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Authentication is one of the most crucial defenses against financial crime like fraud and scams, yet authentication strategies are in flux. A rapidly evolving threat landscape, coupled with tightening regulatory requirements and accelerating digitalization, is putting pressure on banks, credit unions, and other financial organizations to rethink their current approaches to authentication....

Coming out of 2021, society was slowly getting out of the pandemic’s vise grip and returning to a new state of normal. Even so, financial services organizations and their financial crimes leaders continued to navigate a complicated global ecosystem, particularly as organized crime sustained its relentless assault against financial services firms, businesses, and consumers. Economic uncertainty...

Having spent a good part of my career managing fraud-prevention solutions that harness the power of collaboration, I’m a big believer in the valuable role collaboration plays in the fight against financial crime. This is one of the many reasons why I volunteer my time as a member of the advisory board of The Knoble, a nonprofit dedicated to bringing together the anti-financial-crime community to...

Merchant acquirers and payment processors often toil behind the scenes, invisible to individuals purchasing goods and services from an ever-increasing number of in-store and online merchants. But these acquirers and processors (collectively referred to as acquirers here) are facing unprecedented risks across a number of fronts. Aite-Novarica recently interviewed 20 acquirers across North...