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The UK government is about to pull a very real lever on every UK?licensed remote gambling operator: from 1 April 2026, the Remote Gaming Duty is moving from 21% to 40%.  This is a 100% increase in the tax rate on gross gaming yield — in other words, not a minor adjustment in a budget …

When a new user registers on your platform, they hand over one thing almost every time: an email address. Before you’ve collected a phone number, run a document check or processed a single transaction, that email address is already telling you a story — you just need to know how to read it. This article …

Automated Clearing House (ACH) payments are the quiet infrastructure behind salaries, supplier invoices, subscriptions and everyday bills, processed in large, low?cost batches. For most organizations, ACH is cheaper and more predictable than cards or wires, which is why it powers payroll runs and recurring payments at scale. ACH relies on widely shared account and routing …

Best Onfido (now Entrust IDV) Competitors Here are six platforms that offer capabilities similar to Onfido’s. Each takes a slightly different approach to identity verification, fraud prevention and compliance. Onfido is widely used for document and biometric verification during onboarding. However, many companies now look for solutions that go beyond identity checks at signup. Fraud …

In the digital arena, a phone number often acts as the skeleton key to our digital lives, serving as one of the primary authentication methods for our most sensitive accounts — banking, email, cryptocurrency, social media and so on. But this reliance has created a critical vulnerability, one that today’s increasingly sophisticated fraudsters are able …

Responsible gambling has evolved from a peripheral concern into a core requirement for iGaming operators competing in regulated markets. As digital wagering expands and player demographics shift, today’s online gamblers behave very differently from bettors a decade ago. Players move seamlessly between mobile sportsbooks, online casinos, esports wagering and social-style gaming experiences. This convergence introduces …

The Philippines’ Anti-Financial Account Scamming Act (AFASA) is about to redraw the risk map for every BSP-supervised fintech, from digital banks and e?wallets to lenders and payment processors. By June 2026, fraud management can no longer be a patchwork of manual reviews, basic KYC checks and after-the-fact investigations; regulators expect real?time visibility into devices, transactions …

AML compliance software is now a baseline expectation for Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)-regulated firms in the UK, especially across payments, EMIs, and fintechs. As regulation tightens and financial crime evolves, the AML software market continues to grow, and UK regulators have issued significant AML-related fines, often linked to weaknesses in transaction monitoring and governance. The …

KYC is mandatory for many businesses, but KYC alone doesn’t stop fraud. Real users can still fail verification, and bad actors can still slip through with stolen or synthetic identities. That’s why modern KYC teams add risk context early (device, digital footprint, behavior) to protect onboarding conversion without lowering compliance standards.  Below, we break down …

Once a minor hiring nuisance, resume fraud has grown into a serious threat to organizational security. By 2028, one in four candidate profiles worldwide will be fake. As AI makes it easier than ever to fabricate qualifications, identities and entire professional histories, companies struggle to differentiate genuine talent from convincing impostors. For businesses hiring at …

The global shift toward remote hiring, third-party onboarding and international outsourcing has brought significant advantages, including increased flexibility and better access to global talent. However, these same practices (and the platforms and tools designed to streamline hiring) have also opened doors to new and sophisticated fraud risks. The consequences include financial losses, regulatory penalties and …

She blinked. She smiled. She passed verification. And she didn’t exist. On paper (and on camera), everything appeared legitimate. A government-issued ID was uploaded. A selfie matched the document photo. Liveness checks confirmed movement. Yet the system failed to catch that the identity was entirely fabricated. Today’s fraudsters use deepfake technology to mimic real people …

Brazil’s iGaming market is evolving fast, with projections estimating the online betting sector will surpass $3.6 billion by 2028 and new regulatory frameworks rolling out. For operators, that means a market full of upside, and a growing exposure to organized digital threats. One of the most urgent risks is account takeover (ATO) fraud. These attacks …

In late June 2025, Brazil’s financial sector was rocked by one of its largest systemic cyberattacks. C&M Software is a key infrastructure provider that connects banks and fintechs to Brazil’s real-time payments platform PIX. It became the entry point for an insider-led fraud attack that siphoned hundreds of millions of reais from reserve accounts at …

Most digital onboarding journeys follow a familiar script. A new user signs up. A government-issued ID is requested. A selfie is taken. Boxes are checked. And somewhere along the way, identity is assumed to be verified. It’s a process that looks secure and is designed to satisfy auditors and meet compliance requirements. But fraud doesn’t …

Automation has become the only realistic way for high?growth iGaming operators to keep fraud, bonus abuse and AML risk under control while expanding into new markets and brands. Instead of relying on manual reviews and disconnected tools, leading teams are integrating real-time scoring, device intelligence and group-wide blacklists directly into their player journey, so risky …

What Is Shopify Fraud? Shopify fraud is any attempt to exploit a Shopify store for financial gain. Common examples include stolen card purchases, account takeover (ATO), and chargebacks. A chargeback happens when a customer disputes a card payment with their bank. If the dispute is approved, the merchant can lose the revenue (and often the …

Brazil’s regulated iGaming market requires a purpose-built fraud and compliance platform that goes beyond periodic checks or siloed AML solutions. The updated framework, now enforced by the Secretaria?de?Prêmios?e?Apostas?(SPA) and Ministry?of ?Finance, demands continuous verification, real?time location enforcement and instant auditability. Understanding these standards — and the technology capable of meeting them — helps operators avoid …

Digital transformation has meant boom times for quick?service restaurants (QSRs), but rapid growth has also opened the door to a surge in digital fraud. The industry is seeing a continued rise in scams, account takeovers (ATOs) and policy abuse across food delivery and restaurant apps, with fraud attempts increasingly concentrated in areas where transactions are …

The EU’s new Payment Services Regulation (PSR) and the Third Payment Services Directive (PSD3) mark a decisive shift in who carries the burden for payment fraud and how payment service providers (PSPs) are expected to manage risk. These rules do more than tweak PSD2; they tighten liability, expand responsibilities and raise the bar for real-time …