ABA and six other financial trade organizations wrote to House leaders today underscoring the need for businesses across all industries to be held to the same data protection and breach notification standards currently adhered to by regulated financial institutions.

On this special holiday episode of the ABA Banking Journal Podcast, Colleen Tressler of the Federal Trade Commission and Corey Carlisle of the ABA Foundation join co-hosts Evan Sparks and Joan Gregory Saenz to explore the dark side of Valentine's Day: online romance scams

The number of fraud victims in the U.S. rose by eight percent in 2017 to total 16.7 million, according to new data released by Javelin Strategy & Research last week.

With the 2018 tax filing season kicking off this week, the IRS today issued a warning about an emergent identity theft tax scam that targets tax preparers’ computers and, in some cases, involves depositing funds in victims’ bank accounts.

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A new infographic published by the ABA Foundation and the Federal Trade Commission alerts consumers to the growing threat of online data scams and provides tips for how they can protect themselves.

Federal and state regulators have ordered a halt to activities by a Dallas-based entity known as “AriseBank” that has targeted investors in an allegedly fraudulent initial coin offering.

The nation’s banks stopped nearly $17 billion in fraudulent transactions in 2016 -- a figure that represents a substantial increase since 2014 in attempted fraud, when the industry stopped $11 billion -- according to ABA’s 2017 Deposit Account Fraud Survey Report released today.

Credit card payments grew significantly in 2016, increasing 10.2 percent to total 37.3 billion, according to new data from the Federal Reserve today.

In the latest episode of the ABA Newsbytes Podcast, taped before a live audience at the ABA/ABA Financial Crimes Enforcement Conference, Evan Sparks interviews former law enforcement official and community bank BSA officer Ryan Rasske about trends in anti-money laundering, Bank Secrecy Act and fraud issues -- particularly the growing confluence of these programs within banks.