LSEG Risk Intelligence publishes a report drawing attention to the global rise in child identity theft. The report calls out the impact of child identity theft, the risks to financial institutions, and highlights the growing threat of synthetic identity fraud. It outlines practical actions financial institutions may adopt immediately such as identity, age and third-party verification together with transaction monitoring for child-linked accounts and multi-layered security.

Signicat, the European leader in digital identity and fraud prevention solutions, today announces a new report on identity fraud in partnership with cybersecurity training and consultancy firm, Red Goat Cyber Security. The research reveals most European businesses remain confident despite reporting a rise in identity fraud in the last year. Businesses estimate that 19% of all transactions are fraudulent.

Nearly three-quarters of financial services firms are currently ‘comfortable’ absorbing the cost of fraud, according to new findings taken from The Future of Global Identity Verification research report from Entrust and Docusign.

Fortinet® (NASDAQ: FTNT), the global cybersecurity leader driving the convergence of networking and security, has released its 2025 Global Threat Landscape Report, revealing a dramatic surge in cyber threats across 2024 driven by the rapid adoption of artificial intelligence, automation, and commoditized hacking tools. According to the report, these developments have significantly eroded the effectiveness of traditional security defenses and accelerated the pace and scale of attacks.

New research fromMastercard shows that 1 in 4 business owners in Europe are targeted by scammers.

AU10TIX, a global leader in identity verification and fraud prevention, has released its Q1 2025 Global Identity Fraud Report. This quarter, the report identifies a new fraud technique that AU10TIX has coined “Repeaters“. These are minor variations of a single digital asset (face picture, image background, document number, etc.) that bad actors deploy in small numbers to test detection systems before launching cross-industry mega-attacks. Fueled by Fraud-as-a-Service (FaaS) toolkits that include pre-packaged tools like deepfake face pictures and image templates, the use of Repeaters rose 33% between Q1 2024 and Q1 2025.

Sift, the AI-powered fraud platform securing identity trust for leading global businesses, today announced several new capabilities that provide fraud and risk teams with actionable intelligence they need to make more confident risk decisions and strengthen identity trust.

LexisNexis® Risk Solutions latest Cybercrime Report shows a significant swing in the composition of global fraud attacks, with first-party fraud now the leading type in the UK, representing more than half (51%) of all reported fraud in 2024. The report is an analysis of over 104 billion global transactions in the LexisNexis® Digital Identity Network® platform over the past 12 months.

Greenlight announced the launch of Family Shield, its newest subscription plan designed to help caregivers protect seniors from financial fraud

DBS Bank will launch a new “Mobile wallets” feature within DBS/POSB digibank app’s Payment Controls

Today, programmable financial services company Stripe announced new products designed to help businesses harness AI and stablecoins to accelerate their growth.

The agenda for the 2025 edition of the Future Identity Customer event has landed, and it includes a plenary stage focused on ensuring seamless and secure digital journeys for consumers, and a secondary stage focused on combatting fraud and financial crime.

Stripe announced an expansion of Radar, Stripe’s AI-powered fraud prevention product, for ACH and SEPA payments

New figures show the total reported amount lost to fraud reached £2.3bn in 2024, according […]

Fingerprint has announced 175% revenue growth over two years as enterprises increasingly select its fraud prevention platform