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Beyond Compliance: Rewiring Fraud Prevention for Faster Payments

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What's happening

Payments are getting faster but fraud detection is lagging, and criminals are using AI to exploit that gap. A PYMNTS Intelligence and Plaid study found 47% of firms cannot detect suspected fraud in real time or within minutes, even though 90% use rules-based scoring and 83% use other defenses. Coverage warns that AI lets attackers automate identity creation and credential-testing at machine speed, enabling convincing fake vendors and scaled account takeover through stolen credentials, phishing and social engineering. Firms are being pushed to treat fraud as a continuous, post-onboarding problem that shows up at login, account recovery and high-risk transactions.

Why it's trending

Because real-time payments and AI-driven attacks are converging, creating a timing and capability gap for existing fraud controls.

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contrarian take

If you think rules-based scoring and more rules will stop AI-driven fraud, think again, 47% of firms still can't spot suspected fraud in real time despite 90% using rules-based scoring.

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