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Dating Apps are Having an Identity Crisis
Last year, a convicted criminal turned up on Bumble as "Steve, 53." The world knows him by another name. His profile pics were of Hamish McLaren, one of Australia's most documented serial con men, convicted of defrauding fifteen victims of more than $7.6 million AUD, with global losses estimated at over $70...
Defeating Deepfakes: Securing the Lens and the Mobile Network
I was reading a recent piece in Infosecurity Magazine about biometric fraud, and it got me thinking about how quickly the identity verification industry has changed over the past few years. For a long time, identity fraud followed a relatively familiar pattern. Criminals needed stolen credentials, compromised databases, intercepted SMS messages, or...
The Five Patterns of Customer Attrition: A New Framework for Proactive Retention in Banking
Introduction Customer attrition is one of the most persistent and misunderstood challenges in retail banking. Most institutions treat it as a single problem — a customer leaves, and the bank reacts. But beneath that surface, attrition is not one behavior. It is a set of distinct behavioral patterns, each driven by different...
When Account Takeover Prevention Goes from ‘Strategy’ to ‘Gamble’
Account takeover doesn’t begin at login. Fraud prevention cannot afford to begin there either. By Craig Currim| SVP, Global Solutions Engineering & Strategy at Memcyco At Fraud Fight Club Round III, one question kept surfacing. Are we making fraud decisions too late in the attack lifecycle?Across discussions with fraud, security, and risk...
Famous Faces, Big Scams: A Deep Dive into Celebrity Fraud Cases
Even celebrities with fame, wealth, and powerful teams can fall victim to fraud. From financial scams to impersonation and romance fraud, many famous people have been deceived—sometimes losing millions of dollars in the process. In this article, we’ll explore shocking real-life cases of famous scam victims, highlight the red flags, and share...
AI-Enabled Fraud Is Scaling Faster Than Identity Defenses
AI Is Rewriting the Economics of Fraud. Is Identity Keeping Up? In a rapidly evolving identity landscape it becomes increasingly difficult to stay on top of fraud, technology, and regulatory trends. Prove has partnered with Liminal to conduct a comprehensive analysis across industries and deliver a report on the State of Identity....
Funding, Investment, Acquisitions & IPOs – Q1 2026
Q1 2026 has wrapped up! Time for our quarterly investment update. Explore the latest funding rounds and acquisitions in the world of fraud prevention, identity verification, and risk mitigation — a quarter marked by surging capital flowing into agentic AI, digital trust infrastructure, and next-generation compliance tooling. Funding Bretton AI Bretton AI...
Stablecoins Are Redefining Identity Requirements for Global Money Movement
Introduction Fraud is accelerating in both scale and sophistication, creating friction for consumers, operational strain for businesses, and significant financial losses across industries. As technology evolves and payment flows move faster, many organizations are struggling to keep pace with new attack vectors and shifting regulatory expectations. To fully understand these risks, Prove...
Entering the Era of Non-Human Consumers
Fraud teams have spent decades refining how they evaluate risk. The process usually begins with a familiar premise. A person initiates an action, and a system determines whether that person can be trusted. That premise is gone. Across technology roadmaps from companies such as OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft, a new model of...