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Unmasking the Threat of Deepfake Scams in the Financial Sector of Asia

Fintech News

In the contemporary digital world, the proliferation of deepfake technology and generative AI heralds an era fraught with online scam challenges, notably within the financial sector in Asia. Economic Ramifications of Deepfake Scams The global impact of impersonation scams can be far-reaching, and expensive.

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Automated Bot Attacks Surge on Social Media in 2024, AU10TIX Reveals

The Fintech Times

AI-powered fraud-as-a-service (FaaS) platforms have enabled these mass-scale attacks, contributing to APAC now holding the highest global fraud rate, with 3.27 Bots and deepfakes The rise of bots using deepfake technology to create convincing fake profiles poses an additional challenge.

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AuthenticID Launches Deep Fake and Generative AI Detection Solution

Finovate

Identity proofing and fraud detection company AuthenticID launched a new solution today to detect deep fake and generative AI injection attacks. This works to bypass traditional fraud detection and identity verification methods.

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Code & Capital: AI Versus the Internet and Harnessing the Power of Gen AI

Finovate

Schick also discusses use cases for Generative AI in financial services and the threat posed by AI-powered deepfakes. An author, advisor, and keynote speaker, Schick is an expert in synthetic media, deepfakes, disinformation, cybersecurity, and the geopolitics of technology.

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The PSR’s new fraud refund rules: A step forward, but is it enough?

The Payments Association

According to the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) , the volume of APP fraud cases rose by 12% last year. This increase was driven by fraudsters leveraging sophisticated techniques, such as fraud networks, phishing scams and AI-generated deepfakes, to trick victims into authorising payments.

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Em Conversa: Fighting AI Fraud With AI With Lynx Tech

The Fintech Times

Fraudsters are leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) tools like voice cloning and deepfakes to create highly convincing fake audio or video messages to deceive victims into transferring money or revealing sensitive information. How do the Latin American AI and anti-fraud sectors compare to that of the rest of the world?

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Traditional Fraud Prevention Measures Aren’t Enough

Seon

Historically, companies have resorted to a patchwork of point solutions and variegated tools across a fraud-fighting tech stack, leading to fragmented data and operational inefficiencies from switching from one solution to the subsequent and obfuscated risk views.