Defined Scams to Fight Scams
To better understand and mitigate scams, the Federal Reserve’s scams definition and classification work group has published an operational definition of the term.
Sharing Information on Scams to Improve Fraud Mitigation
The Federal Reserve launched a scams information sharing work group. Learn more about the group and its goals.
Defining Scams to Improve Fraud Mitigation
The Federal Reserve has established a scams definition and classification work group. Learn about the group and its goals.
Engaging in Innovation: Highlights from Spring Events
Experts from the Federal Reserve System engaged with the payments industry during key conferences and webinars this spring. Explore highlights from their sessions.
Putting Scams Out of Business
Scams have become increasingly prevalent, but there are ways to prevent them and mitigate losses. Read more about how to stay protected from this type of fraudulent activity.
Scams: A Growing and Costly Problem
Scams are a growing area of fraudulent activity that can happen to anyone. Learn about common types of scams and the ways that fraudsters attempt to deceive their victims.
Around the Fed: Perspectives on Payments and Technology
Explore recent articles that highlight trends, examine relevant studies and provide perspectives on how current and emerging technologies may alter the payments landscape.
Around the Fed, Cross-Border Payments, Event Summaries, Faster Payments, Payments Efficiency, Payments Security
Building Customer-Centered and Adaptive Networks: 2022 Chicago Payments Symposium
Payments leaders gathered in person and virtually at the annual Chicago Payments Symposium to discuss industry trends, innovations and ways to better serve customers.
Expanding the Synthetic Identity Fraud Mitigation Toolkit
The latest release of the Federal Reserve’s Synthetic Identity Fraud Mitigation Toolkit includes tools to help differentiate real customers from synthetics using identity validation tools and alternative data, and resources on how to identify synthetics at different stages of the relationship.
Unmasking a Synthetic Identity Fraud Mitigation Toolkit
The Federal Reserve’s new Synthetic Identity Fraud Mitigation Toolkit provides financial institutions, consumers and businesses with an online repository of insights and resources for addressing this growing type of fraud.