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Wendi Klein, VP of Marketing at Alogent, asks if 2024 just might be the time to take an even more serious look at mobile banking and suggests the best ways to take advantage of what has by now become an expected banking feature: With the kick-off to 2024, it’s an opportune time for financial institutions…
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Review of fraud in 2023 — SARs forecasted to exceed 2022 11 fraud predictions for 2024 Image forensic AI key technology for decreasing check fraud losses in 2024 Fraud in 2023 saw an increase in almost every possible channel. And, while we are able to look at past historical data for each payment channel, it’s…
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In the newest segment of their “I’ve Always Wondered” series, which addresses questions many of us have about the economy and spending habits, Marketplace tackles the question: “Why do we still use paper checks?” For insight, they consulted experts. There are a slew of reasons explaining our continued check use. Many check writers have had…
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Check fraud doubled in 2022 Counterfeit checks are easy to create Checks are still widely used, giving fraudsters a big target ABA Risk and Compliance takes a look at check fraud, a persistent challenge for banks with reported cases doubling in 2022. The article highlights the three primary fraud techniques at work today: Counterfeit checks…
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Check fraud is growing and becoming more sophisticated Technology is keeping up with fraudsters Careful implementation of anti-fraud tech is vital to staying ahead of fraud innovations Sherah S., Head of Legal, Risk, and Compliance at CheckAlt, recognizes that check fraud is growing more and more common and accessible to fraudsters. That doesn’t mean financial…
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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.
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Check fraud is growing We are on track to see another increase in ’23 Fortunately, investing in newer tech to combat fraud is affordable Check fraud continues to be a growing and significant problem for US banks. S&P Global reports that, between 2018 and 2022, suspicious activity reports for check fraud at banks increased over…
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While the younger generation doesn’t use checks frequently, check use is still strong Fraudsters are robbing mailboxes – both private and US Postal Service “blue boxes” Check fraud can be accomplished with inexpensive tools, making it popular Jeffrey Weiner, Chairman and CEO at Marcum LLP, posted on LinkedIn about the growing “popularity” of check fraud…
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As we are all aware, the pandemic has changed the behavior of consumers when it comes to depositing checks — they’ve adopted mRDC and ATMs as their main deposit channels. In turn, ATMs have evolved over the past few years, offering new services to accommodate this change in behavior. As the year winds down, ATM…
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Gel pens are resistant to “washing” It’s often advised to write checks with gel pens to avoid fraud Fraudsters can create checks from scratch, so they no longer “wash” checks A few months back we reported on an experiment to see whether gel ink pens indeed resisted “check washing” as claimed by some pundits. The…
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