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What is synthetic identity fraud and why is AI making it harder to detect?

Charge-offs happen at every financial institution. But as fraud investigators conduct their post-mortem reviews, they’re sometimes surprised to learn that the “customer” who stopped making their card...

What is check kiting? How this fraud scheme works and why it still happens

Check kiting has been around about as long as checks themselves. And despite everything the industry has done – AI-powered monitoring, real-time payment rails, smarter onboarding controls – it’s still...

How synthetic identity fraud Is built—and how to detect it before losses occur

Understanding how synthetic identities are built is essential for the fraud teams that must combat them. The process is a long and deliberate one; it also leaves specific traces that modern detection...

Editor’s picks

The business impact of synthetic identity fraud and why prevention requires a lifecycle approach

Synthetic identity fraud challenges banks, fintechs and other institutions at the financial, operational, and strategic level. It causes losses that are real but often invisible, buried in credit line...

June 8, 2026

10 minutes

The World Cup fraud you haven’t heard about yet

The 2026 FIFA World Cup is the most-watched sporting event in human history. It is also, right now, one of the largest ongoing identity theft operations ever recorded. Most of the coverage has focused...