Counter-fraud

Bank Branch Staff and Police Stopped £32m of Fraud in the First Half of 2021

https://www.moneyexpert.com/news/bank-branch-staff-and-police-stopped-gbp32m-of-fraud-in-the-first-half-of-2021/

WORLDWIDE – Due diligence. A much used phrase but one it seems anyone involved in the world of shipping and logistics should be more aware of now, even more than before in an age when criminals are using ever more sophisticated techniques to enrich themselves via cargo theft.

https://handyshippingguide.com/shipping-news/insurance-group-warns-of-carrier-fraud-in-last-of-series-of-instructional-crime-prevention-pieces_14903

UK bank branch staff and the police stopped £32m of fraud in the first half of this year through the Banking Protocol, a 65 per cent increase compared with the same period a year ago.

https://www.yourmoney.com/saving-banking/police-and-bank-staff-stopped-32m-of-fraud-in-first-half-of-2021/

The Insurance Fraud Bureau (IFB) and SAS have enhanced their partnership to combat insurance fraud by expanding their combined technology platform, which hosts confirmed fraud and suspected fraud data.

https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/uk/news/breaking-news/ifb-sas-expand-antifraud-intelligence-capabilities-309257.aspx#.YTkqt4VEQpo.twitter

Auditchain is a decentralised accounting, reporting, audit and analysis virtual machine that automates and provides proof of assurance on the world’s financial and business information.

https://www.cityam.com/crypto-am-is-delighted-to-announce-auditchain-as-streaming-partner/

Businesses in the West Midlands are amongst the best in the UK in conducting identity checks on new customers.

https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/business/2021/09/06/west-midlands-firms-among-the-best-at-identity-checks/

https://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2021-09-03/crackdown-on-blue-badge-abuse-in-kent-assisted-by-new-technology

Newly published data collated by the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau shows a huge spike in fraud and cybercrime so far in 2021.

https://digit.fyi/uk-suffers-1-3bn-in-losses-to-fraud-and-cybercrime-this-year/#.YS-_sbwa3no.twitter

The National Fraud Initiative (NFI) has detected or prevented more than £2bn of fraud since it was launched 25 years ago.

https://www.yourmoney.com/credit-cards-loans/anti-fraud-scheme-prevents-2bn-of-fraud/

London Fraud Forum (LFF), the membership organisation which brings public, private and third sectors together to fight fraud, has announced that following the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions, it will return to hosting its 15th annual conference as an ‘in-person’ event after moving the conference online in 2020. The popular one-day conference will take place on Thursday 14th October 2021, at Guildhall, London.

https://thefintechtimes.com/london-fraud-forum-returns-to-an-in-person-event-for-its-15th-annual-conference/