An increase in paper mail theft corresponds with a rise in physically altered checks that redirect funds to fraudsters.

While ransomware group Alphv/Blackcat claims to have orchestrated the incident, title insurance company Fidelity National Financial has not yet stated whether confidential data was compromised.

With increasing focus on artificial intelligence in mainstream culture, the home lending field is making progress to adopt it across a variety of functions in the business. Here we round up a few recent developments in the space.

The order follows a similar decree by the Securities and Exchange Commission for publicly traded firms to disclose incidents they deem "material."

The Alabama bank reported that check fraud resulted in operational losses of $135 million between April and September, including $53 million last quarter. The entire banking industry has been beset by higher levels of check fraud since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The types of attacks ranged from malware, phishing and a zero-day hack of a vendor software which has rattled numerous bank and non-bank lenders.

Almost 9% of transactions also involved closing agents with inadequate insurance levels, the highest share on record, according to FundingShield.

One in every 123 purchase applications showed indications of fraud in the second quarter, outpacing the first, the report found.

A New York judge ruled Donald Trump is liable for fraud for exaggerating his net worth by billions of dollars a year on financial records submitted to banks and insurers, a major victory for the state's attorney general before a high-stakes civil trial over remaining claims in the case.

Georgia United Credit Union is collaborating with the income-verification fintech Argyle to combat submissions of false documents and other crimes.

While industry economics are getting better, higher rates in a purchase-focused environment can contribute to an increase in manufacturing errors.

The FBI, NSA and CISA highlighted the emerging dangers of AI-powered deepfakes in phishing campaigns and cataloged protections companies can deploy.

Panelists from the Secret Service at a Mortgage Bankers Association conference Monday urged mortgage lenders to tweak their approach to reporting of wire fraud, home equity theft, investment scams and elderly-related financial crimes, which are on the rise.

Tata Consultancy Services' clients will have direct access to the fintech company's risk-mitigating ecosystem to keep their data, bank account verifications and transactions safe.

Fraudsters are leveraging advanced artificial intelligence to impersonate customers and deceive financial institutions, but the industry is fighting back with detection systems.

A home insurer that the industry services provider owns has exposure to the Vesttoo platform, an AI-driven cap markets fintech facing claims of falsified collateral.

Incidents have increased by five times on a quarter-to-quarter basis, starting with the shift in deposit relationships after Silicon Valley Bank failed, CertifID said.

Companies that don't use the technology on average pay $1.76 million more and take 108 days longer to respond to incidents than firms that utilize it.

The alleged scam targeted elderly Vietnamese-American homeowners in California and fooled banks into distributing illicit funds to the perpetrators.

The owner of Tri-Emerald Financial Group claimed unregistered securities it was offering would increase in value by more than tenfold before an eventual Nasdaq listing.