Today, a new global report was released from Nasdaq and Oliver Wyman on illicit money flows and the numbers are sobering.
The Global Financial Crime Report quantifies the total amount of illicit financial activity and the number is an eye-popping $3.1 trillion. Included in this number is bank fraud covering payments, checks and credit card fraud which is estimated at around $450 billion.
Payments fraud is by far the largest sector within financial fraud at $102.6 billion, check fraud is growing the fastest, doubling in 2022 to $21 billion.
There is a strong demand for new technology solutions as the rise in fraud creates an “increasingly challenging environment for financial institutions”.
For those companies offering AI and machine learning solutions, the news is good with 70% of respondents expecting to increase their investment in these tools.
There is a new arms race between the fraudsters and financial services and it is a race that we cannot afford to lose.
Note: Later this week we have a webinar on the top fraud risks to watch out for in 2024.
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