26 Sep 13 @ 13:20

Wall Street regulator FINRA has warned investors and consumers about an uptick in phone-based phishing scams, involving fraudsters cold-calling people claiming to represent at least one well-known brokerage firm in... read more

13 Oct 25 @ 13:42

Financial fraud has always been a moving target. From cheque fraud to phishing, criminals consistently adapt their methods to exploit weaknesses in the financial system. Yet in 2025, the contest... read more

13 Oct 25 @ 12:36

Zelle has entered 2025 with unprecedented momentum, reporting 2 billion transactions and nearly $600 billion in payments during H1 2025. The network, operated by Early Warning Services, recorded double-digit growth... read more

14 May 25 @ 10:46

A new global fraud report from Revolut has cast a stark spotlight on the persistent role of social media platforms – particularly those owned by Meta – as enablers of... read more

24 Mar 25 @ 09:40

As we all know, the payments landscape is undergoing a profound transformation as new technologies, regulatory shifts and evolving consumer preferences redefine how transactions occur. That does not mean that... read more

24 Mar 25 @ 09:38

Zelle, the US Peer-to-Peer (P2P) payments network, has announced a record-breaking $1trn in transactions processed in 2024, marking a 27% Year-On-Year (YOY) increase. With a total of 3.6 billion transactions,... read more

10 Dec 24 @ 10:18

The UK is at a pivotal moment in terms of fintech. Regulation, reputation, growth and investment are under the spotlight, and happily so. These are not mutually exclusive. The powers... read more

10 Dec 24 @ 10:16

In previous articles on Payments Cards & Mobile we established the huge growth today in global instant payments both domestically and across borders. Below, we examine the challenges this creates... read more

22 Oct 24 @ 13:55

In an unusual about-turn, the UK’s Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) issued a statement in September 2024 confirming the implementation date for the Authorised Push Payments (APP) scam protections to come... read more

31 May 24 @ 14:09

Recently, we reported on the efficacy of the UKs Confirmation of Payee (CoP) programme reaching two billion checks. Now EBA CLEARING has announced it will provide its CoP service at... read more

31 May 24 @ 13:41

Nearly 70% of the 600 fraud-management, anti-money laundering, and risk and compliance officials surveyed in a new report, AI-focused fraud and financial crime, say criminals are more adept at using... read more

02 May 24 @ 10:16

Current approaches have kept fraud at bay: but serious new threats in the digital channel plus digital growing as a proportion of the economy means we need a rethink. James... read more

14 Dec 23 @ 16:34

As digital channels grow in importance, a new buzzword rears its head: “phygital” payments – a blend of the physical and digital. James Wood asks if phygital is really a... read more

14 Dec 23 @ 16:21

The stats just don’t stop telling the same story. While e-commerce growth has slowed after the pandemic, it’s still grabbing an ever-growing share of wallet. In more developed markets such... read more

06 Jun 23 @ 12:59

With more than a third of online shoppers (35 percent) having been a target of fraud over the past year and more than 100,000 consumers in the UK alone falling... read more

05 Apr 23 @ 10:13

In our ongoing quest to get behind the hype, we consider Data Analytics and how much of a benefit this gives banks, service providers and retailers when it comes to... read more

16 Feb 23 @ 16:40

On January 11, 2023, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced to the House of Commons (UK parliament) that a net £10 billion was now acknowledged to have been lost to... read more

16 Feb 23 @ 16:21

We may be in the middle of a crypto winter, and digital assets might have lost two-thirds of their value. But that’s not stopping regulators preparing for a future crypto... read more

16 Feb 23 @ 16:13

New research shows 43 percent of financial services organisations expect the cost-of-living crisis to increase the risk of financial crime and fraud over the next 12 months, as scammers target... read more

29 Dec 22 @ 03:56

Across major economies everywhere, the current rapid rise in the cost of living is having a profound effect on the way people pay, save and bank, with many segments of... read more