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August 21, 2025

August 8, 2025

First-Party Fraud and the Role of the RDFI

Nacha

“Members of Nacha’s Risk Management Advisory Group (RMAG) have noticed an increase in first-party fraud at their institutions, and Nacha representatives are fielding more questions on first-party fraud from other participants on the ACH Network. First-party fraud comes in many forms, but the two most concerning to RMAG member financial institutions and their customers are […]

August 6, 2025

Visa Extends Cybersecurity Expertise, Prioritizing Proactive Defense Strategies for Clients

Visa

“Visa is creating new opportunities for clients to leverage its deep expertise in cybersecurity through its value-added services and risk management offerings. As a part of this strategy, Visa announced the launch of the global Visa Cybersecurity Advisory Practice, empowering clients with analysis of the risk landscape along with the actionable insights needed to identify, […]

July 21, 2025

Plaid: Product Updates

Plaid

“At Plaid Effects, a number of new products and updates were announced to help fight fraud, meaningfully improve credit decisions, and drive growth. From Plaid Protect, our fraud intelligence platform, to new AI tools that make building an integration with Plaid faster and easier, these updates are all about helping you build with more speed […]

July 18, 2025

Citi and Ant International Pilot AI-enabled Forecasting Solution to Enhance FX Risk Management for Airline Customers

Ant International

“Citi and Ant International announced that they are piloting the use of Ant International’s Falcon Time-Series Transformer (TST) Model to deliver an enhanced FX risk management solution for their customers. Developed with aviation clients as an initial use case, the solution aims to offer greater payment solutions for the airline industry, which processes billions of […]

July 9, 2025

Bank of England Fines Vocalink More Than $16 Million for Compliance Failure

Reuters

“The Bank of England has fined payment systems firm Vocalink Ltd 11.9 million pounds ($16.19 million) for falling short of its obligation to have adequate risk management and governance arrangements.Owned by U.S. payment processor Mastercard, Vocalink designs, builds and operates bank account-based payment systems in Britain, processing over 90% of salaries, more than 70% of […]

May 20, 2025

J.P. Morgan Payments: Enhancing our Trust & Safety Solutions with Account Confidence Score

J.P.Morgan

“J.P. Morgan Payments has introduced the Account Confidence Score (ACS), an AI and ML-powered proprietary fraud indicator risk score, as part of its Trust & Safety Solutions, within J.P. Morgan Access, our global cash management platform. This tool is designed to help our clients pay beneficiaries confidently, help prevent payment fraud and streamline their payment processes.”

May 8, 2025

U.S. Regulators Give Banks the Green Light for Digital Asset Activities

Chainalysis

“U.S. banking regulators (FDIC, Federal Reserve, OCC) have withdrawn previous restrictive statements on crypto assets, giving banks more freedom to engage with digital assets without prior approval. Banks can now more easily offer crypto services and provide banking to crypto businesses if they maintain proper risk management practices.”

April 24, 2025

Capital One Banks on AI for Financial Services

NVIDIA

“Financial services has long been at the forefront of adopting technological innovations. Capital One’s strategy centers on a “test, iterate, refine” approach that balances innovation with rigorous risk management. The company’s first agentic AI deployment is a chat concierge that helps customers navigate the car-buying process, such as by scheduling test drives.”

April 23, 2025

Global Financial Crime Prevention Leader Feedzai Acquires Demyst to Break Down Data Silos and Accelerate Risk Decisions

PR Newswire

“Feedzai announced that it has acquired Demyst, including its Zonic data workflow orchestration platform, intellectual property, and sophisticated data-integration capabilities. This strategic move is part of Feedzai’s vision to unify data orchestration and risk management into a single platform, providing financial institutions with the real-time data, analytics, and trusted artificial intelligence they need to make […]

March 27, 2025

Socure Earns "Moderate" FedRAMP® Authorization

PR Newswire

“Socure, the leading provider of artificial intelligence (AI) for digital identity verification, compliance, and fraud prevention, announced that its Socure For Government (SocureGov) platform has achieved the “Moderate” authorization from the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP®).”

March 10, 2025

FIS Launches Treasury GPT, a Pioneering AI-based Product Support Tool for the Treasury Industry

FIS Global

“FIS® announced the launch of FIS Treasury and Risk Manager – Treasury GPT, a proprietary generative AI-driven product support tool embedded within its FIS Treasury and Risk Manager – Integrity Edition. In collaboration with Microsoft, the tool uses Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service for enhanced data and risk management, and quickly generates responses on queries pertaining […]

March 5, 2025

February 13, 2025

JPMorgan Says Tether May Need to Sell Bitcoin to Comply With Proposed Us Stablecoin Regulations

The Block

“Tether may have to sell non-compliant assets — including bitcoin, precious metals, corporate paper and secured loans — to comply with proposed U.S. stablecoin regulations, according to JPMorgan analysts. The U.S. has introduced two stablecoin bills — the Stablecoin Transparency and Accountability for a Better Ledger Economy (STABLE) Act in the House and the Guiding and Establishing […]

January 2, 2025

Nacha's 2026 Rules to Boost AML and Fraud Team Synergy [Video]

Bank Info Security

“Requirements set for 2026 by the National Automated Clearinghouse Association for real-time fraud monitoring will demand collaborative efforts by fraud and anti-money laundering teams to meet compliance goals, said Devon Marsh, Nacha managing director of ACH network rules and risk management.”

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