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CommBank halves customer scam losses

Australia's Commonwealth Bank says it has cut customer scam losses in half in FY24 through a combination of new anti-scam technologies, cross-industry collaborations and customer education.

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NCA shuts down Scam-as-a-Service platform

The UK's National Crime Agency has shut down a platform used by hundreds of criminals to defraud victims across the world through the use of spoofed phone calls.

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JPMorgan ponders legal action over Zelle probe

JPMorgan Chase is considering taking legal action against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) over an ongoing probe into the abuse of Zelle payments by scammers.

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NPCI cuts off hundreds of banks over IT vendor ransomware attack

More than 200 cooperative and regional rural banks were briefly cut off from India's retail payments system last week by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) amid concerns that C-Edge Technologies had been hit by a ransomware attack.

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Finextra is getting a new look!

We’re excited to go live with Finextra’s new website next week.

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PSR stands firm over reimbursement model for APP fraud

As the banking industry chafes against upcoming rules governing payback to victims of authorised push payment fraud, the Payment Systems Regulator has released new data which shows that reimbursement for victims still depends largely on who they bank with.

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Singapore warns of uptick in impersonation scams

Police and banking authorities in Singapore are warning people to beware of a sophisticated impersonation scam that netted crooks $10.6 million in June alone.

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Westpac battles impersonation scams with 'SafeCall'

In a move to help stop bank impersonation scams, Westpac has teamed with telco Optus to introduce a new verified in-app calling capability.

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ECB cyber security test reveals 'room for improvement'

The European Central Bank says there is "room for improvement" after conducting its first thematic stress tests on cyber resilience to determine how well individual banks would respond to and recover from a cyber attack.

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Customer complaints over fraud reimbursement by Revolut surge

The UK's Financial Ombudsman has fielded a 35% surge in customer complaints about requests for reimbursement over scam thefts being denied by Revolut.

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BBVA opens global cybersecurity centre in Mexico

BBVA is opening a global cybersecurity centre in Mexico as part of an alliance with IT services company Telefónica Tech aimed at boosting the bank's defences against a rising tide of security-related threats.

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Banks and payments hit as faulty CrowdStrike update causes global Microsoft outage

Banks and card payment systems are among the victims of the worldwide tech outage on Microsoft platforms.