Fraud prevention stories

HBX Group seals a seven-year AI-driven travel partnership with Dida, becoming preferred global supply partner for its Asia-focused platform.

Legal Brokers launches iDWallet app in the UK, promising faster biometric ID checks as sectors face tougher anti-money laundering demands.

Stratus Consulting Group sweeps top honours at the 2025 MYOB Acumatica Partner Awards, leading a strong field of ANZ partners in Melbourne.

Young Australians lose over AUD $2.2 million as fake flexible job offers surge, with scammers recruiting money mules via texts and social media.

McAfee warns Australians AI-powered romance scams are surging ahead of Valentine’s Day, with one in seven victims losing an average AUD $780.

AI-driven romance scams using deepfakes and chatbots surge, tricking Australians into long-term emotional manipulation and costly frauds.

Cloaking dominates PropellerAds’ 2025 safety report as stricter checks drive a 35% rise in blocked campaigns and more account suspensions.

Stuck in slow, manual AP? Here are five clear signs it is time to automate your back office and unlock a leaner, smarter finance team.

Daon warns viral ChatGPT caricature craze is handing fraudsters a richer dossier of personal data to fuel scams and social engineering.

AI-driven romance scams now cost UK victims GBP £20.5 million, spreading from dating sites to everyday apps and evading bank checks.

Emburse launches AI-powered Assurance tool to spot expense errors and fraud earlier, easing audit workloads and speeding reimbursements.

UK romance scam losses top GBP £106m as organised fraudsters exploit Valentine’s surge, with average victims losing more than GBP £11,000.

Gigamon has named Vizst its 2025 EMEA Partner of the Year, underscoring a deeper channel push around deep observability and cloud security.

Open source intelligence tools are helping investigators rapidly uncover tax and benefit fraud by exposing inconsistencies in online data.

Cyber experts warn Valentine’s Day brings a surge in romance and shopping scams, urging users to be wary of links, apps and payment requests.

FDATA names Sumsub policy lead Kat Cloud to its board, signalling a sharper focus on identity, fraud and security in North American open finance.

IDnow hires former Ukraine digital minister Liudmyla Rabchynska to steer EU identity wallet and eIDAS 2.0 regulatory strategy.

Ecommpay has been named in the CNBC/Statista Top 150 UK FinTechs, highlighting London’s enduring strength as a global payments hub.

Fime opens a Melbourne software security lab to certify rising SoftPOS payments under PCI MPoC, targeting booming NFC mobile acceptance growth.

Mastercard taps Peter Schmeichel to front a UK push for tokenised Click to Pay checkouts, aiming to end manual card entry by 2030.