The economic impact of Covid-19 on businesses and commercial lending…
It’s clear that the country is facing one of our most challenging economic times. Lockdown meant many businesses were unable to operate. Now as we return to normality and businesses begin to...
Business Resilience Podcast: Episode 4
Data Breaches The Covid-19 pandemic has changed the way we live our lives and the way we do business. As organisations have adapted to different ways of working – such as many employees working...
COVID-19 Financial Support Schemes – Bank Account Verification and Active…
Working with the Government Counter Fraud Function to support Local Authorities Experian have partnered with the Cabinet Office to develop a service that will allow Local Authorities to ensure that...
Public Sector: Does Fraud Detection need a jumpstart?
Traditional approaches and legacy point fraud management platforms have limitations that can result in too many false positive alerts to investigate and high operational costs, a condition that...
AI, Counter Fraud and the Government: Opportunities in emerging technologies?
Best estimates for the UK public sector suggest that between £31bn and £53bn is being lost from the public purse to fraud and error each year. This is a challenge that requires a constant effort to...
Embedding Data and Analytics into the Counter Fraud profession in…
Over the past few years, the role of data and advanced analytics has grown significantly across Government. Despite this though, the sentiments above are still common when talking about data. The use...
Whose voice is it anyway? A future shift away from…
In a previous blog, I talked about unintended consequences and how factors such as gateway products can allow new attack vectors for fraudsters. As more organisations move towards digital journeys...
Why the Contingent Re-Imbursement Model may increase fraud losses
The Contingent Re-Imbursement Model, which defines the circumstances in which a payment service provider would be responsible for reimbursing Account Push Payment fraud victims, is expected to be a...
Why don’t we see more impersonation fraud?
Let’s take a simple sentence and think about it for a minute – “Most people are inherently good”. Most people are not fraudsters. This is important because it means we need to think more...
Is it possible to turn the tide on fraud and…
What if we fought back? What if the fraud industry adopted methods and mechanisms to actively disrupt fraud as well as defending against these threats? Disruption is an area which I believe has...
Exploring the trends and traits of fraud – 2019 edition
Looking at UK fraud volumes and global fraud trends Last year’s fraud trends report showed that there was more third-party fraud than first-party, as well an overall increase in fraud against...
What should we expect from fraud case management in the…
Case management is such an important part of how any anti-fraud or financial crime solution works as it is where the investigator evaluates the evidence and makes decisions. The look and feel and...