Financial losses from people being tricked into transferring money to a fraudster increased by 12% annually in the first half of this year, with investment scams playing a key role in the rise, ...
UK consumers received GBP 3.5 billion through friendly fraud in 12 months, with 6.5 million claimants and repeat behaviour a ...
UK consumers experienced higher volumes of fraud and more losses in the first half of the year, compared to the same time period in 2024, according to the latest figures from the banking industry. UK ...
Internet and e-commerce fraud in the UK rose by 179% during the period from 2010 to 2020, according to an analysis by Uswitch.com. In 2020 alone £376.5m was lost to internet and e-commerce fraud in ...
As the Financial Times reported Sunday (July 9) — citing unnamed sources — the group has written to Jeremy Hunt, the British chancellor, saying that its data has found that 61% of all reported ...
A year and a half after the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 received Royal Assent, the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (Act) came into law on 26 October 2023.
In its July 2024 policy statement on compliance and monitoring under the Faster Payments APP fraud mandatory reimbursement requirement, the PSR introduced some leeway on timing for PSPs to comply with ...
Food fraud is costing the UK economy up to £2 billion every year, according to the first study to calculate its full economic impact. The research, from the University of Portsmouth, estimates that ...
The delay will give PSPs more time to contact the customer or relevant third parties, such as law enforcement, HM Treasury said in a Tuesday (March 12) policy note. This will amend the current rules, ...
Cryptocurrency fraud in the U.K. rose by 32% to 226 million pound ($273 million) in one year, according to data from the U.K. police unit Action Fraud, the Financial Times reported on Monday. The U.K.
AI mortgage fraud is already being detected at UK lenders — but regulation has yet to match the pace of adoption ...