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Online Romance Scams Grow More Sophisticated With Deepfakes, Advanced Tech
Security & Fraud // February 13, 2024

In this era of connectivity, where virtual encounters often precede physical ones, online relationships have become a breeding ground for exploitation, with fraudsters capitalizing on the vulnerabilities of hopeful hearts for financial gain.  This darker side of romance manifests in the rising tide of online...

Pay.UK Says Controlling UK’s Payments Fraud Epidemic Needs More than AI
Security & Fraud // May 16, 2023

Over £1.2 billion ($1.5 billion) in the U.K. was stolen through authorized and unauthorized financial fraud in 2022, according to a recently published UK Finance report. And while that amounts to an 8% drop compared to 2021 figures, there’s no debate that the battle to prevent...

Pay.UK on Striking the Balance Between Fast and Friction in Stopping UK Fraud Epidemic
Security & Fraud // February 14, 2023

The U.K. has been experiencing a widespread payments fraud epidemic in recent years. Authorized push payment (APP) fraud, for example, increased 40% between 2020 and 2021 and amounted to £583 million ($706 million) in losses in 2021, nearly half of the £1.3 billion ($1.57 billion)...

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Scam Factories Exploit Advanced Tech to Amplify Payments Fraud

March 13, 2024
Scam factories, where perpetrators themselves are victims of a system they help perpetuate, present a significant challenge to the integrity of global financial networks, resulting in an estimated $75 billion lost over the last four years.  These fraud factories operate predominantly across developing markets like Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar, Claire Greene, a payments risk expert […]

Online Romance Scams Grow More Sophisticated With Deepfakes, Advanced Tech

February 13, 2024
In this era of connectivity, where virtual encounters often precede physical ones, online relationships have become a breeding ground for exploitation, with fraudsters capitalizing on the vulnerabilities of hopeful hearts...

Pay.UK Says Controlling UK’s Payments Fraud Epidemic Needs More than AI

May 16, 2023
Over £1.2 billion ($1.5 billion) in the U.K. was stolen through authorized and unauthorized financial fraud in 2022, according to a recently published UK Finance report. And while that amounts to...

Pay.UK on Striking the Balance Between Fast and Friction in Stopping UK Fraud Epidemic

February 14, 2023
The U.K. has been experiencing a widespread payments fraud epidemic in recent years. Authorized push payment (APP) fraud, for example, increased 40% between 2020 and 2021 and amounted to £583...