In this episode Lindsey Rogerson and Rachel Wolcott begin by discussing why the UK is such a hotbed for fraud and go onto consider the recent drop in authorised push payment (APP) fraud in the UK following the introduction of mandatory reimbursement in October 2024.

The conversation then moves onto the European Payments Services Directive (PSD3) and how it is being updated in an effort to clampdown on the use of virtual IBANs by fraudsters. The lack of user-friendliness of fraud warning lists issued by European and global regulators is then discussed alongside the Financial Conduct Authority's Register.

Rachel and Lindsey highlight instances where the Register has been part of the problem in amplifying the “halo” effect of an FCA authorisation before wrapping up the conversation with a look at how fraud is increasingly perpetrated by international criminal gangs and what the UK’s hotly anticipated UK Fraud Strategy might include.

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Links:

Payment Systems Regulator 2024 APP reimbursement data: APP fraud performance data | Payment Systems Regulator

BBC Panorama episode on Blackmore Bond: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001b7jh

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