Progress Made in Defining Synthetic Identity Fraud
A Federal Reserve-convened focus group of fraud experts is on track to publish an industry-recommended definition of synthetic identity fraud in early 2021.
The FraudClassifier Model: A Collaborative Journey to Classifying Fraud
Introduced by the Federal Reserve in June, the FraudClassifier(SM) model provides an intuitive approach to classifying fraud. Explore our video series below to hear from work group members and the Fed team who helped create the model.
Defining Synthetic Identity Fraud: Federal Reserve Launches Focus Group
The Federal Reserve is convening a group of experts to create an industry-recommended definition of synthetic identity fraud and a suggested approach for voluntary industry application.
One Approach Does Not Fit All: Mitigating Synthetic Identity Fraud Webinar
Over the past year, the Federal Reserve has spoken with over 50 industry experts on this topic for its Payments Fraud Insights white paper series. Following the release of the final white paper in this series, the Federal Reserve hosted a webinar to discuss strategies for mitigating synthetic identity payments fraud with two of these experts.
Understanding Fraud Leads to Better Fraud Defense
Roy Olsen explains why his financial institution began using the FraudClassifier(SM) model.
Hear from the Federal Reserve: Better Fraud Data. Better Defense.
The Federal Reserve recently hosted a webinar featuring the FraudClassifier℠ model. The model was developed by the Fraud Definitions Work Group to help address the industrywide challenge of inconsistent classifications for fraud involving ACH, wire or check payments.
Current Trends: Mitigating Synthetic Identity Payments Fraud
Today, the Federal Reserve published our most recent white paper in a series on synthetic identity payments fraud. Over the past year, we’ve spoken with more than 50 industry experts about the growing issue of synthetic identity payments fraud and its impact on the financial services industry.
New Fraud Classification Model Previewed at Virtual Event
The Federal Reserve-led Fraud Definitions Work Group has completed its work on a new fraud classification model that enables all payments stakeholders to classify fraud in a simple and similar manner. Their work was previewed at a virtual event held by Nacha this week, and will be published this spring.
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 …