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Filtered by Crime — 12 articles

John Winchcombe

27 March 2026

4 min read

Shining a Light on Payments Fraud

Jeremy Light has published a useful summary of UK payments fraud. While every country will be different, it is interesting to see what criminals are doing and the payment risk involved.

Crime

John Winchcombe

24 Sept. 2025

5 min read

Brazil Loses $148 Million To Hackers in Less Than Three Hours

In Brazil, hackers have gained access to funds worth BRL 800 million ($148 million), held in accounts at the Banco Central do Brasil (BCB). They achieved this by exploiting the valid credentials of an employee associated with the BCB’s instant payment network Pix. The implications and consequences of this incident have led to doubts about the cybersecurity of Brazil’s financial system.

Crime Payments

John Winchcombe

23 July 2025

5 min read

Fraud and Who Should Pay

UK Finance recently published its Annual Fraud Report. It describes in detail what is happening and changes in fraud. Although it does not say how those costs are then passed on to the consumer, it will undoubtedly be the consumer who ultimately pays. Understanding fraud is, therefore, important.

Crime

John Winchcombe

23 April 2023

5 min read

Crime Round-Up

Although a snapshot of cash related crimes taken from media reports, they are a reminder of the risks of cash related crime used to justify less cash. In January Cash & Payment News™ reported that for the first time ever no bank branch in Denmark had experienced an attack, since they no longer handle cash.

Crime

John Winchcombe

24 March 2023

3 min read

Crime Round-Up

Although a snap shot of cash related crimes taken from media reports, they are a reminder of the risks of cash related crime used to justify less cash.

Crime

John Winchcombe

28 Jan. 2022

3 min read

The Risks of Digital Payment Crime

Four recent stories about digital payment crime highlight the changing profile of financial crime from payment cards to cryptocurrencies.

Crime

John Winchcombe

4 Nov. 2021

2 min read

Risk from Cryptocurrencies Increases

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved the ProShares Bitcoin futures Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) application, the first cryptocurrency the US financial markets regulator has approved.

Crime

John Winchcombe

3 Nov. 2021

2 min read

More Payment Vulnerability Than You Might Think

One-time passwords (OTP) are a central part of payment security. It is a concern, therefore, to read about hackers hijacking OTPs sent via SMS by Singapore banks to their customers, resulting in fraudulent credit card transaction worth S$500,000, as recently reported by the Monetary Authority of Singapore.

Crime

John Winchcombe

25 July 2021

4 min read

Financial Crime is Not Victimless

Financial crime, particularly digital financial crime, can feel victimless. The losses are factored into the fees and charges which are passed on in higher prices and the press seldom focus on the distress and stress caused to individuals faced with criminal activity.

Crime

John Winchcombe

21 June 2021

2 min read

Challenges of Electronic Payments

In the last week there have been a number of payment related stories. What links them all is that they demonstrate that electronic payments face a range of challenges that have a direct impact on customers. The role of the regulator is evident in all of them whether requiring action or ‘guiding’ providers to take action.

Cards Commercial Banks Crime

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John Winchcombe

27 April 2021

2 min read

2020, Less ATM Crime

The European Association for Secure Transactions (EAST) has issued its 2020 report on ATM crime. EAST collects data from 21 Western European countries operating about 335,000 ATMs, 223,000 unattended payment terminals and 14.5 million point-of-sale (POS) terminals.

ATMs Crime

John Winchcombe

27 April 2021

3 min read

Once Hailed as Unhackable, Blockchains are Now Being Hacked

As the use of Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) based on blockchain grows, it is worth returning to an old story reported in an MIT Technology Review in February 2019.

Crime

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Shining a Light on Payments Fraud

Brazil Loses $148 Million To Hackers in Less Than Three Hours

Fraud and Who Should Pay

Crime Round-Up

Crime Round-Up

The Risks of Digital Payment Crime

Risk from Cryptocurrencies Increases

More Payment Vulnerability Than You Might Think

Financial Crime is Not Victimless

Challenges of Electronic Payments

2020, Less ATM Crime

Once Hailed as Unhackable, Blockchains are Now Being Hacked

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