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NICE Actimize Report: Check Fraud Accounts for 52% of Overall Fraud-Value Attempts

July 8, 2025

The NICE Actimize annual report on fraud is available Check fraud attempts are for larger dollar amounts than any other fraud attempt NICE Actimize recommends key areas of improvement for financial institutions to consider In a recent press release, NICE Actimize published its annual report on fraud, based on 2024 data. The report, entitled “2025…

94% of FIs and Their Customers Experienced Check Fraud According to Bank Director Survey

July 2, 2025

Check fraud is a major issue for financial institutions and their customers It is also the most common type of fraud experienced by financial institutions 94% of financial institutions & their customers experienced check fraud according to a Bank Director survey You read the headline right. According to a recent survey entitled Bank Director’s 2025…

Lack of Collaboration and Communication Hindering Payments Fraud Efforts

July 1, 2025

Financial institutions face major hurdles in combating growing payments fraud A “perceived legal barrier” makes it difficult for banks to share information We are seeing some steps for collaboration Payments Dive reports that financial institutions are facing a major challenge in combating the growing threat of payments fraud, particularly push-payment scams, business email compromises, and…

OrboNation Newsletter: Check Processing and Fraud – June 2025

June 30, 2025

In case you missed it, over the past month, we have published incredible content on our OrboNation Blog and Modernizing Omnichannel Check Fraud Detection. Review the latest OrboNation Newsletter online or via PDF download.

How Financial Institutions Can Help Push Payment Modernization to Businesses

June 26, 2025

Payment modernizations are becoming common Some businesses, however, have not taken advantage of new technologies Collaboration between financial institutions and businesses is important Over the past few years, financial institutions, along with fintech vendors, have taken the initiative in pushing innovation and new technologies to modernize payments. While new payment rails get a majority of…

Reg CC Modernization: Will It Help Credit Unions Address Check Fraud?

June 25, 2025

America’s Credit Unions is an industry group Regulation CC is under discussion FIs & credit unions have tools available to reduce check fraud attempts and losses The America’s Credit Unions group is advocating for updates to Regulation CC in order to better combat persistent check fraud risks. Regulation CC is, of course, a key federal…

USPS Report Shows Ineffectiveness of New eLocks for Mail Theft

June 24, 2025

Project Safe Delivery is the USPS Initiative to fight back against mail carrier and mailbox robberies The USPS recently published a report entitled Security and Efficiency of the New Carrier Scanners and Electronic Locks, A close look at the report reveals startling failures in process and procedure A major component to Project Safe Delivery —…

For 66% of Zillennials, Mobile Phone = Bank Branch

June 20, 2025

Zillennials are in the 20-something to early-30s age group Most Zillennials do thier banking via smartphone Banks need to adjust to Zillenial banking habits Who are these “Zillennials” you ask? Well, they’re the generation that straddles the line between millennials and Gen Z – the 20-somethings and early 30-somethings who grew up with smart phones…

Government Takes on Fraud with Proposed “Payments Fraud Task Force”

June 18, 2025

The United States Government is addressing fraud A bipartisan bill, the Recognizing and Averting Payments Scams (TRAPS) Act, has been introduced 2.6 million consumers reported fraud incidents in 2024 We’ve seen recently the U.S. Government and its agencies stepping up to take on financial crimes. For check fraud specifically, there were several actions taken, including:…

Citizens Bank 2025 Payment Trends Survey: Businesses View Checks as “Less Susceptible” to Fraud

June 17, 2025

Businesses need to be more aware of check fraud danger Pushing digital payments is not the answer Real-time fraud monitoring and AI are effective tools While most financial institutions are aware that check payments are more susceptible to fraud, it appears that businesses do not share the same belief. We recently covered the 2025 AFP…