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SNEAK PEAK: Unveiled: 2024 Key Financial Crime 360 findings

The Payments Association

The industry is now confronting emergent threats driven by technological advancements, such as AI-generated fraud and social media exploitation, amidst challenging economic conditions. Jessica Cath Head of financial crime, Thistle Initiatives We are witnessing the beginning of AI being used in financial crime.

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Strengthening Cyber Defenses with Multi-Factor Authentication

VISTA InfoSec

Mutli-Factor Authentication (MFA) isn’t a new concept. However, despite this, there is still confusion surrounding the mechanism and how it adds to cyber defense. This article unravels the mysteries of MFA and how it can be used to strengthen cyber defenses. Another mechanism that is heavily relied on is MFA.

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FIs budget for next-gen MFA solutions for 2025

Bank Automation

Deploying these solutions in 2025 is a top priority for FIs as AI-related fraud becomes increasingly sophisticated, according to a Nov. 19 report by cybercrime solutions company Arkose Labs, which surveyed 60 North American financial […] The post FIs budget for next-gen MFA solutions for 2025 appeared first on Bank Automation News.

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Runa Introduces Runa Assure: Proactive Security for Payout Protection

Fintech Finance

Cybercriminals are exploiting payout systems with increasing sophistication, using malware, fake identities, and AI-driven phishing attacks to target funds from survey remuneration, loyalty cash-out, incentive programs, commission earnings, and class action settlements.

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The Role of Generative AI in the Banking Industry: A Call for Cautious Exploration

Fi911

The advent of generative AI (or “Gen AI”) presents a remarkable transformation opportunity for the banking sector in 2024. While the promises of Gen AI are significant, there’s a looming concern about scammers exploiting this technology. Thus, while the excitement surrounding Gen AI is palpable, it is tinged with caution.

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TD Bank On How AI, MFA Are Changing Call Centers

PYMNTS

Seventeen percent of call centers are looking to replace knowledge-based authentication (KBA) with multi-factor authentication (MFA) to better protect customers from scheming fraudsters, and though that may not seem like a high percentage, it is double the number of centers that were looking at such methods in 2018.

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Finance AI Tools that are Disrupting the Industry

Nanonets

Now, AI tools are pushing the limits of analysis and decision-making in finance, changing the lives and careers of finance professionals around the world. AI’s can analyze more data faster than any human can. Since this is a limited dataset, this is a major limitation on the utility of the AI tool.

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