Counter-fraud

Following a successful pilot in London earlier this year, HSBC is set to roll out new technology to cut down ATM fraud.

https://www.punchline-gloucester.com/articles/aanews/new-atm-technology-reduces-cash-trapping-fraud-theft-hsbc

People in Sussex are particularly likely to say they have fallen victim to romance scams, Norfolk is a hotspot for reports of computer fixing fraud, and London is the capital of online shopping and investment cons, analysis from Which? suggests.

https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/live-fraud-hotspot-230100226.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw&guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly90LmNvL2JjU3NjRW9BNEc&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAAnrm5POoKf2Ueyzhz-AQ10xdgNDmlgKsNMfWGzotF0T6tVK4-I-hhgYMp9RcC3RXkdsw90sSATpvd04xvhHGW22F2Val4gsJqTt-ld5tban4kNIOrJXRfxMW7KZ3gcyrjvHvPy-zXD2IiKDUbSq92WHVO6X2r_RqdQ-nkTcuwL5

Millions of Brits have quit social media, changed email provider or moved banks due to fraud in the past 12 months, new research shows.

A ground-breaking milestone sees the UK’s Insurance Fraud Intelligence Hub (IFiHUB) go live, providing the insurance industry with a means to catch fraudsters and dramatically decrease the £2 billion+ annual cost of fraud.

https://www.itij.com/story/115630/counter-fraud-database-ifihub-goes-live

Platform goes live with eleven insurers and will hold industry data on suspected fraudsters and professional enablers.

POLICE have smashed a counterfeit train ticket gang feared to have cost transport authorities at least £18million.

Staggered Introduction of UK Anti-Fraud Checks May Distort Market, Industry Warns

https://paymentscompliance.com/premium-content/insights_analysis/staggered-introduction-uk-anti-fraud-checks-may-distort-market#.XPwAGvmbdAM.twitter

Born in 1860, Horatio Bottomley lost both his parents by 1865 and spent five years in an orphanage in Birmingham. He became an office boy in a firm of solicitors, and by the age of 23 was a partner in a transcription firm. Over a career spanning four decades he would find fame (and notoriety) as a company promoter and proprietor of the ultra-nationalistic magazine John Bull. Despite several bankruptcies, his skills as an orator saw him elected to Parliament twice and he was considered for a cabinet post.

https://moneyweek.com/507993/great-frauds-in-history-horatio-bottomley/

Swiss luxury watchmaker Vacheron Constantin is to use blockchain technology and QR codes to create forgery-proof digital certificates of authenticity for its watches which can be easily transferred to new owners.

https://www.nfcworld.com/2019/06/04/362857/luxury-watchmaker-vacheron-constantin-combines-blockchain-with-qr-codes-to-counter-fraud/

Ermal has been working in the igaming industry for over 5 years. During the last 5 years in igaming Ermal has worked for companies such as Paypoint Online and Jumio and has extensive knowledge and experience in helping operators with payment processing, KYC, AML and regulators changes.

https://www.igamingbusiness.com/outsmarting-fraud-and-leveraging-digital-identity-intelligence-email-addresses