Fraud Definitions Work Group: January Meeting Summary
The Fraud Definitions Work Group convened for its final in-person meeting at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta on Jan. 29 and 30.
A View From Around the Tables at Money20/20
Collaboration with payments industry stakeholders continues to be one of the five key tenets of the Federal Reserve’s payments improvement initiatives and a vital component of achieving safe, ubiquitous and faster payments in the United States. Most recently, our collaboration occurred through a series of FedPayments Improvement roundtable sessions during …
Payments Trends and Takeaways from Money20/20
By Tim Boike, Vice President, Industry Relations Four short days. More than 11,000 attendees, 3,500 organizations and 500+ speakers from the payments, fintech and financial services sectors. Plus, a Federal Reserve exhibit booth in the middle of it all. Yes – it’s the Money20/20 USA conference (Off-site) – a major …
Catch Up With the Fraud Definitions Work Group: September Meeting Summary
The Fraud Definitions Work Group held its fourth and final in-person meeting for 2019 at the Miami Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta on September 12 and 13. During this meeting, the Federal Reserve shared a draft proposal for a three-phase Industry Adoption Roadmap for the Fraud Classification …
Finding People Who Don’t Exist: Synthetic Identities
By Jim Cunha, Senior Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Our payments security team at the Federal Reserve began talking about synthetic identity payments fraud with industry stakeholders last fall, and today, we have published our second white paper: Detecting Synthetic Identity Fraud in the U.S. Payment System (PDF). …
Progress in Advancing the U.S. Payment System
It’s been nearly five years since the Federal Reserve published the Strategies for Improving the U.S. Payment System (SIPS) paper, a seminal work in guiding the nation’s payment industry toward a faster, safer and more efficient payment system in the United States. A lot has happened in those five short …
Register Now for the FedPayments Improvement Roundtables at Money 20/20!
Engaging with payments stakeholders is an important part of the Federal Reserve’s leader catalyst role within the payments industry, and a vital step toward achieving safe, ubiquitous and faster payments in the United States. Some of our best opportunities to hear from industry leaders come from our in-person gatherings. Our …
5 Things to Know About Synthetic Identity Fraud
By Jim Cunha, Senior Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston A lively exchange of views – and many questions – were shared during our September webinar with fraud experts from the FBI and Turnkey Risk Solutions (TRS). I encourage you to listen to the archived recording if you missed …
On the Front Lines Against Synthetic Identity Payments Fraud
The time is now for payments stakeholders to recognize what may be the fastest-growing financial crime in the United States: synthetic identity fraud. Financial institutions should take steps to mitigate this type of fraud due to the looming risks and losses caused by synthetic identities, but many may not be …
Learn About the Fraud Definitions Work Group’s Latest Progress: July Meeting Summary
The Fraud Definitions Work Group held its third in-person meeting at the Charlotte Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond on July 24-25, 2019. This meeting featured the Federal Reserve providing an overview of the updated Fraud Classification Model for Payments (Model) and leading detailed discussions and breakouts focused …