lost over half a billion pounds to scams in the first half of 2023

Criminals stole £580 million through unauthorised and authorised fraud in the first half of 2023, a two per cent decrease compared with the same period in 2022, according to new figures from UK Finance.

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Payments system cyber attack could cost the world $3.5 trillion

Insurance marketplace Lloyd's of London is warning that a major cyber attack on a systemic payments system could cost the world economy $3.5 trillion.

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Scam epidemic hits seven in ten Brits

More than seven in 10 UK adults have been targeted by scams in the last 12 months, receiving an average of three scam attempts each week, according to data from NatWest.

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Oz banks back digital identity network

A new digital ID service now lets Australians use their bank to verify their identity to third parties.

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FCA fines Equifax £11m for major consumer data breach

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Equifax over £11 million for failing to protect their customers from a data breach outsourced to its US parent company.

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Axis Bank and Fibe team on India's first numberless credit card

India's Axis Bank has joined forced with local fintech Fibe to launch the country's first numberless credit card.

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NatWest enrolls debit cards in Mastercard's Click to Pay

NatWest has become the first UK bank to enable Mastercard's Click to Pay for all of its customers.