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Most Common Money Mule Red Flags to Be Aware of in 2026
Money mule red flags are indicators that a customer may be using their account to move money linked to financial scams or other fraudulent activity.
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Fraud Prevention in the Banking Industry: A Complete Guide
In the banking industry, fraud often starts long before any payment is made, sometimes even weeks before any losses can be detected. For that reason,...
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Reframing Fraud Prevention Around the Full Customer Journey
Most fraud prevention systems fire when the money moves. By then, the trajectory that led to the transfer had been building for weeks. The customer...
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APP Fraud Reimbursement Covers Losses Without Preventing Fraud
The first full year of data on the UK’s authorised push payment (APP) reimbursement requirement is now in, and it's enough to move beyond initial...
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Building AI Native Fraud Prevention for Financial Institutions
AI is reshaping the threat landscape and the tools used to fight back. For financial institutions, that raises a question worth sitting with: what...
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AI Voice Cloning Scams Explained
Fraud tactics have always adapted to whatever communication channels carry the most authority, whether that’s email, SMS, etc. Now, synthetic voice...
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Section 230, Scam Liability and What it Means for US Banks
Internet fraud losses in the US have grown from $1 billion to over $20 billion in a decade. Legislation is moving through Congress. A Massachusetts...
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The Different Roles of Money Mules in Fraud Operations
Money mule activity is often treated as a single category of risk. An account is flagged as a “mule,” controls are applied, and the case moves...
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Past, Present and Future of Fraud Prevention
Twenty years of fighting financial fraud leaves you with a particular kind of pattern recognition. In this episode of Fraud Signals, Richard, Acoru's...
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Social Media Platforms and Fraud: Why the EU Is Rethinking Liability
Social media has woven itself so tightly into everyday life that it’s easy to forget how much power it now holds. It’s where people maintain...
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Scam Prevention, Bank Collaboration & Instant Payments in Mexico and Colombia
Fraud prevention teams across Latin America are dealing with the same headaches, whether they're sitting in Mexico City or Bogotá.
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Pix, CoDi, and the Evolution of Instant Payment Fraud
Instant payment platforms like Pix in Brazil and CoDi in Mexico have transformed how money moves. What once took days now happens instantly. For...
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Uncovering Money Mule Networks
Real-time payments have redefined how we move money; it’s now fast, frictionless, and always on. For people and businesses, modern money transfer...
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Fraud in 2026: What to Expect?
If you lead or support fraud prevention, it’s always worth anticipating some trends for the coming year. Attackers are gaining cheap access to...
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Top 5 Scams in 2025
While reports and regulations help you understand fraud in theory, the scams unfolding in the real world often paint the clearest picture of what’s...