UK payment fraud losses reached £1.28 billion in 2025 as banks warned criminals are increasingly using AI-generated deepfakes ...

Fraudsters are capitalising on the UK heatwave with a new mobile phone scam, experts have warned. Fraud investigators say criminals are sending out texts or WhatsApp messages that reads: “Hi mum” or ...

Holidaymakers are being warned to watch out for travel scams after a bank recorded a jump in total customer losses to such ...

Cyber and fraud protect officer Ryan Brennan explains how to protect your business from payment diversion fraud.

Aldi shoppers are being warned to watch out for a new type of scam that is using the current hot weather to try and cash in.

In the ‘Industry Pulse Check’ session at NextGenFinCrime 2026, never-before-seen-data from Finextra’s latest survey was ...

Scams involving gold, cryptocurrencies and wine rise as criminals use AI to increasingly carry out larger-scale fraud ...

Jonathan Frost argues that the UK must consider making the step from compensating victims to preventing scams and their proceeds reaching criminal networks and why Australia’s framework offers a pract ...

Financial fraud has become one of the UK’s most damaging, persistent, and underestimated national threats. The appointment of the UK’s first Fraud Minister marks a decisive moment—one that could, if ...

UK consumers have been on the receiving end of a huge influx of online fraud, losing over £11bn ($13.8bn) in the past 12 months, according to Cifas. The fraud prevention non-profit surveyed 2000 Brits ...

As the winter season kicks in, scammers are not missing the chance to target senior British residents with bogus "winter heating allowance" and "cost of living support" scam texts. The scam campaign ...